At Cook County Higher Education’s next Guest Lecture event, the speaker will be Margaret Watkins, water quality specialist, presenting Mine Effluent Treatment Technology and Financial Assurance. Watkins will speak on Thursday, July 18, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. The presentation will raise questions and discuss key points around this controversial issue, including:... READ MORE >
Memorial Blood Centers will have a number of blood drives in Cook County July 16-18. The first blood drive is for the Tofte, Lutsen and Schroeder communities at the Zoar Lutheran Church on Tuesday, July 16 from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Contact Polly Erickson at (218) 663-7398 to set up an appointment. The following day, Wednesday, July 17, a blood... READ MORE >
The Grand Marais Garden Club’s 2013 Flower Show will be held Friday, July 19 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center, 317 W. Fifth St. in Grand Marais. Featured will be ’50s music and decor which will set the mood for the beautiful arrangements of locally grown flowers. Anyone interested is encouraged to enter a display.... READ MORE >
Cornerstone Community Church is hosting The Faithful Men Quartet in concert on Sunday, July 14 at 10:30 a.m. at the church at 1 Cedar Grove Lane in Grand Marais. Following the concert, Cornerstone is offering a picnic for concert-goers. It is free and all are welcome. On their website, The Faithful Men Quartet is described as a group of four... READ MORE >
Janette Strathy, M.D., Fellow of the American Congress of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, comes well-recommended. That is probably no surprise to her former Cook County High School classmates, who knew her as Jan Hansen. Strathy is the recipient of Park Nicollet Foundation’s 2013 Earl G. Young Physician of Excellence award. The award is in memory of the late Dr. Earl Young,... READ MORE >
There was a sense of pride and satisfaction among those attending the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department grand opening June 12 at Fire Station 1, the A. Paul and Carol Schaap Community Center, near Poplar Lake. Project Chair Mike Valentini recounted the many steps in the process to update all three Trail fire stations. Those celebrants from the Gunflint Trail... READ MORE >
A class designed to introduce side arms to women who would like to become familiar with pistols is being offered July 13 at the Community Center log cabin. This is an opportunity to learn about and shoot various pistols. It is not a carry permit class. Ear and eye protection are required for the afternoon range session. The class will... READ MORE >
For the third year, mountain bikers from across the United States and Canada will be heading to Lutsen to take part in the Lutsen 99er, tackling the topography of the North Shore, riding from the Lake Superior shoreline to the top of the Sawtooth Mountain ridge. This year’s event will be held Saturday, June 29. Both the Lutsen 99er and... READ MORE >
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Gitchi-Gami Trail Association held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Silver Bay to celebrate the official opening of a new 2.3-mile paved segment of the Gitchi-Gami State Trail on the North Shore of Lake Superior. From the Rukavina Arena in Silver Bay, the new trail segment runs south across Northshore Mining property and... READ MORE >
The stars were aligned in perfect unison on Wednesday, June 12 as the Gunflint Trail community gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department (GTVFD) Hall One expansion. This ambitious project covered expansions at all three fire halls in the GTVFD fire district. Hall One at Poplar Lake (mid- Trail) was the site of the... READ MORE >
