In her first year as a professional, Allie Duclos, Lutsen, placed sixth in the Women’s Boom Run and ninth in the Women’s Elite Log rolling competition at the Lumberjack World Championships held in Hayward, Wisconsin from July 20-22. Allie qualified for the boom run championship round on Saturday and had a clean, fast first run. However, she fell on the […]
Junior Legion team powers by Taconite
After the first inning, Taconite led 1-0 over the Cook County/ Silver Bay Legion baseball team, but the boys from Aurora would only lead for a short time. Neither team scored in the second, but the Vikings erupted for ten runs in the third and added one in the fourth and one in the fifth to take a 12-2 win. […]
Celebrate August! It’s almost here!
After a couple of stressful weeks, it’s time to look forward to August. Grand Marais has the Fisherman’s Picnic the first full weekend of the month. If you’ve ever tossed a fish or rolled on a log, this is the place for you! When I was a kid living in the West End, it was finally a chance to see […]
Summer Reads
One of my favorite summer activities has to be The Summer Read. Everywhere you look someone wants you to read something: billboards; menus; pamphlets. Heck, even some sights on the internet still demand that you read. But you heard it here first. The thing you’re really going to want to read this summer is a book. Yes, books are in; […]
Seeds have taken root
I cannot stop gardening. We are in the dogs’ days of summer and the early spring cold crops – radishes and beets and lettuces – are coming to an end. Not a necessary end; only that I’m tired of eating and harvesting and cleaning and re-seeding them. Still, today I re-seeded a bed a fast-growing green vegetable for September. I […]
An interview with Dave Walter, owner and operator of Recycled Treads- New sandals made from recycled tires
Dave Walter is an interesting fellow. He recently purchased the Yellow House from North House Folk School and is currently moving it onto a lot he bought in town and will work to renovate it in his free time. But Dave has another job; he makes custom sandals, taking something old and making it brand new. He calls his company […]
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Ulf seems slightly perplexed as her mother holds her on the moose at Gunflint Mercantile. The name Ulf stands for wolf in Norway, her mother said. It is an Old Norse name that is considered a strong, feminine name. Ulf and her family were visiting from the Old Country when they stopped at Gunflint Mercantile on Tuesday, July 25, as […]
City of Grand Marais featured in Minnesota author’s political thriller
Mondays, Mondays probes Supreme Court decisionsRichard Sherry, frequent visitor to Grand Marais, sets his second political thriller in Grand Marais. Just look at that retired professor sitting in the Blue Water, having coffee. Suppose he’s about to strip away all the privacy of Supreme Court decisions? He might be. Mondays, Mondays follows Sherry’s first novel about Dr. Ed Baker, a retired political science professor with […]
Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place in September
Cook County will join more than 600 communities nationwide with two walks to end Alzheimer’s this coming September. The Grand Portage team will walk on Saturday, September 9 and the Grand Marais team will walk on Saturday, September 23, leaving the Hub/Senior Center at 2:30 p.m. Care Partners of Cook County and the Cook County Council on Aging are hosting […]