June 5 All Day Free Bus 10:00am Exercise Group 11:30am Lunch: Chicken Pasta Salad, Pistachio Cake Senior News in the News-Herald June 8 10:45am Morning Walk 11:30am Lunch BBQ Riblet, Peaches June 9 All Day Driving Tests 7:15am Bus to Duluth 10:45am Morning Walk 11:30am Lunch: Taco Salad, Watermelon June 10 9:00am-2pm AARP Driver Safety Refresher class 10:00am Exercise Group... READ MORE >
The warm sunny days to date can be counted on the fingers of one hand, but at the Senior Center we are planning as if warm weather will eventually arrive. In June we hope to be able to walk to Artists’ Point on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 10:45AM. We walk from the Senior Center when the temperature is above... READ MORE >
June may have arrived, but residents at North Shore Care Center patiently await warmer days and the opportunity to be outdoors again. Volunteer gardeners and staff have been busy with clean up projects and residents are starting to plant their new earth boxes. The front entrance area is looking beautiful already, too, thanks to the efforts of the Abrahamson family.... READ MORE >
According to organizers, the Small Footprint Living Fair is not just for people wanting to make drastic changes. It’s also for people who are curious about how to go about stepping in a green direction and those interested in learning about what others are doing to green their lives, their homes and their businesses. The mission of the fair is... READ MORE >
Another big event featuring the phenomenon of Highway 61’s North Shore is scheduled for Sunday, June 14. Harpist Georganne Hunter will be performing a concert in two parts beginning at 1:30 p.m. Her concert is provided by a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. At 2 p.m. the Schroeder Area Historical Society will hold its annual meeting. This year... READ MORE >
The Grand Portage community celebrated the end of the school year with the Johnson O’Malley Banquet on Thursday, May 28. The event also honored two Grand Portage students graduating this year, Vallen Cook and Shannon Braford. Vallen will be attending Anoka Ramsey College in the fall. Shannon will attend Lake Superior College on a full scholarship.... READ MORE >
Cook County High School seniors are not the only ones graduating this spring. Twelve class of 2009 Northshore Preschool students were launched at a ceremony in St. John’s Hall Wednesday, May 20. They will be future graduates of the high school class of 2022. Like all graduates, this class has high hopes for its future. Teacher Cheryl Hovde asked each... READ MORE >
Gwendolyn Danfelt- Martin has graduated from the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, as well as with minors in Spanish and Portuguese. Gwendolyn graduated magna cum laude with high distinction, as determined by her cumulative grade point average of 3.95 and her fulfillment of Honors requirements. Gwendolyn... READ MORE >
Anna Elise Jorgenson of Grand Marais has been named to the University of Wisconsin-Superior 2009 spring Dean’s List for academic achievement. UW-Superior is Wisconsin’s leading public liberal arts college, offering students academic challenge, solid career training and preparation to become lifelong learners. To be named to the Dean’s List, students must have completed 15 semester credits and achieved at least... READ MORE >
Shanel Cherie Finke of Grand Marais has been named to the University of Minnesota, Crookston Dean’s List for the spring semester. To qualify for a place on the Dean’s List, students must complete 12 or more letter-graded (A-F) credits while attaining a 3.50 grade point average. The U of M, Crookston is of the most respected career-oriented, technology-based universities in... READ MORE >
