July 2024
The missing rocking chair
It was sometimes back in the late 1960s and I was an insurance adjuster working for GAB out of Duluth, Minnesota and my territory was the North Shore from the Duluth up to the Canadian border. I remember receiving a claim assignment for the theft of a rocking chair up at Croftville just north of the Devils Track river.
Love Your Lakes with Amanda Weberg
Grand Marais, MN, July 3, 2024 – The Grand Marais Public Library invites everyone to Aquatic Invasive Species, a free presentation on the subject featuring Grand Marais neighbor and Aquatic Invasive Species Program Supervisor Amanda Weberg. The program explores why we should care about invasive species, how to identify them, how to prevent them from spreading and, of course, how to sing to them.
Peregrine Falcons with Jackie Fallon
The Grand Marais Public Library is excited to invite families to learn about peregrine falcons on Wednesday, July 17, at 10:30 a.m. Join peregrine falcon researcher, Jackie Fallon, and her live birds for an up-close look at several types of raptors.
Gunflint Trail repairs scheduled over the next two weeks
Spot repairs on the Gunflint Trail (CSAH 12) started Wednesday, July 11 and will be ongoing through next week, weather permitting, the Cook County Highway Department announced. The repairs begin at George Washington Pines and end at Trout Lake Rd. Road.
Grand Portage National Monument Rendezvous Days just weeks away
Grand Portage National Monument is pleased to announce its annual Rendezvous Days Celebration dates, August 9-11, 2024. Each day will feature a variety of demonstrations and workshops related to the 18th and 19th-century fur trade.
Littfin elected to executive committee at Great River Energy
Mike Littfin was elected Secretary of the Great River Energy Board of Directors at the GRE June Meeting. Littfin, a five-term member of the Arrowhead Cooperative Board of Directors, has served in various executive and committee leadership positions at both Cooperatives.
County Board awards State Public Aid funds
BRIAN LARSEN At the July 9, 2024, county board meeting, Commissioners approved distributing $179,095 of State Public Aid funding to the Violence Prevention Center ($100,000), North Shore Health ambulance ($68,600), and the Cook County Sheriff's Office ($10,000). The VPC will use the funds to offset a decrease in federal funds.
No shake-up on the Arrowhead Cooperative Board of Directors
The Arrowhead Cooperative annual meeting on June 12 included the Board of Directors election results, with all three incumbents holding their director positions. In District 2, Donna Lunke was reelected with 361 votes.
As I See It
DENNIS WALDROP My greatest claim to fame might be an unusual one: I went 32 days straight without wearing shoes. Living in a Boreal forest, where winter dominates eight months of the year, this was no small feat.