A deputy sheriff examines the runaway truck that crashed through the woods across the street from the Law Enforcement Center. The accident occurred October 20 when a 1974 Peterbilt TK driven by 23-year-old Damian Zimmer had a transmission failure. Zimmer, who was hauling a load of dirt told WTIP that he couldn’t slow the truck near the water tower on […]
Volleyball team ends season
The Cook County High School volleyball team ended their season with a 3-0 loss to Floodwood. With the loss the Vikings record is 6-11 and 4-7 in the conference. Floodwood upped its’ record to 22-8. Although it was clean sweep, the Vikings pressed Floodwood hard in third game, narrowly losing 26-24. The Vikings fell 25-17 in the first game and […]
As Northern Long-eared bats and three other bat species face extinction, Feds move to protect them through the Endangered Species Act
In a move that worries loggers and mill owners, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) is once again considering adding the northern long-eared-bat, little brown bat, tricolored bat, and Indiana bat to federal protection by placing them under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Pushing for the ESA are the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Michigan DNR, and Wisconsin […]
Is Smokey the Bear really buried in Schroeder?
The Superior National Forest sits on approximately three million acres in Minnesota’s Arrowhead and was established in 1909. One assumes a sign announcing The Forest that is on Highway 61 and just West of Tofte, Minnesota was erected shortly thereafter. The large, four-sided, oblong sign says, “Superior National Forest” in two different fonts. Beneath that sign is another, separate, tiny, […]
Photo
Jean Brislance took this remarkable picture of a Snow Bunting on October 18, “A definite sign of late fall. I always look forward to seeing these classy looking songbirds,” said Brislance.
City council discusses Arrowhead Animal Rescue project
When the City of Grand Marais announced it was going to remove the animal shelter to create a new boat launch and expand the parking at the boat launch (which is now completed), Arrowhead Animal Recuse (AAR) agreed to raise funds to build a new shelter with the caveat that the city provides land for the shelter and the city […]
“Built with Love” world premiere to be held at North House Folk School in Grand Marais November 18 at noon
A new feature-length documentary by the award-winning Pioneer PBS Postcards team is set to have its world premiere along the shore of Lake Superior in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Entitled “Built with Love,” the film follows Pioneer PBS Senior Producer Dana Conroy as she travels north along the coast of Norway to meet some of the last few people still building […]
Rec Park camping, RV rates will be three percent higher in 2023
Grand Maras Parks and Rec Director Dave Tersteeg addressed the Rec Park board on Tuesday, November 1, and suggested the board add modest rental increases to daily and monthly rates for both the park and marina for 2023. Before getting into the proposed increases, Tersteeg briefly discussed the recent history of park and marina operations. “Our strategy has been marginal […]
Puerto Rico and Love
I sit with my morning coffee, ensconced at a wooden table in an apartment on the beach of Aguada in Puerto Rico on the Atlantic in the western hemisphere of Planet Earth, and I marvel at our amazing world. Waves are crashing on the reef outside our open glass doors, and there are actually birds here. Tons of them: oyster […]
People are Dying to Get in There
October was a lot of skeletons and zombies and ghosts, and it made me realize that Halloween omits an important step before the afterlife. The transition. All of these spirits were once living but now they’re dead. Fine, technically a zombie is undead. Which is a little confusing. The prefix “un” means the absence of something. So, if you’re unlikable, […]