Grand Marais Rec Park is filling up and music is returning to Harbor Park
Grand Marais Park Board members met Tuesday, June 7, and briskly discussed a broad agenda. Grand Marais Parks and Rec Director David Tersteeg stated business at the municipal campground for May “was strong” despite being cold and wet, adding a lot of firewood was sold to campers. Relative to last year, business is up at the rec park, noted Tersteeg. […]
Cross River Lodge sold and the name changed back to Borderland Lodge
Dave and Stephanie Shea are the new owners of Cross River Lodge, purchasing the business from John and Rose Schloot this past winter. The couple wasted no time renaming the business Borderland Lodge, its original namesake. “The Schloots said they wanted to change the name back to Borderland Lodge, but the name was registered to someone in Ely,” said Stephanie. […]
Arrowhead (Electric) Cooperative holds their annual meeting, board elections
Arrowhead (Electric) Cooperative will have a new board member representing Lutsen/ District 6. Sharon Hexum-Platzer defeated Tom Rider to take the spot held by Scott Harrison who had fulfilled his board term limit. Two incumbents Mike Valentini won Gunflint Trail/District 3 seat uncontested, and Don McKeever won Schroeder/District 7 seat uncontested. Member owners were invited to attend the Arrowhead Cooperative’s […]
What to Expect from the County Budget Process
Planning for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 County budget began in April again this year— two months earlier than has been our usual practice. The reasons for the early start are to give departments more time to fit budget planning into their schedules, to give county administration more time to discuss changes with departments, and more time for the county […]
Writer takes issue with Democrats claiming to be the party of unity
About the letter that democrats have your back. Democrats have your back so they can stick a knife in it! All this stuff about being the party of unity and every chance they get spewing vile hate and lies. Joe Manchin saved this country from spending 3.5 billion more dollars we don’t have on democratic pie in the sky. This […]
Washout needs repair
I am writing this letter to express my concerns and wonderment about a maintenance issue I have observed developing last summer that got noticeably worse this spring. That is the washout and deterioration along the street piling on the harbor side of the Coast Guard parking lot. At this time the public can no longer walk safely along side the […]
New restaurant in Grand Marais opens
A new restaurant opened its doors in Grand Marais just in time for the rush of summer tourists. “We are shooting for a June 1 open,” said Alex Giudice and Christine Sayler, who were busy painting the front of the building on a cold Wednesday two weeks ago. Despite their best efforts, the opening was delayed a few days to […]
