Grand Portage and Sawtooth Mountain Clinic WIC, recognizing the importance of diversity in representation and meaning making in breastfeeding promotion, collaborated on the Equity in Lactation grant to commission Sam Zimmerman, Grand Portage descendant and Duluth-based artist, to create a work that would engage with breastfeeding. The grant resulted in a series of two original sister paintings, The Way a […]
Polar Plunge nets dollars for programs
Shivering and excited, more than 100 people took part in the Cook County Polar Plunge held on Wednesday, October 20 at the Cook County High School. Polar Plunge events have been held across the state as a way to raise funds to support Special Olympics Minnesota. Plungers help Special Olympics Minnesota provide year-round training and services to thousands of athletes […]
Story stroll for kids: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
The Grand Marais Public Library and Cook County Early Childhood and Family Education (ECFE) will host a story stroll on the lawn in front of the library Saturday, November 6, 2021, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Families can walk through a giant version of Eric Carle’s picture book From Head to Toe, then pick up a treat and information about ECFE and […]
Charles “Chuck” B. Beberg
Charles “Chuck” B. Beberg, 87 of Cloquet, passed away Monday, October 25, 2021, at Inter- Faith Care Center in Carlton, MN. He was born on December 10, 1933, to Charles and May (Sangola) Beberg in Kalevala Township Carlton County. He was very proud of his Finnish heritage. Charles graduated from Barnum High School in 1951 and UMD in 1956. He […]
Carol Jean Lyon
Carol Jean Lyon, 85, passed away in Coeur D Alene, ID after a year long decline in health on Friday October 15, 2021. Carol was a life-long resident of northern Minnesota. She was born Sept. 17, 1936 to Roy and Miriam Nelson and grew up in the Hermantown area. During her school years she met Lorry (Shinn) Rannetsberger who was […]
Marriage Applications
Ana Liuzzi, Hovland, Minnesota, and Dale Robert Elenteny III, Hovland, Minnesota, September 16, 2021. Rachel Colleen Wieben, Finland, Minnesota, and Brock Kenneth LeBlanc, Finland, Minnesota, September 20, 2021. McCabe Fredrik Plaas, Lutsen, Minnesota, and Patrick Thomas Kindler, Lutsen, Minnesota, September 22, 2021. Erica Noelle Lewis, Plymouth, Minnesota, and Matthew James Fellows, Cloquet, Minnesota, September 29, 2021. Nathaniel Richard Johnson, Cass […]
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOOCTOBER 29, 2001 Firefighters from Poplar Lake and Sea Gull Lake watched helplessly as a fire tore through the Gunflint Trail fire hall on Gunflint Lake Monday night. All of the gear that they needed to fight the fire was stored inside the building. The fire started in or near the ambulance about 6:45 p.m. Lost in the […]
Forest Service announces 45-day extension to public comment period for the Lutsen Mountains Ski Area Expansion Draft Environmental Impact Statement
On October 21, the Forest Service announced it was extending the public comment period for an additional 45-days for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) analyzing the proposals to expand Lutsen Mountains Ski Area. The announcement extends the original comment period from October 26 to December 9, 2021. The Lutsen Mountain Ski Area DEIS addresses the potential impacts of a […]