This month the North Shore Dragon Boat Festival is saying goodbye and thank you to a woman some people call “the Queen of the Dragons” – Debbie Neitzke. Neitzke has served for five years as the Dragon Boat Festival’s director. Organizers say her enthusiastic spirit, friendly sincerity and community investment have played a central role helping shape the event’s success.... READ MORE >
If you weren’t at the Grand Marais Art Colony last weekend, you missed a fantastic exhibit of local landscape paintings by guest artists from far and wide. It was the culmination of the 7th Annual Plein Air Competition, which included a terrific week of outdoor painting and a variety of special events such as the Night Paint, guest speaker Howard... READ MORE >
Applications are now being accepted for Isle Royale National Park’s 2010 Artist-in-Residence Program, Phyllis Green, park superintendent recently announced. “This program provides artists the opportunity to become part of a long-established tradition of interpreting the national parks through works of art,” explained Green. The Artist-in-Residence Program at Isle Royale is open to professional artists whose work can be inspired by... READ MORE >
Due to the economy and the times, the North Shore Health Care Foundation annual golf tournament numbers are down. So, for this year, the foundation board is lowering the registration fee from $125.00 to $90.00 and refunding the $35.00 to anyone already registered. A check will be waiting at the registration table on tournament day for those who have already... READ MORE >
The annual Harvest Dinner at Bethlehem Lutheran Church will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 2. The traditional menu will be served: fish cakes, ham, parsley buttered potatoes, carrots, coleslaw, beet pickles, rye bread and apple dessert. Most of the dinner items come from parish gardens or are homemade by parish women. Tickets are $12 for adults,... READ MORE >
WTIP Community Radio has developed a community resource webpage designed to engage and inform citizens about the upcoming 1 percent sales tax referendum. A 1 percent sales tax is being proposed to fund infrastructure costs for projects around Cook County. In order for the proposed sales tax to be implemented, it needs to pass a countywide voter referendum this fall.... READ MORE >
The Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder is gearing up for a “Week of Traditions” Sept. 19-26. In previous years the center has partnered with Sugarloaf Cove Interpretive Center and the Tofte Historical Society at the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum for a “Day of Tradition.” This year the events have multiplied and a week of traditions seemed more apt... READ MORE >
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation officers are asking hunters to review the rules as the black bear hunting season proceeds. “During my initial inspections, I found bear baiting stations that had not been registered with the DNR within 24 hours of being established, or lacking a bear bait sign within 20 feet of the bait,” said Conservation Officer... READ MORE >
The tourism folks in Grand Marais are having a bit of fun these days with the theft of a faux gull that was perched on the city’s billboard along Interstate 35 in Pine County. “He was perched there, welcoming people north. And now it’s just these little tangled yellow feet – so we’re pretty sure he didn’t just up and... READ MORE >
Former skeptic Dr. Don Bierle will be presenting the evidence that changed his mind from doubt to confidence about the Christian faith to North Shore communities on Saturday, Oct. 3. Bierle’s revealing presentation of FaithSearch will be held at the Schroeder Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Thefree event is being sponsored by Zoar... READ MORE >
