The sale will take place July 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Submitted by Sandra McHugh This is the sixteenth year of repurposing great stuff at the Lutsen Lutheran Rummage Sale. Located in beautiful downtown Lutsen, the sale is always a fun gathering spot for locals and visitors. We are fortunate to benefit this year from several households which... READ MORE >
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has received a proposal from Talon Metals LLC (Proposer) for a new nickel mining project in Aitkin County in central Minnesota. The proposed project, known as the Tamarack Nickel Mine (Project), would involve construction of an underground mine and supporting facilities approximately 1.5 miles north of Tamarack, Minnesota. The Project would have an... READ MORE >
Will Surbaugh, 21, Grand Marais, won the 2023 Lutsen 99er by a whisker over Dillon McNeill of Papillon, 21, Nebraska, who was credited with the same time as Will, five hours, two minutes and 46 seconds (5:02:46), for the 99-mile course. The two muddied riders averaged 17.02 miles per hour over the grueling course. There were 589 entrants in the... READ MORE >
Fresh off of his 5th place finish at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships held June 8 in Innsbruck- Stubai Valley, Austria, Drew Holmen decided not to race the Western States this year. Instead, Holmen, 31, will pace a teammate for the last 20 miles of the 100-mile competition. Holmen called on Thursday, June 22, from Olympia Valley, Washington,... READ MORE >
Playing at home, the Cook County/Silverbay Legion baseball team beat Cherry 9-2 on Thursday, June 22. The Vikings led 3-1 after the first inning and tacked on two more in the second, one in the fourth, and three in the fifth. Meanwhile Cherry had bookend runs, one in the first and one in the seventh, otherwise they were held scoreless.... READ MORE >
For six innings, the game against the Ely Timberwolves Senior Legion baseball team was close. The boys from Cook County/Silver Bay hosted the Ely Timberwolves Legion baseball team here on Tuesday, June 27, and fell behind 3-0 after the first inning. Neither team scored in the second, and CC/SB pushed two runs across the plate in the third while giving... READ MORE >
Just a stone’s throw from here, right around the corner, is an intersection of note. A smaller road intersects into the larger road on a curve. Because it’s on a curve, instead of standard T-bone, the smaller road diverges into two even smaller roads and looks like more like the letter “Y”. In the middle lives a small patch of... READ MORE >
“When is the thrift store opening?” “Are you taking donations yet?” As president of the First & Second Thrift Store Board of Directors, I’m barraged with these questions daily. What was I thinking when I accepted that position? Actually, I’ve enjoyed volunteering for the thrift store, but I never signed up for this particular gig. None of us did. It’s... READ MORE >
Up from the ribbon like river rose a high sand wash on the outside bend, and that is how all the bends are created and remain, the river rolling into a hill older than the Indians made of sand and clay, and coming in contact with the high, hard Earth, deflecting and turning. Always the tongue of the inside bend... READ MORE >
Commercial and sports fishermen will be heartened to hear that the numbers of Lake Superior juvenile cisco caught in bottom trawl surveys this season are reaching epic numbers. The surveys have been conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). As reported by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, “The number of one-year-old cisco in a haul is a huge indicator... READ MORE >
