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When swimming becomes too much, baby loons hop on mom’s back for a ride. Babies are left to their own devices at about 11 weeks. While they can’t fly yet, they’re good swimmers and able to feed themselves. An adult loon can stay under water for up to five minutes and dive to 250 feet. Loons often sleep in the […]
Fourth of July fireworks
The Grand Marais Lions Club is proud to once again sponsor the annual Fourth of July fireworks, but they have one particular request this year. “Please make sure to socially distance,” said Lion Bob Spry. The fireworks are scheduled to light up the Grand Marais harbor around 10 p.m., Spry said. As you get ready to celebrate the final hours […]
Cook County receives LRIP funds from MnDOT
Cook County was recently awarded $835,000 from the Minnesota Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP). The money will be used to improve CSAH 15 (5th Avenue West in Grand Marais). When asked what the work entails and when it will occur, Cook County Engineer Robbie Hass replied, “The 5th Avenue West reconstruction will occur in Summer 2023. The estimate is about […]
Grand Marais installs electric vehicle chargers
Jeff Eliasen and Matt Bronikowski have been busy installing two snazzy-looking electric vehicle chargers in the southwest corner of the city hall parking lot. The two city employees said the chargers would be up and running in the very near future. The EVSE or electric vehicle supply equipment is provided by Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) to expand EV […]
Temperance River, a thing of beauty with hidden danger
Hundreds of years ago, the Ojibwe-Anishinaabe named the water Kawimbash, deep hollow river. The water has been carving into the rock for thousands of years. Today, we know it as the Temperance River and it’s considered one of the deadliest in Minnesota. Located between Schroeder and Tofte, the Temperance River flows 39 miles from Brule Lake to Lake Superior. It […]
Gabby Hayes
You just might want to scratch behind your ear as you fondly recollect the cantankerous bewhiskered old codger who found himself repeatedly cast as a sidekick to some of the greatest cinema sage brush heroes during the growing genre of Western films back in the 1930s and 40s. George Francis “Gabby” Hayes was an ever-loyal, colorful, eccentric buddy to some […]
What to expect from our budget process
We began our formal budget process this year in April — two months earlier than has been our usual practice. The reasons for the early start are to give departments more time to fit budget planning into their schedules, to give county administration more time to discuss changes with departments, and more time for the county board to review and […]
American Legion Post 413 supports Veterans Home
On Monday, June 2, Commander Bob Matson of American Legion Post 413 visited the Silver Bay Veterans Home and presented them with a $750 donation. While there, Bob discussed with the staff the possibility of once more hosting a busload of the Veterans home residences for a luncheon in Grand Marais. Before the pandemic, this was a special event that […]
Clarification:
Clarification to Passion Pit article: It was stated that the Passion Pit Committee unanimously voted for the proposal to recommend that a formal letter of support be drafted for the acquisition of the MnDOT property into the Grand Portage Tribal Trust lands. The vote was 7-0 in support with one abstaining. The Cook County News Herald regrets the error.