Baseball team starts 0-4
Despite the early setbacks, the CCHS boys’ varsity baseball team is showing promising potential.
May 2025
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Travis Novitsky receives a Maada’ookiing grant from the Northland Foundation
Noted Grand Portage outdoor photographer Travis Novitsky was one of nine individuals awarded a total of $43,990 in Maada’ookiing grants last month.
Where is Rep. Pete Stauber?
Last week I attended a town hall in Grand Marais. The town hall was not in support of any particular candidate or political party, but instead was an opportunity for people to come together to speak their minds. About 100 people from the community attended. Most talked about how they and their families have been hurt by the Trump administration’s ongoing destruction of the nation’s social infrastructure. They talked about how the devastation of federal services is crippling everything from forest management and fire fighting, to food programs, to health care, to education and library support, to weather forecasting. Underlying the moving stories people told of their fear, anger, and loss was the sense that people in Washington simply don’t care about us.
BWCAW permits won’t be issued at the Gunflint Ranger Station
Due to staff shortages and cutbacks, the Gunflint Ranger Station won’t have the personnel to issue BWCAW permits this season. The same is true for the Kawishwi Ranger Station in Ely.
Woods Creek Venue to open for large groups
With few places to host large groups in Cook County, Tamara (Berglund) Krause hopes her new business, Woods Creek Venue, can fill that void.
Zimmerman and Swanson to create downtown mural
A collaborative public art project is planned for downtown Grand Marais this summer. Northern Minnesota- based artists Sam Zimmerman and Adam Swanson will create an outdoor mural on the north-facing wall, along First Street, of the Cook County Co-op. Zimmerman, a direct descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, has completed a variety of art projects in the area, including a public art project painting trash barrels around town. He is the author of Following My Spirit Home and co-author of How the Birds Got Their Songs. He writes a monthly column for Northern Wilds and has artwork displayed in various locations, including Grand Portage National Monument and Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center.
Ruby’s Pantry celebrates its tenth anniversary
Ruby’s Pantry is celebrating its tenth year of service to Cook County.
