The Violence Prevention Center is excited to be celebrating 25 years of service to the community. In honor of this, it is hosting a “LUNAFEST” film festival featuring short independent films for, by, and about women. Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Arrowhead Center for the Arts, 10 films from four to 11 minutes each will tell... READ MORE >
The Entrepreneur Fund and Greenstone Group are hosting a free luncheon on Tuesday, March 29, for business owners interested in learning about an initiative proven to increase revenues and income, announced Mary Mathews, Entrepreneur Fund president and CEO. The luncheon is designed to give business owners an overview of the initiative called Be Strategic: Grow Your Business, including a review... READ MORE >
Students from the After School Lounge program at Cook County Schools are partnering with the Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign to restock the local food shelf and they are asking for your help. As part of an ongoing service learning project, more than a dozen students in grades three to six have been spending some of their after-school hours learning about... READ MORE >
Although Cook County residents are more often concerned about blizzards or wildfires, flooding can be a problem on the North Shore. This was evident in the June 6, 2008 storm in which 4 – 6.45 inches of rain fell between 2:00 and 5:00 a.m., causing streams and riverbeds to surge, washing out roads and driveways and flooding basements all over... READ MORE >
Michael Hendrickson, 41, Grand Portage was seriously injured on Saturday, February 26, 2011 in a snowmobile accident about 300 yards from the parking lot at Nor’wester Lodge on the Gunflint Trail. Apparently the 1995 Arctic Cat EXT snowmobile left the trail and struck a tree. Hendrickson suffered a lacerated liver, torn aorta, and eight broken ribs on his right side.... READ MORE >
St. John’s Catholic Church in Grand Marais will be celebrating three very special anniversaries this year—the 100th anniversary of the founding of St. John’s Catholic Church in Grand Marais – 1911; the 75th anniversary of becoming a parish in its own right with its own pastors – 1936; and the 50th anniversary of the present church building on Broadway Avenue... READ MORE >
On February 17, 2011 a workshop was held in Duluth, where Part I of the Washington and Barnum Island Cultural Landscape Report was presented to park stakeholders and the public. The presentation highlighted project goals, landscape histories, existing conditions, and a range of potential treatment options. Comments made at that time were noted for further consideration. In connection with this... READ MORE >
The community is gearing up for the second annual Cook County Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, March 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center. At press time, there were 20 different teams! If you would like to take part in the chili contest to try to take the traveling trophy away from last year’s winners—... READ MORE >
In celebration of Teen Tech Week the Grand Marais Public Library is hosting a teen gaming event from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19. A prize drawing for a Nook e-reader will be held at 3 p.m. All students in grades 5 – 12 are eligible to attend the gaming event and register for the prize; entry forms are... READ MORE >
Some 500 Boy Scouts from the Order of the Arrow, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, will bring their trail building expertise to projects in Cook County for a week this June, to begin the construction of several miles of inviting single track mountain bike trails on the slopes of Pincushion Mountain and in the Sugar Bush Trail system.... READ MORE >
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