Last year Gene’s Foods promoted family game nights by giving away board games and goodies. The grocery store is doing it again. Each Saturday in February, a drawing will be held to see who will receive a game to take home and share with the family. Entry forms are at the store. There will be one game given away per... READ MORE >
Just a few hours after Governor Mark Dayton announced that his proposed bonding bill includes $3.6 million for the creation of the Lake Superior – Poplar River Water District, Lutsen Mountains Corporation Co-President Charles Skinner spoke to the Lutsen Town Board, asking for its support of the $4.8 million project. “We’re in the governor’s bonding bill, which is a significant... READ MORE >
The window for township citizens to officially file for election to a town board closed on January 17. Lutsen, Tofte, and Schroeder all needed candidates for a three-year term of supervisor and a two-year term of clerk. Nearly every board has had citizens step forward, interested to serve—except the township of Schroeder. Schroeder still seeking clerk Current Clerk Carol Tveekrem... READ MORE >
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced last week that officers at the Grand Portage port of entry seized 7.04 pounds of marijuana from a Quebec man. CBP Public Affairs Liaison Brian King said that on Jan. 10 at approximately 1 p.m., CBP officers were screening traffic arriving from Canada when a white Dodge Caravan was observed cutting across the... READ MORE >
I ran into a friend at the Grand Marais Post Office who had just returned from a vacation in Florida. She was disgusted that during her trip, Florida had unseasonably cold temperatures—while Minnesota was having unseasonably warm temperatures. It was actually warmer here in Grand Marais than on the Florida beaches for most of her stay. Frustrating for all of... READ MORE >
Planners of the 9th Annual Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids are hoping, hoping, hoping for snow for the event on Saturday, February 4, 2012. And no one is wishing harder than 8-year-old Easter Seals Ambassador Zachary Pylychuk, who hopes to once again convince a member of the Grand Portage Trail Riders to take him for a short snowmobile ride. The... READ MORE >
For the 10th year, students and family members gathered in the Arrowhead Center for the Arts to watch contestants in Jeopardy!-like competition—the National Geographic Geography Bee. Nine Cook County Middle School students took the stage on Friday, January 6 to take on challenging geography trivia questions. Teacher Dorie Carlson facilitates the Geography Bee, which begins with written tests and classroom... READ MORE >
The Cook County – Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) is one step closer to having a working website to market its services— and Cedar Grove Business Park lots—to the Internet community. At the January 10, 2012 meeting, the EDA selected Northern Wilds Media, Inc. to develop and maintain its web presence. The EDA received 10 responses to its second... READ MORE >
For several years now, I’ve been worrying about wolves. The Minnesota gray wolf (canis lupus) is a beautiful animal. But wolves are hanging around a bit closer than I would like. I grew up in Cook County, about six miles west of Grand Marais on County Road 7. I walked to my cousin’s house, about a mile away. I rode... READ MORE >
Headlines came to life on Monday, January 9 when School District 166 College in the Schools (CITS) students presented The Night of the Notorious. Characters from current events—news, sports and entertainment— were on hand to debate issues at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. It was an evening enjoyed by all as Ivy Church’s CITS students were put to the... READ MORE >
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