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  • Joined: December 14, 2022
  • Articles: 3889

Fisherman’s Picnic Winners

Women 1st Paulina Backstrom GM 2nd Selah Martineau Zimmerman, MN Kids 1rst Owen Reeves 2nd Aijay Wicklund Montreal, WI Men 1st Jordan Backstrom GM 2nd Jessie Backstrom - GM Fish Toss Women Bailey and Anna Benolkin - Coon Rapids Mixed Selah and Silas Martineau - Zimmerman, MN Men Cole and Mason Greene Dover, DE Kids Nico Tersteeg and Lucas Peters - GM Loon Calling Under 16 Kylie Warner - Plymouth, MN 16 and Older Selah Martineau – Zimmerman, MN Parade Best In Show 1. Hungry Hippie 2.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Grand Marais Garden Club Meeting Monday, August 12th, 10 a.m., at St. John’s Catholic Church, presentation will be on Lilies and Daylilies.

Hitchhikers

It was just about our hottest day, burning bright at noon with the blue sky and me wondering how the trees could survive in that kind of parched heat. It was nice for rolling down the windows in the truck, and, driving the old residential streets of Grand Marais, up the slope from the big lake and harbor, along the shade trees, it was just all-around good.

Meet In the Middle— for Pickleball?

Mark Saturday and Sunday, August 17th and 18th on your calendars. That is the date of the third Meet in the Middle Pickleball tournament in Grand Marais. (The middle here is in between Duluth and Thunder Bay and all points between.)

Some Ado about Ado

Some Ado about Ado I was listening to this story, a good story, an enjoyable story, an entertaining story and then the storyteller quickly wraps it and says, “so without further ado” and proceeded to get onto a whole other thing. And I wanted to say: Wait? What? I was really enjoying that ado.

Grand Marais City Council discusses Cannabis Ordinance

Grand Marais City Council convened on Wednesday, July 31, for a discussion on an ordinance proposed by the county, a significant step in the regulation of cannabis. The ordinance lays out the authority of local government to adopt reasonable restrictions on the time, place, and manner of cannabis business, provided those restrictions do not prohibit the establishment of cannabis businesses.

Northland Foundation awards 32 grants totaling $657,900 in April – June 2024

Northeast MN and Tribal Nation Lands – In the second quarter of 2024, the Northland Foundation awarded 32 grants totaling $657,900 through its Quarterly Grant program. Quarterly grants are generally grants of $10,000 or more made to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, Tribal Nations, local governmental agencies, and educational institutions/ school districts, as well as to licensed child care programs.

Cannabis Ordinance Updates

For those who missed the August 5 Colvill Town Hall hearing to discuss the proposed Cook County Ordinance 66: An ordinance to regulate cannabis businesses and underage cannabis possession, another Town Hall hearing is scheduled. Community members are invited to attend and voice their opinions.