[caption id="attachment_32815" align="aligncenter" width="200"]Above: There were no cameras at Rendezvous Days of old. People like miniature portrait artist Kelly James helped preserve memories of the era. Right: This device is a rudimentary rotisserie. It is wound tight and slowly turns over a campfire for about an hour. The blacksmith made a new hook for it...... READ MORE >
It is interesting how words and phrases work their way into everyday language. For instance, the phrase “Winner, winner, chicken dinner!” For some reason, during Fisherman’s Picnic I kept hearing the phrase. I volunteered in the bingo tent and when someone in my section won, I gave them a high five and they declared, “Winner, winner, chicken dinner.” I didn’t... READ MORE >
Now that summer has finally arrived, the Minnesota Department of Health beach monitoring program has begun. Occasionally “no water contact” advisories are issued for local beaches. Beach monitoring is conducted at the following beaches in Cook County: Chicago Bay boat launch in Hovland; Paradise Beach, Kadunce Creek, Durfee Creek in Colvill; Old Shore Road, Harbor Park in Grand Marais, Recreation... READ MORE >
The filing deadline for citizens who wish to run for the Grand Marais City Council, the North Shore Health hospital board or the School District 166 school board was 5 p.m. on August 16. The ballot is now set for the November 8, 2016 General Election. In the city of Grand Marais, two council seats will be on the ballot,... READ MORE >
A single vehicle crash in Lutsen sent a Grand Marais man to the hospital on August 9. Terry Halvorson, 39, was driving east in a 2001 Kia Rio on Highway 61 in Lutsen at about 11:48 a.m. on August 9. Near 5175 West Highway 61, his vehicle drifted across the west lane, over a gravel driveway and into the ditch.... READ MORE >
Following the lead of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior, Cook County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday, August 16 asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service not to list the moose as an endangered or threatened species. The resolution was unanimous. Commissioners Frank Moe and Garry Gamble worked on the resolution, which notes that the Grand Portage Nation “has... READ MORE >
The Grand Portage National Monument hosted another successful Rendezvous on August 12-14 with 152 tents set up in the voyageur encampment. There were participants from 20 states and four Canadian provinces taking part in a variety of activities harking back to the fur trade era of the early 1800s. Part of the Rendezvous fun is the games played by voyageur... READ MORE >
The Grand Marais/Cook County Airport runway reopened for air traffic on Friday, August 5, 2016 and Airport Manager Rod Roy said within 10 minutes several planes had arrived on the newly lengthened, widened and resurfaced runway. Mike Raymond of Sawtooth Aviation, who had been storing his plane in Silver Bay, was the first plane to arrive. Raymond said it is... READ MORE >
The James R. Barker delivered a load of coal and then departed from the loading dock at Taconite Harbor in Schroeder at 8:48 a.m. on Friday, August 5, 2016, the last ship to visit the Minnesota Power facility for the foreseeable future. This “last” event is one of a series of “lasts,” said Plant Manager David Rannetsberger this week. Rannetsberger... READ MORE >
Fisherman’s Picnic 2016 will almost certainly go down in the record books as one that had the best weather. There wasn’t a drop of precipitation and temperatures hovered in the upper 70s throughout the weekend. Instead of gathering under the big blue tent in Harbor Park for protection from rain, this year it was the coveted spot to get some... READ MORE >
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