Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., $25 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church. Ruby’s Pantry will now be at the COOK COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus food for all! Cook County Higher Education Career training and college courses at the... READ MORE >
Nashville performer Caitlin Nicol-Thomas celebrates the release of a new recording of original songs, “Derecho”, with a series of performances in Minnesota. She will be joined onstage by multi-instrumentalist Al Oikari, who has been a musical collaborator for her Minnesota performances since 2015. Some shows will feature lineup additions with rhythm section musicians, and other shows will be as a... READ MORE >
Pet of the Week celebrates pets, past and present. Please share some of your favorite photos with all of us. If you bring a photo to the newspaper office, we can create a quality digital image with the scanner and give the photo right back to you. If you mail a photo to the newspaper office, we are careful to... READ MORE >
Allie Duclos has left the amateur ranks and is now log-rolling and, boomrunning professionally against the top women in North America. Duclos, 17, made her professional women’s log rolling debut at the Lumberjack Games – Splash n’ Dash in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. It was an excellent way for her to dip her toes into the professional world. Allie had a first... READ MORE >
Each summer, the members of the Grand Marais Garden Club come together around a theme to create a floral display for our community members and area visitors to enjoy. This year’s theme is “Garden Treasures”, and we can’t wait to show off gems from our gardens! We invite you to join us for the show on Saturday, July 22nd from... READ MORE >
National Park Service Wildlife Biologist Dr. Steve Windels was recently honored with the 2023 Distinguished Moose Biologist Award at the 55th North American Moose Conference and Workshop held May 22-26, 2023, in Grand Portage, Minnesota. The Distinguished Moose Biologist Award was established to honor “the outstanding contribution of an individual to the understanding and management of moose” in North America... READ MORE >
Grand Marais Public Library’s Summer Reading Program continues to inspire young readers ‘find their voice’ this month with a live performance of Bubble Wonders, an uplifting show, full of surprises, using bubbles to encourage participants to follow their dreams. Geoff Akins combines incredible bubble-wizardry with whimsical words of wisdom and will leave the audience feeling like anything truly is possible.... READ MORE >
For Tim O’Brien, and for the men – young once – of the Air Cavalry. At the bow one paddled an old, old paddle. Long, thick and wide. He portaged it with the bulky camouflage lifevest slung through the shoulders while he humped a Duluth pack over 50 pounds. In the Duluth pack he carried a hammock system of a... READ MORE >
For those you who follow me on Facebook you know that recently our family faced a terrible car accident where my nephew Tanner and his 7-year-old little boy Brody were seriously injured. It happened in a blink. They were on the way to a baseball game and Brody dropped his bat while riding in the back seat. He took off... READ MORE >
Nope, it’s not about cleavers. Read on. I’ve always been known as a Pollyanna, accused of seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. “Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt,” a quote by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, hangs above my computer and rests at the bottom of my emails. But you know what? It isn’t always that easy. Sometimes I have... READ MORE >
