After the first inning, Taconite led 1-0 over the Cook County/ Silver Bay Legion baseball team, but the boys from Aurora would only lead for a short time. Neither team scored in the second, but the Vikings erupted for ten runs in the third and added one in the fourth and one in the fifth to take a 12-2 win.... READ MORE >
After a couple of stressful weeks, it’s time to look forward to August. Grand Marais has the Fisherman’s Picnic the first full weekend of the month. If you’ve ever tossed a fish or rolled on a log, this is the place for you! When I was a kid living in the West End, it was finally a chance to see... READ MORE >
One of my favorite summer activities has to be The Summer Read. Everywhere you look someone wants you to read something: billboards; menus; pamphlets. Heck, even some sights on the internet still demand that you read. But you heard it here first. The thing you’re really going to want to read this summer is a book. Yes, books are in;... READ MORE >
I cannot stop gardening. We are in the dogs’ days of summer and the early spring cold crops – radishes and beets and lettuces – are coming to an end. Not a necessary end; only that I’m tired of eating and harvesting and cleaning and re-seeding them. Still, today I re-seeded a bed a fast-growing green vegetable for September. I... READ MORE >
Dave Walter is an interesting fellow. He recently purchased the Yellow House from North House Folk School and is currently moving it onto a lot he bought in town and will work to renovate it in his free time. But Dave has another job; he makes custom sandals, taking something old and making it brand new. He calls his company... READ MORE >
Ulf seems slightly perplexed as her mother holds her on the moose at Gunflint Mercantile. The name Ulf stands for wolf in Norway, her mother said. It is an Old Norse name that is considered a strong, feminine name. Ulf and her family were visiting from the Old Country when they stopped at Gunflint Mercantile on Tuesday, July 25, as... READ MORE >
Richard Sherry, frequent visitor to Grand Marais, sets his second political thriller in Grand Marais. Just look at that retired professor sitting in the Blue Water, having coffee. Suppose he’s about to strip away all the privacy of Supreme Court decisions? He might be. Mondays, Mondays follows Sherry’s first novel about Dr. Ed Baker, a retired political science professor with... READ MORE >
Cook County will join more than 600 communities nationwide with two walks to end Alzheimer’s this coming September. The Grand Portage team will walk on Saturday, September 9 and the Grand Marais team will walk on Saturday, September 23, leaving the Hub/Senior Center at 2:30 p.m. Care Partners of Cook County and the Cook County Council on Aging are hosting... READ MORE >
Viewed from the street, the courthouse lawn looks like it has been attacked by giant gophers who have dug some very large holes and left some very large piles of dirt. Instead, what’s really going on is that a stormwater filtration system has been installed at the Cook County Courthouse that will serve to filter stormwater runoff before it reaches... READ MORE >
