Cook County Public Health and Human Services recorded 56 new cases of COVID-19 from January 20 to January 27, bringing the total to 694 cases since the start of the pandemic. As of December 7, 2021, the county had 341 cases since the start of the pandemic. The report from PHSS includes over-the-counter antigen positive results reported to either Cook […]
“Old Age Ain’t For Sissies”
We’ve lived through wars, through the depression and through having to walk to school uphill both ways without shoes. We’ve had enough Covid related protocols, and this past month we’ve had enough snow and lack of sunshine, yet we are still here. We wouldn’t have made it to this respectable age if we couldn’t take it that’s for sure. Like […]
Gifts of community
After the Gospels of the New Testament, there is a variety of books of the bible, a majority of which is correspondence. Among them are letters and messages to apostles, to early churches around the Mediterranean, and members of those churches all centered around the story and resurrection of Christ. Among those letters and writers, the most prolific was the […]
Northland Foundation awards grants to the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and Grand Portage
This week the Northland Foundation announced its grant program and made two dozen funding awards to nonprofit organizations, schools, and Native nations during the final quarter of 2021. Included in the awards was a $10,000 grant to the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc. The clinic will use the money to provide access to affordable oral health care for expectant mothers, children, […]
Marriage Applications
Edwin Allen Wright, Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Gwendolyn Tate, Grand Marais, Minnesota, December 7, 2021. Gregory George Kranz, St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, and Mishelle Del Rocio Guerra Sanchez, St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, December 7, 2021. Shawn Robert Hachett, Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Zoljargae Kolya, Grand Marais, Minnesota, December 20, 2021. Michael Hilding Carlson, Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Suzanne Kay Weber, Grand Marais, […]
Historical Reflections
This photo was taken about 1910. It is a view of Superior Street looking east from Second Avenue West in Duluth. It shows the new Orpheum Theater, Central High School, and other landmarks. There is a “Hotel de Hoss” livery stable for horses in the left center area of the photo, at the corner of Second Avenue West and First […]
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOFEBRUARY 4, 2002 v Governor Jesse Ventura said he was trying to spread the pain of fixing the state’s nearly $2 billion budget shortfall when he proposed his plan recently. However, for small cities like Grand Marais, predictions are that the pain could be quite acute. According to recent figures, Grand Marais (population 1353) would have to swallow […]
State Farm continues to service Grand Marais
With the retirement of Jeff Berquist and Donna Lunke, some are asking if there is a State Farm agent covering Cook County. The short answer is sure, it’s Amy Jordahl. Said Jordahl “We are so honored to be taking care of folks in our communities and have been enjoying getting to know our State Farm families! Here are a couple […]
WTIP Community Radio’s 15th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival Returns to Sweetheart’s Bluff, September 9 – 11
WTIP is happy to announce that the 15th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival will return to Sweetheart›s Bluff in the Grand Marais Rec Park this fall. A community-outreach event that began in 2007, this annual festival has become a tradition for fans of eclectic local and regional music. The station is planning for a 3 p.m. start on Friday, September […]