In its fifth year, the Great Place Project is seeking proposals that demonstrate a strong ability to promote physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing or both. Grants will range from $250 to $1,000. Winning projects will be those which demonstrate a keen ability to create small nooks of beauty in the built environment. “We want to invest in projects with sufficient “pop”... READ MORE >
Cook County residents beware— if you get a call from someone claiming to be from Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission (GM PUC) or representing Arrowhead Electric Cooperative and they tell you to pay your electric bill by credit card or your power will cut off within 15 minutes, it’s a scam. Don’t give them your credit card number. People making... READ MORE >
Last week Pete Stauber, the GOP candidate for the 8th Congressional District, picked up the endorsement of the Associated Contract Loggers & Truckers of Minnesota (ACLT). The announcement came from ACLT after DFL 8th Congressman Rick Nolan announced he would not run again for the 2018 election. This is the first time the ALCT has endorsed a Republican candidate.... READ MORE >
Results of the January 2018 aerial moose survey by the Minnesota DNR indicate that the Minnesota moose population in northeastern Minnesota remains stable, but there are no signs the numbers will return to the 2006 estimate of 8,840 anytime soon, if ever. This is the seventh year in a row the numbers of estimated moose were low, according to the... READ MORE >
On Tuesday, February 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. Staci Drouillard will give a presentation titled Chippewa City— People and Stories at Cook County Higher Education. Drouillard lives and works in her hometown of Grand Marais. A Grand Portage descendant, Staci began interviewing Chippewa City elders in 1987, which formed the basis of her book “Walking the Old Road: Chippewa... READ MORE >
North Shore Winery will be hosting the second annual Paint and Sip class on Saturday, March 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The winery is pleased to welcome Chriscell Bedard of Cheers Pablo in Woodbury, Minn. to lead the class again this year. No painting experience is necessary – just come ready to have some fun! We provide the... READ MORE >
Gene’s Family Foods in Grand Marais is once again sponsoring a two-week family game night drawing. Gene’s provides the pop, popcorn and game. All you have to do is provide the family. Some of the games include I Spy Eagle Eye, Zingo Word Builder, Ultra Dash, Bug Building, Soggy Dog, Blokus, Papa’s Pizza Topple, and Little Cooperation. There are two... READ MORE >
Grand Marais cold weather adventurer Lonnie Dupre is set to make a third attempt to climb Mount Hunter in Alaska. Mount Hunter (14,573 feet) is the steepest and most technical of the three great peaks in Denali National Park. It is also known as the most difficult 14,000-foot peak to climb in North America. The first winter ascent of Mount... READ MORE >
The ice rink in Tofte at the Birch Grove Community Center is open! The rink lights will be on until 10 p.m. every night. The warming hut has ice skates to borrow. Please put skates neatly on a shelf when done. If you would like to donate usable ice skates, leave them on a shelf in the warming hut. The... READ MORE >
“We sub-caucused in Tower, and Leah Phifer got all four delegates!” This was the exclamation by new DFL delegate Steve Wilson. According to his wife, Mary Shedd, 14 DFLers caucused for four delegate positions to the organizing convention in Ely in March. Out of the five sub-caucuses called, Phifer was named in three of them. Support was strong enough that... READ MORE >
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