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Mamma Loon keeps her baby close. Chicks stay with their parents until they are 11 to 12 weeks old, not old enough to fly but old enough to feed themselves. Loons lay, on average, one to two eggs and hatch one to two chicks. The survival rate isn’t great for baby loons, but if they do make it to adulthood, […]
Emma Bradley to receive National Theatre Award
Emma Bradley of Grand Marais, Minnesota, is being honored with the Robert E. Gard Superior Volunteer Award by the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT). The 2021 AACT National Award presentations will be pre-recorded and streamed during Virtual AACTFest 2021 National Theatre Festival, Saturday, June 19, beginning at 11:45AM (Eastern). To view the AACT National Awards presentations and participate in […]
“Passion Pit” Advisory Committee
For now, every other Monday at 5 p.m. the “Passion Pit” Advisory Committee has been meeting via Zoom. The meetings have been live streamed, for the benefit of community members. Normally most committees meet monthly, but this group of civic-minded individuals realize with the summer tourist season almost here, more frequent meetings are necessary–at least for now. This Advisory Committee […]
Highway 61 Grand Portage construction began May 17
Construction is expected to resume for year two of the Highway 61 in Grand Portage project on May 17. This year’s work will consist of the construction of Hollow Rock Creek bridge, reclaimed and resurfaced pavement from the Reservation River to just prior to Mount Josephine Wayside Rest, intersection improvements, pedestrian improvements, and new lighting. Traffic through the project limits […]
Nancy (Lyght) Antoine, Northfield Public Schools, named Minnesota’s 2021 NAESP National Distinguished Principal
Nancy (Lyght) Antoine, a graduate of Cook County High School who is now the principal of Bridgewater Elementary in the Northfield Public Schools District, and a member of the Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association (MESPA), is Minnesota’s 2021 NAESP National Distinguished Principal (NDP). MESPA and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) present the prestigious award. “I am very […]
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“We have a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches actively nesting at our place. Here it appears the female was removing birch sap from the nest entrance. I have been observing them since April 4 when they were excavating the nest. The female is spending a lot of time in the nest and the male has been checking on her. They have […]
The freeness of speech
Ever thought that in being afraid to speak truth, out of fear of alienating others, we only serve to alienate ourselves? Recounts American journalist/author Milton Mayer in his 1955 book, They Thought They Were Free, “Where the community feels and thinks—or at least talks and acts—pretty much one way, to say or do differently means a kind of internal exile […]
Sign up for free Restorative Justice training
A few spaces for the free upcoming Restorative Justice Practices training on Thursday, May 27 and Friday, May 28, are still available. If you are interested in volunteering with Cook County MN Restorative Justice or learning important conflict resolution, facilitation and harm reparation skills, don’t miss this opportunity for restorative practices training with UMD Professor Ted Lewis, and other Cook […]
New FirstNet cell sites support First Responders
First responders in northeastern Minnesota are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet® network expansion currently underway by AT&T*. FirstNet has added new sites located near Cloquet on County Road 3 and in Hovland along the North Shore between Grand Marais and Grand Portage. These sites will give first responders on FirstNet – America’s public […]