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There have been some spectacular sunsets and sunrises lately, and when you mix in the northern lights that periodically blanket and color the sky at night one can understand some of the reasons for living and visiting here.
ISD 166 hires new principal
Josh Belanger will take over for current I.S.D. 166 principal Megan Myers on July 1, while Myers leaves to take the superintendent job in Parker Prairie, Minnesota, in July 2023. The school board announced his hire at the board’s March 16 meeting. Myers announced she was leaving in January to give the school board plenty of time to find her […]
WTIP celebrates 25 years on the air
The North Shore’s first local radio station celebrates its 25th birthday this year. WTIP was conceived around a kitchen table by a small group of citizens with visions of a local radio station serving the local community. The first broadcast was April 29, 1998; the first schedule consisted of a few hours of locally-produced programming a day, airing KUMD’s (Duluth) […]
BWCAW is named an “International Quiet Park”
With more than one million acres of motorless wilderness, the Boundary Waters Canoe Park has become the second place in the U.S. to receive a Quiet Parks designation. Last year Glacier National Park became the first place in the U.S. picked for this designation. Quiet Parks International (QPI) made the announcement on March 23. In the press release, QPI states, […]
Mental Health First Aid
What if Mental Health First Aid was as well-known as traditional First Aid? Many lives have been saved by the widespread knowledge of basic first aid, such as call 911, apply pressure to a bleeding wound, and check the airway. Many of us are trained in crisis response for a physical injury but what if it was just as common […]
Session update from Senator Grant Hauschild
We’re halfway through the legislative session, and things are busy in Saint Paul. There are a lot of ideas on the table at the Capitol this year, and some of them are moving with a sense of urgency after years of being held up by gridlock. Last weekend, I hosted town halls with Representative Zeleznikar in Proctor and Two Harbors. […]
Thank you, Cook County Crossing Guards!
Crossing Guard Appreciation Day is Wednesday, April 19. Our local crossing guards ensure children make it to school safely. Each day, rain, snow, or sun, they are there with a smile to allow children to safely cross intersections and streets before and after school. On behalf of the Safe Routes to School Committee, we say, “Thank you!” to the amazing […]
Cook County Emergency Services Conference
For three decades Cook County Emergency Management has brought forth an Emergency Services Conference and this year is no different. The 31st offering of the Emergency Services Conference will be held in Grand Marais on April 28 and 29, 2023. This great Cook County “get together” attracts local Firefighters, Emergency Medical Service personnel, US Customs and Border Protection, US Border […]
Douglas Flanders & Associates fine arts gallery presents juxtapositions of two artists, Hazel Belvo and Marcia Casey Cushmore
DF&A is proud to announce an exhibition featuring the work of two esteemed Minnesota painters, Hazel Belvo and Marcia Casey Cushmore. Belvo and Cushmore share their life and studios in Minneapolis and in Grand Marais. The exhibition runs from Saturday, April 8 – Saturday, May 13, 2023, and is titled Juxtaposition: Two Artists – Two Stories, Paintings by Hazel Belvo […]