Rae Piepho is an America patriot (3/5/22 letter). I agree with much of what was written. The crisis in America is coming “from all directions.” These include crime, drug use, gun safety, financial, immigration, COVID, education, and many others. Also, freedom and security are at stake! And most of all, our democracy is in peril. If you support Christian Nationalism […]
Free Health Care Fraud, Waste & Abuse Prevention online class offered Wednesday, April 13
The Senior LinkAge Line® will offer two Health Care Fraud, Waste & Abuse Prevention classes Wednesday, April 13, 2022, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. and again from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Attendees will learn how to detect and report potential errors, fraud and abuse; review potential fraud and scams targeting older adults, how to read their Medicare Summary Notice, learn […]
North House Folk School offers Pysanky: Ukrainian Egg Painting, a Ukrainian refugee benefit
North House Folk School just announced it has brought back a class it taught for years, but this class will be offered as a benefit for the millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine. This course is open to students ages 13-15 accompanied by an adult; ages 16-plus on their own. Because of the special nature of this effort, this course is […]
Albatross, a Novel by Dave Saari
Dave Saari’s fifth golf-themed mystery novel is set on the North Shore, taking place mainly in Grand Marais with a bit of back and forth between the Twin Cities and a golf course near Thunder Bay, Ontario. It’s a page-turner. The story centers around a mystery involving a potentially murdered young man who years before was living in a trailer […]
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SQUEEZED, Covid the Constrictor is a collection of writing and art about the pandemic by Cook County students. WISE (the Women’s Initiative for Service and Education) is distributing hand-bound hardcover copies of the book to Cook County Libraries. In this photo from L-R are: Barb Heideman (WISE), Virginia Palmer (WISE), Kristin Woizeschke (Grand Marais Library Assistant Director), Amanda St. John […]
City council hears report on climate action, passes resolution to help fund a new dog park, and makes a redistricting change
Grand Marais City councilors had a short but productive meeting on March 9. A question posed from Cook County Administrator James Joerke to the council was to ask if the city would contribute to funding a proposed dog pound/shelter? Joerke sent his request via email to Grand Marais City Administrator Mike Roth, who relayed it to the council. The county […]
Historical Reflections
GEORGE WASHINGTON, in laying the cornerstone for the United States Capital, used the same little trowel which President Roosevelt is waving after employing it in placing the cornerstone for the new $12,000,000 Interior Department building.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGO MARCH 18, 2002 v Cook County’s West End townships met last Tuesday and voted to approve a two-year $30,000 property levy that will be used to help pay for the operation of the Birch Grove Community Center located in Schroeder. When the night was over residents in Lutsen, Tofte and Schroeder each agreed to levy $10,000 per […]
New name for gypsy moths
Cook County has gypsy moths. Or used to. Now we have spongy moths, or, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) the moths will now be called by their Latin name Lymantria dispar. It’s a temporary name change, says the DNR. Why the name change? The Minnesota DNR is following the lead of the Entomological Society of America […]