The Superior National Forest is reopening some areas of the Forest, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, given recent rains, cooling temperatures and progress made on active fire. However, certain closures will remain in place where active fires remain on the landscape. The Forest is lifting the full closure of the BWCAW, the Crooked Lake closure near the fires […]

WTIP North Shore Community Radio is hosting the 14th annual Radio Waves Music Fest September 10-11. Radio Waves will once again be held as a virtual, on-air event featuring 18 local and regional acts. Funding for Radio Waves comes in part from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, the Grand Marais Area Tourism Association, and the Gunflint Trails Association […]

Community-based nonprofit health plan UCare is fulfilling its mission to improve the health of its members by being the first Minnesota health plan to offer an incentive for COVID-19 vaccines – starting September 1, 2021, through the end of the year. The incentive applies to Minnesota Health Care Program members age 12 and over enrolled in Families & Children (PMAP), […]

A young man from Rochester, Minnesota changed his plans to carry a canoe the entire length of the Superior Hiking trail to raise funds and awareness for suicide. Evan “Sweet” Hansen was to begin his journey starting in Grand Portage on September 1. Instead, he started from the border of South Dakota, near Sioux Falls, and will end his long […]

The 9th Edition of the Superior Hiking Trail Guidebook is now available. Previous editions were edited but never fully revised and rewritten. Until now. The Superior Hiking Trail Association studied similar guidebooks of other nationally significant trails to make sure theirs was up to industry standards. But the SHTA went a step further. Lisa Luokkala, executive director of SHTA, says, […]

Community-based nonprofit health plan UCare is fulfilling its mission to improve the health of its members by being the first Minnesota health plan to offer an incentive for COVID-19 vaccines – starting September 1, 2021, through the end of the year. The incentive applies to Minnesota Health Care Program members age 12 and over enrolled in Families & Children (PMAP), […]

As the busy season begins to wind down after another record-breaking year, Visit Cook County wants to champion those who continue to be the “heart of hospitality” in the community by offering a cup of coffee for hospitality industry workers September 12-17, 2021. “Celebrating the hard work of those in the hospitality industry is important,” said Linda Jurek, Executive Director […]

As of September 7, the John Ek fire is zero percent contained, but the 1,357- acre fire has shown little growth over the last few days. Fire crews have completed contingency lines on three sides of the fire (on the north side from Gabimichigami Lake to Tuscarora Lake; on the east side from Little Saganaga Lake to Dent Lake; and […]