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The Viel family (center) was excited to learn that they had won the $10,000 grand prize in the Grand Marais Lions’ Club Fisherman’s Picnic raffle. The drawing was held Sunday, August 8 at 5 p.m. Pictured from L-R: Lion’s District Governor Sue Winner, Henrik (7 weeks old), Ahna, Christian holding Lowen and Grand Marais Lion’s President Mike Ryden. Ahna is […]
John Schroeder Days are back
John Schroeder Days are back! Friday, August 20 and Saturday, August 21 the Township of Schroeder will be abuzz with people and music and food. The event is not just for locals. It’s for everybody. (People have been known to come from as far East as Grand Marais.) Bob Silver started the first John Schroeder Days in 1995, celebrating 100 […]
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Paul and Karla Sundberg just returned from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and brought this awesome photo back home with them. “The smoke from the Canadian fires gave a new layered look to the sun,” said Paul.
Foster grandparents sought
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) is seeking volunteers for its Foster Grandparent service, in partnership with AmeriCorps Seniors, a national service agency, to offer guidance and encouragement to children and youth in the community. With the fall school season right around the corner, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) is seeking volunteers for its Foster Grandparent service, in partnership […]
Cook County Public Health strongly recommends mask use alongside vaccination given more contagious Delta Variant of COVID-19 in Minnesota
Given that the State of Minnesota is considered an area of substantial transmission of COVID-19, the high volume of travel within the state, and the increasing rate of hospitalization statewide, Cook County Public Health strongly recommends wearing a mask in public, indoor settings regardless of a person’s vaccination status. Mask use is a simple way to further reduce the chance […]
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Saturday night fireworks over the Grand Marais harbor are always one of the big features of Fisherman’s Picnic. Kudos to the Grand Marais Lions for bringing back the Fisherman’s Picnic this year. Just like the fireworks, your efforts, smiles, good graces, and hard work lit up the town. Thanks again for putting on such a wonderful event. Editor.
“Drawing Life”
Back in the late nineties, David Hillel Gelernter, an associate professor of Computer Science at Yale, authored a book titled, Drawing Life; a title that immediately drew me in when I spotted it on the bookshelf at the local bookstore. Some of you may recall Gelernter, one morning in June 1993, was nearly killed by a mail bomb. The perpetrator […]
The Lion Citizen of the Year is?
Who did the Grand Marais Lions select as the 2021 Citizen of the Year? Well, the short answer is no one. And the long answer is pretty much anyone and everyone who helped fight the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the Grand Marais Lions couldn’t whittle the vote down to one or two people, said Millie Spry. When delivering her short […]
It’s time to stop the work on the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline
Amidst a historic drought and smoky haze from not-so-distant wildfires, with creek beds and rivers running dry and daily air quality and red flag warnings limiting our lives and livelihoods, Minnesota’s political leaders are allowing a foreign corporation to pump billions of gallons of water out of the headwaters of the Mississippi. All so that tar sands oil — one […]