Memorial flagpole plans still up in the air
Plans to put up a memorial flagpole in Harbor Park are still up in the air. Full Story
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Cathi Williams was delighted to see this visitor at the pond at her farm on Fall River Road in Grand Marais on August 31. The great egret graciously cooperated for Cathi to get this beautiful photo. Full Story
Gravel storage may reduce Tofte paving bill
The Tofte town board decided to try to meet with KGM Contractors Inc. construction manager Keith Line regarding a bill of approximately $13,900 it sent to the township for paving it completed this summer. KGM had agreed to do $30,000 worth of paving in exchange for being allowed to store 30,000 yards of blasted rock on the township’s old airstrip. Full Story
Back-to-school rewards
Every year as the temperatures start to drop and the earthy scent of fall is in the air, I can close my eyes and clearly see myself as an elementary student anxiously waiting for the school bus. The memories of waiting for the bus, listening to a white-throated swallow singing overhead, holding my new notebooks and pencils are so vivid it seems as if it happened yesterday. Full Story
Labor Day
I hate to think that summer is over. Labor Day for just about all of us means back to the grindstone. School begins its new year, religious education classes start up once more. Full Story
Community Calendar
Cook County AA Meetings
Mondays:
Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st
Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meeting. Potluck at 6:30 PM
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Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Full Story
West End Calendar
Tofte Town Meeting
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00-430-5851
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Bikers tackle Sawtooth Challenge
A lot of people, hearing that there was a 1,000-foot vertical climb on the trail, would look for another route. Not the participants in the 2010 Sawtooth Challenge Bike Race. These mountain bikers relish the strenuous climb up Sawtooth Mountain ridge, taking on the eight-,16-,or 24-mile run with gusto. Full Story
Adventure running through Cook County
The Superior Hiking Trail received a good workout last week as 15 runners from all over the country gathered in Cook County to experience the hills, thrills and spills of this ruggedly beautiful footpath that runs largely along the ridgeline above Lake Superior. Full Story
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Trevor Wilson, 15, won this 2010 Lance Scooter and $150 cash at the Potato Days Festival car show in Barnesville, MN. Full Story
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