Jordan Saethre graduates from the University of Utah Jordan Saethre of Salt Lake City, Utah, was among the 8,442 graduates honored during the commencement ceremony of the University of Utah on May 6, 2021. Jordan Saethre earned a Master of Science Degree with a major in Mathematics. Jordan is the daughter of Joy Saethre, Duluth, and David Saethre, Grand Marais. […]
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Grand Marais Harbor Park has been filled with music most days this summer as many local singers and songwriters have dusted off their instruments and taken to busking in the park. Above, Bump Blomberg is happy to be performing again after a long year of missing gigs due to the COVID pandemic.
Drew Holmen takes third at Western States 100 mile
In his first attempt at running 100 miles, Drew Holmen, 29, took third place in the 2021 Western States 100-mile race. Holmen, who now lives and trains in Boulder, Colorado, covered the distance in 16 hours 23 minutes and 9 seconds, averaging nine minutes and fifty (9:50) seconds per mile. The race was won by Jim Walmsley from Flagstaff, Arizona, […]
Baseball Senior Legion team falls to Virginia
The visiting Virginia Senior Legion baseball team put up two runs in the first, one in the second and one in the fifth to defeat the Cook County/Silver Bay Senior Legion baseball team 4-1 in a game played July 1 in Grand Marais. Virginia scored on a wild pitch in the first inning to take a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. […]
Senior Legion Cook County/Silver Bay team takes win over Barnum
Patrick Pierre gave up ten hits but also struck out twelve to help lead the Cook County/Sliver Bay Sr. Legion team to a thrilling 5-3 victory over the Barnum Bombers. The Cook County/ Silver Bay Vikings traveled to Barnum on July 2 to face the always tough Bombers. The Vikings trailed 2-1 going into the seventh inning as pitching dominated […]
Tennis Anyone?
Tennis season is relatively short on the North Shore, officially starting on May 4 and running through September, so grab a racket and get to the Cook County Tennis Courts while you can. The Cook County Tennis Association offers programs for all ages and every skill level. Adult programs run six days a week. Adult Beginners and Intermediate players can […]
Junior Legion Vikings storm back against International Falls
Down 8-1 after three innings and another starter — the fourth starter — opting to leave to take Drivers Education had Viking Head Coach Arleigh Jorgenson worried. “Well, this is a chance for some of the kids who don’t get to play as much to show their stuff,” said Jorgenson. And show their stuff they did. The Vikings mounted a […]
To wet a line sometimes takes willpower
I walked out the store with our local DNR fisheries officer, who has always been kind and helpful to me – about which I feel surprised too often and then grateful. We were talking fishing: fish and waters and bugs and similar. We talked for a good ten minutes. I haven’t been fishing too much. Sometimes I feel like a […]
North to Alaska!
I recently made my first trip to Alaska. I will say right now that it will not be my last. I loved it! We started in Anchorage visiting my cousin Justin and his family. Justin moved to Alaska about 30 years ago and never looked back. His wife Evelyn is from there and they are now raising two, amazing children […]
Barefoot in the snow
The woman was close to my age, and she was flitting around the RV park barefoot. I watched from my trailer window, jealousy filling my heart. I love going barefoot, but somewhere along life’s way I had lost the ability. This love is hard to describe, but bare footers everywhere will understand. There is a feeling of freedom that comes […]