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Low hanging clouds, slow moving slumbering ships, sail the skies and waters below. Rarely is a lake so still that it captures in perfect detail reflections this crisp and clear. Roger Hagberg, Lutsen, took this picture while sitting on shore fishing. Not sure if Roger caught any fish but this picture could certainly be considered, “Catch of the Day.”
CherryRoad Media acquires four more newspapers
CherryRoad Media Inc. has grown from one newspaper, the Cook County News-Herald, to five newspapers. Jeremy Gulban, CEO of CherryRoad Technologies Inc., and CherryRoad Media Inc. recently purchased four newspapers in Arkansas. In early June, Gulban announced that he had acquired the Flippin Mountaineer Echo, the Marshall Mountain Wave, the Pocahontas Star Herald, and the Clay County Courier. In explaining […]
This is your chance to win a ticket to a Twins game
Last week Memorial Blood Centers announced a blood emergency due to the long-term effects of lower donation numbers. “There’s a nationwide shortage,” said Kathy Geist, Senior Executive Director. “We currently have only a 3-day supply of blood to offer to more than 30 local hospitals. The long-term impact of the pandemic has meant we’ve had a year of virtually no […]
City council approves two out of three Conditional Use Zoning permits
Grand Marais city councilors approved two conditional use permits at their June 9 meeting and denied one. Council granted Katherine McClure’s request to operate a home-based chiropractic office at her home on North Broadway Avenue. The property is zoned R-1 Residential District. In her letter to the board, McClure started her business wouldn’t adversely impact the area. She said there […]
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If you have ever wondered where that pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, wonder no more. Just know that you will need scuba gear to recover it.
A father’s heart
From the beginning, those first moments when my heart’s pulsating rhythm began within my breast, long before I left the sanctuary of my mother’s womb, my heart was foreordained to be fixed at the core of life’s big adventure. In my radiant and unconquerable youth, my heart was flush with vitality, healthy and enduring. By virtue of a childhood intimate […]
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Paul and Karla Sundberg took their 13-year-old granddaughter Addie to a beaver pond where these Wild Iris or Blue Flags, as some call them, grow and Addie, visiting from Georgia, took this stunning picture with grandpa’s camera. These bold and beautiful flowers are named after Iris, the ancient Greek goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of Olympian gods. Found […]
The global impact of new virus variants
This article is the seventh in a series intended to give some local perspective on issues about COVID- 19. They are also intended to help readers make an informed decision about the COVID-19 vaccines. Since the novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic, the United States and the international community have been learning about the nature of the virus and its […]
A book about John A. Spelman lll, Artist and Printmaker
Scott Husby and Tracey Cullen have created a wonderful book about an artist many of us knew—or thought we knew—John Spelman lll. This book bears reading and adding to the burgeoning book collection. While John’s father, who was called Jack, was a renowned landscape and rural scenes oil painter, John became a draftsman and tried watercolor painting, but mainly focused […]