The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold workshops in Grand Rapids, Fergus Falls and Thief River Falls to help conservation organizations and local governments apply for Outdoor Heritage Conservation Partners Grants. The grants program has $3.7 million available for projects throughout Minnesota. Workshops will begin at 7 p.m. with a short overview of the program, followed by an... READ MORE >
Vallen Cook of Grand Portage, a freshman at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, recently participated in a program called “Portage.” The Portage experience focused on experiential learning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Student participants canoed and camped in the BWCA Aug. 12-19 and also spent a day in Vallen’s hometown, Grand Portage, participating in service work through... READ MORE >
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a suspected smuggler on Wednesday, Sept. 9, after agents from the Grand Marais Station, Grand Forks Sector, were contacted by the Grand Portage Pigeon River Port of Entry concerning several suspicious persons exiting a vehicle near the Grand Portage State Park. The agents responded to the area and encountered the vehicle. The driver of the... READ MORE >
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 >
