Although there have been no fires in the last month, the Tofte Volunteer Fire Department has been very busy with training, equipment swaps, clock tower questions—and fire truck shopping. At the Thursday, February 11, 2010 town board meeting, Fire Chief Rich Nelson officially informed supervisors of the Tofte Fire Department’s receipt of a Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) and Homeland Security... READ MORE >
Several years ago, residents and business owners on the Gunflint Trail decided to celebrate winter with a weekend festival. The tradition has continued and grown and now in its sixth year, the Winter Tracks Festival is renowned for its diverse winter offerings. Everyone wants to answer the Gunflint Trail’s invitations to “Come play like we do!” The event includes broomball,... READ MORE >
When Cook County Law Enforcement Dispatcher Lindsay Mielke contacted the Maple Hill Fire Department with an emergency at 8:05 a.m. on Wednesday, February 17, she had to preface the information by saying the call was not a joke. A cat needed rescuing—it was stranded high atop a power pole at a home on School House Road in Grand Marais. Betsy... READ MORE >
Seeing all the television advertisements and reading press releases here at the paper about the 2010 Census, I am reminded that the Census Bureau doesn’t just count people and collect data every 10 years. The U.S. Census Bureau has staffers working year-round, every year, conducting a variety of surveys, compiling statistics on all facets of life in the United States.... READ MORE >
Truckers frustrated with their options when delivering logs to paper mills in Duluth or Cloquet planned a protest rally on Superior Street in Duluth— with semis—on Wednesday, February 10, 2010. However, a last minute meeting with representatives of Associated Contract Loggers & Truckers of MN (ACLT), the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), and the City of Duluth averted the protest,... READ MORE >
The Blackwoods Blizzard “Never Surrender” Tour, a ride to fight ALS, took place February 4-6, 2010 with 153 snowmobilers raising $503,000 for the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Four local snowmobilers were on the trails, riding 370 miles over three days. Tom and Kathy Bernier and Chuck Silence of Grand Marais and Ron... READ MORE >
Tofte Fire Chief Rich Nelson received notice on February 4 that the Tofte Volunteer Fire Department would be receiving a grant of $156,988 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. The grant funding will be used to purchase a new tanker truck. Nelson said the fire department has already been contacted by a number of vendors who sell tanker... READ MORE >
At January meetings of the Cook County-Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA), there was considerable discussion of how to meet financial obligations and keep the EDA operating. The EDA board and Director Matt Geretschlaeger thought they may have found a temporary solution to the EDA’s financial problems—postponement of wages for Geretschlaeger. However, at the February 9, 2010 meeting, EDA Attorney... READ MORE >
Although this issue arrives on the newsstand near Valentine’s Day, I have a different holiday on my mind. A long-ago mystery was solved this week—a May Day mystery. For several years now, as May 1st rolled around I have wondered about the identity of the person who quietly left a May Day basket on my door— in 2004. After finding... READ MORE >
A relaxing day of skiing at Pincushion Mountain was interrupted by a gruesome sight on the Ole Hyvaa loop on Saturday, January 30. David Eckel of Grand Marais was enjoying a cold and quiet afternoon when he came upon blood-covered snow and a dead wolf. Eckel contacted fellow skier Dick Swanson who lives nearby. Looking at the wolf, the men... READ MORE >
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