A pleasant surprise greeted North Shore residents as they passed the Grand Marais harbor in the early hours of Tuesday, May 12. The U.S. Corps of Engineers, with Derrick Barge H.J. Schwartz and the tug Hammond Bay, as well as two barges piled high with boulders, were hard at work repairing the outer breakwall on the west side of the... READ MORE >
Preliminary autopsy results for Quincy Adam Pederson, a robbery suspect who died after his vehicle crashed when he was fleeing from law enforcement on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, have determined that the 38-year-old man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sheriff Mark Falk said today that the St. Louis County Medical Examiner reported that there were no other gunshot wounds.... READ MORE >
The Grand Marais Recreation Park Board, working with Carduus Consulting, has been meeting for over six months, seeking to create a long-range plan for development of the 60-acre Grand Marais Recreation Park. Park board meetings and two public forums have led to the creation of two possible designs for the waterfront and campground area. The public is encouraged to attend... READ MORE >
Richard McKenzie of Grand Marais, who served his first day as Cook County Veterans Service Officer on April 26, is looking forward to working with local veterans. McKenzie and his wife, Debora, moved to Grand Marais three years ago, after he retired from a 30-year career as Operations Director at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. McKenzie said they, like so many others,... READ MORE >
The web blog detailing Hovland resident Erik Simula’s 1,000-mile birch bark canoe journey had an appropriate entry on May 12: It’s really not an adventure if everything goes well. Simula made news in Duluth when his trek from the Pigeon River in Grand Portage, along the North Shore to Duluth and ultimately along the Old Northwest Trail to Grand Rapids,... READ MORE >
Cook County Law Enforcement received a call at 1:47 p.m. on May 9, reporting a fire danger at the City of Grand Marais’s brush disposal site near the Grand Marais water tower. The caller said someone had dropped hot coals next to the large slash pile. Grand Marais Fire Chief Ben Silence surveyed the situation and spread the coals out... READ MORE >
For generations, motorists commemorated their journey “up north” by honking the horn as they passed the solitary pine on the expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors. Hearts were broken to see the fallen tree in the highway medium. It was cut down by unknown persons on April 30, 2009. The city of Two Harbors wants to do something special to... READ MORE >
Ground will be broken in June 2009 on a new visitors center and Grand Portage State Park headquarters in Grand Portage. T. L. Construction of Floodwood, MN, the company that built the Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center, was the low bidder for the project at $3,945,535. The project is a collaboration of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), the... READ MORE >
Mildred “Millie” Mainella, 101, of Grand Marais, is well known in Cook County. She grew up in Hovland and in 1941, she married a Civilian Conservation Corps foreman, Charles “Charlie” Mainella. She and Charlie lived in Hovland for many years where he ran the store and she served as postmaster for 26 years. In their retirement years, they spent winters... READ MORE >
The 2009 Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program held its graduation ceremony on Friday, May 8. Fifty-one students were congratulated for completing ten weeks of D.A.R.E. lessons which focus on decision-making skills, teaching ways to resist peer pressure, suggesting healthy alternatives to drug use and helping build self-esteem. Cook County Chief Deputy Leif Lunde, the community D.A.R.E. officer, welcomed... READ MORE >
