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Diedre Kettunen was happy to land this big lunker. After a brief fight, Diedre reeled in this 27-inch walleye caught on a Lindy-rig.

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A World of Worry: Feeling anxiety about the COVID-19 vaccines?

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This article is the eighth and final article 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. Over the last year and a half, we watched with growing alarm as a new virus impacted the lives of every person on earth. […]

Attitude of Being

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It was about day two into a 14-day trip across the Quetico from north to south when I realized the mistake. Through a communication error with the Wilderness Canoe Base trail shack kitchen, I’d left about . of the food I’d requisitioned for my trip behind. I was 24 years old, and this was my third-year guiding. I should have […]

Charles Skinner

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Charles Mather Skinner III passed away on June 17th at the age of 87 in his new home in Red Wing, Minnesota. A burial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. An additional memorial service is planned in Lutsen this summer. Charles was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 30, 1933, […]

Historical Reflections

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FISHERMAN’S HOME An inside and outside view of the newly restored fisherman’s home west of Hovland. The home was restored by Phil Anderson and the fireplace was built by Tim Hall. Phil Anderson is not a carpenter by trade, he is a professor of church history at North Park College and Theology.

Down Memory Lane

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20 YEARS AGOJUNE 25, 2001 The U.S. Forest Service conducted the fifth controlled burn of blowdown timber along the Gunflint Trail last week. The Loon Peninsula burn burned 218 acres of blowdown wood. Other burns this summer have been at Moose Pond at Round Lake Road (15 acres), Flour Lake next to Golden Eagle Resort (38 acres), Kings Road near […]

What does YOUR family need?

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Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, in partnership with Gichi-Onigaming (The Great Carrying Place) Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Cook County Independent School District 166, and Cook County Public Health and Human Services, recently received an MDH “Local Community Resource Hub” grant. This funding allows us to create an access point for families and caregivers with children prenatal to five years […]

Boreal offers in-person support to its customers

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Boreal Community Media is excited to announce that we once again are offering in-person support appointments to our Boreal.org email customers. It has been a long year with the pandemic shutdowns and although remote support worked in a pinch, we have missed the face-to-face interaction with our loyal customers. To offer the best service, we ask that you call ahead […]

Support the Gunflint Trail Fire Department

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The in-person Gunflint Trail Canoe Races and Mid-Trail Annual Quilt Raffle & Auction will not be held again this summer. Without these fundraisers the Gunflint Trail Fire Department (GTFD), a 501(c) 3 non-profit, faces a substantial financial shortfall. To help make up for these events, The Friends of Gunflint Trail Fire Department residents’ group has several online fund-raising activities scheduled […]