Horsetail Lore & Medicine This time of year in late-winter and early- spring, my cabin fever begins to fall away and becomes replaced by an excited eagerness. Although I still require a jacket to go outside and it is generally wet and mucky, lacking any robust plant life, I want to spend all the time I can in the spring sunshine and simply will the plants to start growing aboveground once again! Soon, this eagerness, tempered by many months of patience, will be rewarded.
What have you done? This week, Beyond Reason is going to try something new. I am going to ask a question and I’m hoping you, The Loyal Reader, will provide the answer.
Ski-U-Ma! The history of football at the University of Minnesota is much too long for me to know. And for nearly half of its history, football at the University of Minnesota was too irrelevant for me to care about.
Grand Marais Toastmasters Saturday, March 16, at ONE P.M. (Please note time change!) We're starting a Toastmasters Club in Grand Marais! Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that builds confidence and teaches public speaking skills.
Northwoods Volunteer Connection (NVC), a nonprofit organization based in Tofte, MN, announces its new executive director, Joanna “Jo” Swanson. Since 2014, Northwoods Volunteer Connection—a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit— has been dedicated to recruiting, training, and delivering volunteers to work in and around the Superior National Forest of Minnesota.
The Superior National Forest is pleased to announce the hiring of Drew Stroberg as permanent Deputy Forest Supervisor, previously held by Shannon Rische. Drew comes to the Superior NF as the previous district ranger on the Klamath National Forest and Butte Valley National Grassland-Goosenest Ranger District.
North Shore Health (NSH) announces exciting new capabilities in their Imaging Department with the new VITREA 3-D System recreations for computed Tomography (CT). The VITREA system takes a CT scan and creates a 3-dimensional picture of the selected area of interest.
Most fish house owners in the southern two-thirds of Minnesota already have removed their fish houses from the lakes, given poor ice conditions and forecasted warm weather. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds anyone who still has a fish house on the ice to start planning for its removal.
The Grand Marais Film Society is getting ready for its next screenings this Saturday, March 2nd at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
After the Tuesday, February 21st Committee of the Whole meeting, three county commissioners traveled to St. Paul to participate in the Association of Minnesota Counties Legislative Conference. It was an opportunity for Cook County to engage with state legislators to foster collaboration, advocate for local interests, and ensure that state policies and resources align with the needs of our county and those who live and work here.