The big ticket item discussed at the March 13, 2012 Lutsen Township Annual Meeting was the expansion/ renovation of the fire hall and town hall building at the base of the Caribou Trail. Citizens learned that construction bids were much higher than the amount approved at the August 16 town meeting. However, the 40-plus citizens at the meeting gave a... READ MORE >
We normally don’t see rainbows in March in northeastern Minnesota. In fact, it is more likely that we’ll see snow through March than rain. I remember many, many Easters in April that had enough snow to allow decorating snow banks with leftover Easter Egg dye. I don’t think that is going to happen this year. We’re used to seeing Northern... READ MORE >
About 100 people gathered in Grand Marais’s Harbor Park on March 1 to send off Cook County musher Frank Moe to St. Paul. Moe’s “Sled Dogs to St. Paul” journey was intended to call attention to the environmental concerns about non-ferrous metals mining. Along the way, former DFL State Representative Moe collected signatures on petitions and attracted a lot of... READ MORE >
Although it hasn’t been discussed at any public meetings in Cook County for a few months, that does not mean the plan to install a pipeline from Lake Superior to Lutsen Mountains has not been proceeding. In fact, according to Judith Erickson, government relations specialist for Lutsen Mountains, the effort to include the Lake Superior- Poplar River Water District and... READ MORE >
In February 2012, a survey was sent out to residents within the city limits of Grand Marais to assess housing needs in the community. Nancy Grabko of Community Fundraising Solutions, which operates the housing program for the Cook County – Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA), urges anyone who received a survey to take a few minutes to complete it... READ MORE >
Most of the audience at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Friday, March 2, knew of Stuart McLean of the CBC radio program Vinyl Café. They were the ones who snatched up the tickets as soon as WTIP Radio announced that the popular storyteller was coming to Grand Marais. Others were dragged to the evening event by a friend... READ MORE >
In the last two issues of the Cook County News-Herald, candidates for the Lutsen, Tofte and Schroeder town board were introduced. Now it is time for citizens to head to the polls and vote for the person they want representing them. Polls for all three townships open at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. Polls close at 8 p.m. and... READ MORE >
I’m a little distracted as I write this Unorganized Territory. I’m thinking about the upcoming weekend— March 9-10—and my trek into unorganized territory, the Gunflint Trail. According to my Cook County tax statement, I live in unorganized territory. But I actually only live about a mile outside of the City of Grand Marais. I can walk to town if I... READ MORE >
When Bryann Bockovich of Grand Marais got a call from her friend Linda McClellan, asking her to take part in a fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics Minnesota, she said yes. When her friend told her the event was a Polar Bear Plunge in the Duluth harbor on February 18, 2012, Bockovich still said yes. And she not only joined the... READ MORE >
Over 100 people gathered in Harbor Park in downtown Grand Marais on Thursday, March 1. Some came specifically to take part in the Sled Dogs to St. Paul rally to stop non-ferrous mining in Northern Minnesota. Some were drawn by the song of the Grand Portage Stonebridge Singers drum or by the barking of excited sled dogs. No matter why... READ MORE >
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