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Staff photos/Rhonda Silence The Grand Marais Fire Department visited Sawtooth Elementary and Great Expectations in Grand Marais on Wednesday, October 7 during Fire Prevention Week. Full Story
Weekly Weather
Date High L ow Precipitation From Dave Clutter, Poplar Lake
Oct. 6 42.50 34.75 0.40 0.00 Oct. Full Story
NS Music Association receives Regional Arts Council grant
A Grand Marais organization is among 12 projects that will receive funding from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council.
The Council recently awarded grants totaling $40,000 in the ARAC Art Project Grant Program. The funding for these grants is made available through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature. Full Story
Historical Reflections
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us a call, or stop by our Grand Marais office. We’d love to hear your Historical Reflections. Call (218) 387-9100; e-mail starnews@
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Broadband plan gets thumbs up from county board
The consultant who has created the business plan for a proposed countyowned telephone, TV, and ultrahigh speed Internet fiber optic cable (“broadband”) network is very optimistic about its potential for success. Doug Dawson, president of CCG Consulting of Beltsville, Maryland, met with the county board Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Full Story
SMMPA board approves rate increase; local effect not known
The board of directors of Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) has approved a 4 percent increase in its wholesale electricity rate for its 18 municipal utility members effective Jan. 1, 2010. Full Story
Neitzke charges dismissed
On October 5, 2009, Assistant County Attorney Molly Hicken moved to dismiss charges against Dennis Neitzke of Grand Marais with the condition that no same or similar incidents take place within one year. Full Story
Tofte volunteers recognized
At the Tofte town board meeting Thursday, October 8, 2009, Supervisor Paul James made note of two letters that would be sent out from the township thanking Jerry Gervais and John Nelson for all the help they have given the township on projects related to the park, the cemetery, the town hall, and the fire hall.
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1% answers at public forum
Even before the Cook County Board of Commissioners voted in September to authorize a special election, the community was debating whether a countywide 1% sales tax should be enacted to fund a number of projects—improvements to outdoor recreational facilities at the Birch Grove and Cook County community centers; a multi-purpose community center with a pool, gym, fitness center, and meetin Full Story
Hearing scheduled on Judge Magney State Park area survey
A survey of parcels in the Judge Magney State Park area would wrap up some glaring discrepancies from the past, but it could take 200 feet off the edges or corners of some people’s properties. County surveyor Wayne Hensche asked the county board Tuesday, October 13, 2009 to schedule a public hearing to discuss the possibility of a new survey of the area. Full Story
WTIP sends out new signal
On Friday, October 9 at 8:19 a.m., WTIP North Shore Community Radio launched a new signal, WGPO 90.1 FM, in Grand Portage. Approval for building the transmitter was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last fall. Full Story
City to charge Community Center and school for water
For the first time ever, the City of Grand Marais is going to start charging the Cook County Community Center for the water it uses, including the flooding of the hockey, skating, and curling rinks. Full Story
Learn art of photography with Bryan Hansel
Learn to be a better photographer with Bryan Hansel during two classes offered by Community Education this fall. Hansel will cover what to take a picture of, photographic composition techniques, exposure control, manual camera controls, and specific digital techniques and tools during the first course, Nov. 4 and 11. Full Story
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At the first of several public bowl-making sessions at the Grand Marais Art Colony Wednesday, October 7, 2009, many more people showed up than expected. Full Story
Playhouse’s silent auction set for October 24
The Grand Marais Playhouse will hold a huge silent auction at 6 p.m. October 24 to raise funds for its 40th season at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts.
The2010 season will be announced and comic readings and musical performances from upcoming shows will be presented, Critter De Jour
will perform and hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be available. Full Story
Grand Marais’ Erickson in Scandinavian film
Coffee, Kringla, Ole, & Lena: Samples from
Scandinavian America
is a light-hearted educational exploration of contemporary Scandinavian America. Award-winning Swedish filmmaker Stefan Quinth has previously brought to the Midwest films about Swedish and Norwegian horse-and-sled drivers, Kodiak bears, and Aleutian-Scandinavian Americans. Full Story
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness annual meeting
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness (NMW) will hold its annual meeting at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, in the Trail Center picnic shelter, on Sunday, October 18 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
NMW Vice-Chair Sally Nankivell of Grand Marais said, “We would love to have a good turnout from Cook County. We would like to receive input from the Cook County community.” Full Story
Arrowhead Coalition to hold annual meeting
Members of the Arrowhead Coalition for Multiple Use (ACMU), a grassroots group formed to “promote sensible management and recreational use of our public lands and waters,” sought to demonstrate its mission in the 2009 Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic parade. ACMU members marched behind a banner, calling on Northland forest users to “Respect Your Neighbor.” Full Story
Woodland Workshop offered in Hovland
The University of Minnesota, the Northeast Minnesota Sustainable Development Partnership, and the Flute Reed Partnership are hosting a Woodland Workshop which will provide information for landowners interested in property tax reductions to protect forested property. The public is invited to come learn what tax incentive programs are available in Cook County. Full Story
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