The Cook County Highway Department crews have kept extremely busy responding to washed out roads in the back country. On Thursday, May 12 the county issued a no travel advisory for Irish Creek Forestry Road due to a washout one half-mile past the Irish Creek Bridge. Later the same day the announcement came that Moose Valley Road (CR 71) was […]
Hospital Looking for Creative Ways to Fill Staffing Shortages
North Shore Health is having trouble filling job openings at the hospital and care center, so much so that management is exploring opportunities to bring in employees through immigration. Openings that have been hard to fill are in Dietary, Housekeeping, and Care Center Nursing Assistants. NSH Director Kimber Wraalstad said there are several workers at the hospital who have family […]
Dwight Smith
Dwight Howard Smith “Smitty”, 78, died Thursday, May 12th in Duluth, Minnesota after a short illness. He was born August 14, 1943, in Duluth, Minnesota, the youngest of seven children born to Earl and Myrtle Smith. Smitty grew up and raised his family in Grand Marais, Minnesota. After retiring, he and his beloved wife, Sheryl, spent several years exploring all […]
Harriett Lockrem
Olive Judith Harriet Haugen Lockrem. She always went by Harriett, with two “t”s, because she liked that better. She was born February 21, 1925, in Thief River Falls, Minnesota (TRF), and died April 18, 2022, in Anoka, Minnesota. Her names came from her paternal grandfather Ole Snustad, her aunt Judith Nybakken Nelson, and nobody knows where “Harriet” came from. Her […]
Jill Marie Pennie
Jill Marie Pennie, 66, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022. She ‘beat the odds’ and was able to continue living an active and caring life throughout her 6-year struggle with Cancer. Jill devoted her life to others, and especially to children for whom she was a kind, nurturing, and a thoughtful […]
Historical Reflections
This is an aerial photo of the Grand Marais harbor from the 1950s, over seventy years ago.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOMAY 17, 2002 v A DNR field directive sent from St. Paul last week seems to indicate the agency is taking steps to more closely manage the use of Off-Highway Vehicles (OHVs) on state forests and other state-owned land. “We want the field staff to move forward with an environmentally sound, well-managed trail system,” said DNR spokesman Brad […]
County Board Approves Contract to Hire a Firm to Update the Capital Improvement Plan
On May 10, the county board voted to hire CR-BPS to update the County’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) in an amount not to exceed $224,400. CR-Building Performance Specialists will do a comprehensive facility assessment of county-owned buildings. They will assist in forming a facility plan that the county board will utilize for short- and long-term decision making for capital planning, […]
DAVID ALAN HAHN
Grandpa DavidDavid was born in St. Louis, Missouri, September 22, 1936, and died at home in Grand Marais, Minnesota, May 14, 2022. He attended Washington University School of Fine Arts and the University of Minnesota. He was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. A lifetime St. Louis Browns fan, David never wavered in his love for the team and passion for […]