Great letter to the editor two weeks ago written by a guy who knows a lot of medical stuff. He assured us that wearing masks was a very bad thing. He also said, unfortunately without identifying the source, that “recent admissions from high places” suggests that it isn’t the unvaccinated being hospitalized in greater numbers but exactly the opposite. So, […]
Please slow down when driving on the Gunflint Trail
Kudos to my neighbors on the Gunflint Trail for their signs alerting us all that wildlife abounds on the Trail and so, please slow down, and catch a glimpse of them. Also, many two-legged creatures are seen on the Trail these days getting mail, biking, strolling with their dogs, jogging or just walking. We need to be extra careful about […]
Schroeder Days
Other than the fireman’s pancake breakfast being cancelled on account the fireman being busy helping fight the many fires in the area, the rest of John Schroeder Days when off without a hitch. The Cross River Heritage Center gave tours all day long. There was plenty to see and do at North 61, from lunch to live music to lemonade. […]
The Beautiful and Perfect Image of God
‘So, God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them …’ Genesis 1:27 Chanie Wenjack was an Anishinaabe First Nation child who was taken from his family in northern Ontario back in the mid-1960’s and placed in a residential school in Kenora. Like thousands of indigenous children across Canada and here in our own country, […]
Terry Martin Cole
Terry Martin Cole passed away Friday, July 23, 2021, in Duluth. Terry carried with him a loud and proud attitude wherever he went, along with that cackle of a laugh none of us will soon forget. Terry was a social creature. If you were in a room with him, you were going to be part of the conversation. It also […]
Marion Pearson
A funeral service will be held for Marion Pearson on Saturday, September 11, at 11 a.m. at St. Johns Catholic Church church in Grand Marais. The public is invited to come.
Marriage Applications
Joshua Cole McCormick, Grand Marais, Minnesota, to Tracey Brenna Landon, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. July 23, 2021. David Russell Robinson, Minnetonka, Minnesota, to Doreen Joy Schroeder, Minnetonka, Minnesota. July 26, 2021. Mathew Sven Hall, Hovland, Minnesota, to Jose Pablo Blanos Morera, Hovland, Minnesota. July 26, 2021. Abigeal Anne Thul Roche, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Jared Schoener Hromatka, Minneapolis, Minnesota. July 30, […]
Historical Reflections
WHAT A CATCH! A woman named Hilda Anderson holds a lake trout caught in Lake Superior around 1940.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOAUGUST 27, 2001 Directors of the Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center will wait at least another month before deciding what the future status of the Grand Marais facility will be: that of a county-owned hospital, or the continuance, with some revisions, as a district hospital. Administrator Diane Pearson explained that the problem was created when […]