Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meetings. Potluck at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:30). Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: 12 Step Study Meeting, 6:30 PM, Arrowhead Electric Co-op building, Lutsen. Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon,... READ MORE >
County fairs document a rich history of agriculture when growing food was a part of everyday life. This history spans 90 years from 1919 until the present. Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of our everyday life, our sophistication and many accomplishments including the convenience of grocery stores, we forget that we owe our existence to a six inch layer... READ MORE >
Dresses were swishing and conversation was buzzing during a social time before the Cook County Community Fund’s sixth annual grant awards at Sivertson Gallery in Grand Marais Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Seven groups representing local community projects received a total of $7,000. The Cook County Community Fund was established by area residents in 2003 to build a permanent endowed fund... READ MORE >
The North Shore Dragon Boat Festival 2009 will be held July 23-26. In addition to powerful (or not so powerful) paddlers, volunteers are needed to provide safe and fun Dragon Boating in the Grand Marais harbor. Volunteers are needed to serve as: Lane marshal: These folks stand at the lane’s dock where teams load and disembark. Their job is to... READ MORE >
A group of canoeists in a 24-foot voyageur canoe will make a stop at the future Chik-Wauk Museum and Interpretive Center Monday, July 13, 2009 to help celebrate the 100th anniversaries of the Superior National Forest and Quetico Provincial Park. The festivities will include canoe rides; children’s activities; naturalist and voyageur interpretive presentations; live music by Gerald Thilmany; book signings... READ MORE >
The future Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center near the end of the Gunflint Trail is already earning kudos by state and national officials a year before its grand opening, scheduled for July 4, 2010. On June 24, 2009, a very favorable impression was left with representatives of the National Scenic Byways Committee, the Minnesota Department of Tourism, the Minnesota Department... READ MORE >
July 13 at Chik-Wauk – Canoe the Heart fundraising lunch and celebratory canoe trip in honor of the Superior National Forest and Quetico Provincial Park’s 100th anniversaries. Events take place from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. July 15 at Gunflint Lodge – Gunflint Canoe Races. A fundraiser benefitting the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Department volunteers hope for participation... READ MORE >
A giant quilt by local artisan Ray Comstock greeted visitors to the opening of the Northwoods Fiber Guild show at Johnson Heritage Post the evening of Friday, June 26, 2009. A large crowd of people milled around enjoying that and other quilts, hand-dyed batiks, colorful braided rugs, and woolen knitwear made by members of the guild. In the room featuring... READ MORE >
The Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder will exhibit the photography of Anders Bjorling through the summer season. Bjorling is a nature and travel photographer, living in St. Peter, Minnesota. Photography has always been one of his passions, but not until retiring 10 years ago, after 37 years as an administrator at Gustavus Adolphus College, has he had adequate time... READ MORE >
in to fiber on November, the If you’re tired of donating your blood to the Minnesota State “Bird,” the mosquito, consider donating to a better cause – The Arrowhead Regional Blood Center. Patients in the Arrowhead region need over 350 units of blood every week. You can help out by donating blood at the next visit of the Memorial Blood... READ MORE >
