A popular Lutsen coffee shop has re-opened its doors to anxious customers. Skip and Sonja Reifsteck are the new owners and operators of Moondance Coffee House. “We’re very excited about this opportunity,” said Sonja. The business will be open seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Besides a unique, high quality brand of coffee, the shop will... READ MORE >
Ten years ago citizens from Tofte raised their voices, concerns, and ire against a cell phone tower proposed for their town. The 200-foot lighted tower, which was to be secured with guy wires, was never built. Too big, too ugly and a scourge on the visual landscape were the biggest reasons for people’s expressed ire. Fast forward to last week’s... READ MORE >
With snowflakes in the air and more soon coming, the Schroeder Town Board hoped bids would be received to plow the township roads. And two bids were opened at the board’s November 9, 2010 meeting, but neither bidder was interested— or capable with their current equipment— of plowing the Sugarloaf Road, which is almost four miles long. Carl Crawford was... READ MORE >
Increased attendance at the Grand Marais Recreation Park has meant an increase in revenues of “about $50,000” over last year, said Dave Tersteeg, Parks Manager, at the park board’s Nov. 4 meeting. Tersteeg gave a list of proposals for rate adjustments for the 2011 season. None of them were voted on, and will be reviewed at the next meeting. Some... READ MORE >
Lisa Hiebert had a lot of interesting things to say at the October 27 Cook County Business Networking Luncheon at Chez Jude sponsored by Cook county Higher Education. An employee of the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota, Hiebert is a director of strategic marketing. Part of her job entails speaking to groups about ways to improve their... READ MORE >
The Tofte town board agreed to send KGM Contractors $3,900 for payment for work done on township roads at its October 14 meeting and withhold $10,000 from the bill until the construction firm agrees to look at how many yards of rock is stored on property owned by the town. KGM had agreed to provide a dollar’s worth of paving... READ MORE >
Floyd Johnson announced that he is getting out of the snowplowing business, and the Schroeder town board took action to put out a bid for snowplowing. “I could plow the parking lot if you really need me to and can’t find someone in the near future,” said Johnson. When Johnson made his announcement at the Oct. 12 town board meeting... READ MORE >
The Cook County High School football team ended its season in Ogilvie, MN when the Vikings lost 16-6 to Ogilvie on Oct. 26. Despite the results, the team improved on its performance 11 days earlier when it lost 30-14 to Ogilvie. Overall the team finished with three wins and six losses. They finished fifth out of eight teams in the... READ MORE >
With declining revenue and results of the upcoming local levy referendum uncertain, donations to the school district are a welcome blessing, superintendent Beth Schwarz said to the school board at its Oct. 13 meeting. And gifts this month were abundant, noted Schwarz. Arrowhead Electric gave $3,000 to the mobile computer lab and also kicked in another $500 for the Knowledge... READ MORE >
Call it the epitome of wind energy: trees were downed, waves were up, boats were beached, shingles blown off, power outages reported countywide, and in Grand Marais people gathered along the shore to take pictures or just watch Mother Nature pound over the breakwall and stir the lake into a boiling froth. The midweek storm was a witch’s brew just... READ MORE >
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