Grand Marais city councilors heard updates on three upcoming projects during their June 8 meeting. Steve Schug of the U.S. Forest Service spoke first. He has been working with the Boy Scouts for about a year and a half to coordinate a project that was originally expected to bring up to 700 Scouts and their leaders to Cook County June... READ MORE >
Grand Marais City Council convened for a brief meeting May 25 and approved permit requests for a bakery bike, airplane rides and a liquor license. Staci Drouillard, owner of Lola’s Sweet Life Bakery, appeared first before council to ask for a peddler’s permit that would allow her to sell a variety of baked goods in downtown Grand Marais along the... READ MORE >
Based on advice offered by their attorney, Grand Marais city councilors voted May 11 to send a letter to the county stating that the city will not participate in the development of a new community center until legal issues with a Wisconsin aquatics firm are cleared up. “I don’t see any way we can continue in the project until the... READ MORE >
Grand Marais Mayor Larry “Bear” Carlson told city councilors April 27 that he has been getting comments and complaints about the general run-down and shabby appearance of some businesses and asked what could be done about it. “This is a tourist town, and people think we should look better than we do,” Carlson said. He asked Roth if there was... READ MORE >
Parks Manager Dave Tersteeg appeared before Grand Marais City Council April 27 to discuss progress on development of a pedestrian-friendly entrance to the Rec Park and planned upgrades for the campground. The first item was a recommendation from the park board for award of a contract for planning and designing the community connection at the northeast corner of the recreation... READ MORE >
At the request of Fire Chief Ben Silence, Grand Marais City Council authorized the addition of two new members to the fire department. Speaking to councilors April 13, Silence said the membership “was getting down in numbers,” and participation in trainings, meetings and even fires is dwindling. “It’s fairly disappointing. I’d like to see people step it up a little,”... READ MORE >
Grand Marais city councilors gave their stamp of approval to a joint powers agreement that will allow the library expansion project to move forward with the county’s construction manager in charge of the work. City Administrator Mike Roth presented a revised addendum to the existing agreement to councilors at their March 30 meeting. The document, which has already been approved... READ MORE >
The annual Grand Marais Classic Car Show has a new home. City councilors granted a request presented by Chamber of Commerce Director Bev Wolke at their March 9 meeting to move the cars from the traditional location on the Artists Point parking lot to Wisconsin Street. In order to accommodate the relocation, council allowed the street to be closed down... READ MORE >
Greg Wright, executive director of the North House Folk School, visited Grand Marais city councilors Feb. 9 to present his annual report. After all, he said, the activities are taking place on city-owned land leased by the school, so it’s only right that council knows what’s going on. And, said the director, there are a lot of things going on.... READ MORE >
How can the Cook County North Shore Hospital better serve the community? Members of the hospital district’s board held their first workshop meeting Feb. 15 to begin work on finding an answer to that question, and one thing that became clear is that it’s going to take some time. In fact, Board Member Tom Spence suggested that in order to... READ MORE >
