Properties along the Gunflint Trail in Grand Marais, Minnesota remain open and unaffected amid the 22-acre Spice Lake fire located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness approximately 10 miles west of the Gunflint Trail. As of Monday, June 19, 2023 the U.S. Superior National Forest Service announced that fire reduction efforts are successful and crews will be scaling back.... READ MORE >
The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office 911 Dispatch was notified at 6:44 p.m. on June 21, 2023, that fishermen on Gillis Lake had overturned their canoe and one of the canoeists who wasn’t wearing a PFD had never resurfaced. On Friday, June 23, the body of Lester Jay Hochstetler, 18, of Clear Lake, Wisconsin, was recovered from Gillis Lake where... READ MORE >
Karla Pankow, NRP, CCP-C, EMS Director North Shore Health Ambulance shared a story about a BWCA rescue the ambulance crew performed. May I just take a moment to brag a bit about this EMS crew? At 5:58 a.m. June 29, we were dispatched to Beth Lake in the Boundary Waters. The Beaver seaplane was unable to fly. Without hesitation, we... READ MORE >
More than 3,000 people attended the two-day semi-annual Hovland Arts Festival held at the Hovland Town Hall July 1 and 2 on a weekend blessed with beautiful weather. With 40 artists on hand displaying their work and wares there was a lot to look at and choose from. Shannon Crossbear was back with a story hour and half a dozen... READ MORE >
Roger Allen MacDonald passed away at the age of 99 at the Care Center in Grand Marais, Minnesota on June 21, 2023. He lived a full life serving as a family physician in Koochiching County, Minnesota from 1948-1962 and in Cook County, Minnesota from 1962-1978, as well as a brief stint in St. Peter, Minnesota with his brother in-law, Dr.... READ MORE >
Dr. Roger Warren Strand passed away peacefully, on Tuesday June 6th, at Bethesda North Pointe, New London, Minnesota. Roger was born in St. Paul, Minnesota March 23rd, 1936, and raised in Minneapolis. He spent summers at(in) Green Lake in Kandiyohi County. Roger graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1953 and was inducted into the Roosevelt Alumni Hall of Fame in... READ MORE >
Terry L. Cave, age 74, went home peacefully to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 25th, 2023 surrounded by his loving family. Terry was born March 29, 1949 in Cook, Minnesota to Norman and Ilah (Mills) Cave. The Lord blessed Terry with 50 years of marriage to his beautiful bride Joyce (Pearson), three children Tim (Lisa) Cave, Kristin... READ MORE >
Here is Phil Hedstrom with some machines that were used to create logging roads that allowed men, horses, machines, and logs to move throughout the forest. The year the photos were taken is unknown. The photos became part of an International Harvester Company collection.... READ MORE >
