Gordon Emil Lindquist
Gordon Emil Lindquist, 93, of Grand Marais and New Brighton, MN died peacefully in his New Brighton home on November 24, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. Gordon was born in St. Paul on November 7, 1929. His parents moved to Grand Marais in 1930 when Gordon was several months old. A true son of the north woods, Gordon grew […]
Katherine E Griffith
Katherine “Kate” Griffith, 88, passed away at Benton House – Lenexa, Kansas on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 from natural causes surrounded by her children. Kate was born in Duluth, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth. She continued her studies with a Master’s Degree in French Education from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Kate’s career in education included […]
Barbara (Sebring) Creech
Barbara (Sebring) Creech, 79, Moose Lake, died Thursday, December 1, 2022, in Moose Lake Village. She was born in Moose Lake to Everett and Lillian (Baakari) Sebring and grew up in Kalevala Twp where she attended grade school. Barb later attended Barnum High School, graduating in 1961. She lived in Duluth and worked as a nanny for the Goldfine family […]
Historical Reflections
A group of seventh grade girls, directed by music instructor Mrs. Irene Thompson enjoyed performing for the PTA meeting last week on Tuesday. They are from left, Kathy Allen, Hope Wilson, Mary Randall, Becky Beckwith, and in front, Wendy Walsh.
Arrowhead Cooperative completes most of 2022 Broadband projects, plans for next year and beyond
For 66 years Sawbill Outfitters has been off-grid, producing electricity by solar, wind, propane and diesel generation, but that recently changed when Arrowhead Cooperative got electrical and fiber to the remote business. “I’m sure we’ll continue to realize many benefits to our new access to power, but the first obvious one is just how quiet it is,” Dan Shirley wrote […]
Cook County/Grand Marais EDA receives large grant to be used for childcare
17 communities across Minnesota to receive grantsOn December 1 it was announced that the Cook County/Grand Marais EDA will receive $180,000 from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) to use to assist childcare businesses in the county. Cook County was one of 17 communities awarded a total of $2.5 million. In making the announcement Minnesota Governor Walz said, “In every community across the […]
Photo
David Johnson spotted this mink hunting on the ice. Just what the mink was after is unknown, but these beauties are terrific hunters, able to catch small prey on land and in the water.
Birth announcement
Lauren Thompson and Zachary Haugen are proud to announce the birth of their beautiful baby boy Maverick John Charles Haugen. Maverick weighed 8 pounds 6.8 ounces at birth, and he was 20.5 inches long. Maverick was born November 28, 2022, at 10:16 a.m.