Grand Marais PUC increases electric, water, sewer rates three percent higher for 2023
Following City Administrator Mike Roth’s recommendations, the Grand Marais PUC voted to increase the water, sewer and electric budgets by three percent for 2023. The PUC voted for the rate increases at their November 16 meeting. In discussing the Water Fund budget, Roth said the increase would cover system repairs and improvements and position the water fund to contribute to […]
State of Minnesota returns land to Grand Portage in a historic ceremony
Following a request made over a year ago, on Friday, November 18, the State of Minnesota formally returned a small two-acre parcel of land east of Grand Marais to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in a ceremony held at the Grand Portage Lodge & Casino event center. The Stonebridge Singers’ drums and the dramatic entrance of the […]
Hamilton Habitat Inc! completes the fifth house
Just in time for the holidays, three sisters will move into a beautiful new home in Creechville. The 1,200-square-foot three-bedroom house has excellent window views of Lake Superior and sits on a large lot. The sisters plan to put a garage on the property at some point, but not now. “This is the biggest house we have built to date,” […]
Mental Health During the Holiday Season: Entering the Darkness
Most of us know what to expect, as the days grow shorter and the nights long. It happens every year. For many, the absence of light brings with it a heightened experience of anxiety or depression, especially during the holiday season. A survey conducted by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, found that 64% of respondents stated that they […]
2022 NFG Holiday Sale & Open House
The Northwoods Fiber Guild will host their annual Holiday Sale & Open House on Saturday, December 3rd, at the Grand Marais Art Colony’s new “Studio 21” site located at 21 W. Hwy. 61 in Grand Marais, MN. The sale is a well-known tradition on the north shore featuring quality one-of-a kind fiber crafts and artwork handmade by guild members. The […]
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Winter can be cold, dull and grey but all of that can be dispelled when one see’s a mountain ash berry tree clustered with hungry Bohemian Waxwings.
Is a Task Force needed to study how North Shore Health operates?
It’s no secret that we, the people of Cook County, have a problem with North Shore Health, but I fear we have gotten to a point of simply talking past each other. As a former operator of the military, it was a commonplace to run up against what seemed like instrumental obstacles. There wasn’t a day that didn’t prevent a […]
Medically Assisted Dying – The Coin in your pocket (Northern Wilds)
Thank you to Ted Reguly’s family, in Thunder Bay for sharing their personal story for an article written in the Northern Wilds this month. Their love, compassion, and respect in honoring his wish for a peaceful death allowed his personal decision to be made. They also shared the need for honest conversations to be shared on what death looks like, […]
2022 Empty Bowls draws nice crowd, numbers down
St John’s Catholic Church was filled with happy, hungry people last Thursday, November 17 as a large crowd came to eat a simple but delicious lunch or supper of donated soups, breads, and desserts as part of the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser held to fight community hunger. Proceeds from the meal, sale of deserts and handcrafted bowls made by artists […]