The 32nd annual Grand Marais Arts Festival attracted large crowds over two days as visitors came from across the region to view and purchase works of art from 60 juried artists. This year the event moved back downtown from the High School parking lot where it had been held the last two years.
Cece Chmelik, Grand Marais, qualified of the Hamline University College Liberal Arts Dean’s List for Spring 2023. Students must have a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher and complete a minimum of 16 credit hours to make the Dean’s List.
The Cook County Food Shelf is in need of help once a month on Mondays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
On June 24, a fire leveled Papa Charlie’s bar and restaurant at Lutsen Mountains. Almost exactly two years ago, the building’s namesake, Charles Mather Skinner III, died unexpectedly at the age of 87.
The Grand Marais Lions Club is soliciting nominations for Citizen of the Year to be awarded on Saturday, August 5, 2023, during Fisherman’s Picnic. The Citizen of the Year award is for an individual or couple whose volunteerism and service to the community has made Cook County a better place to live.
The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office 911 Dispatch was notified at 6:44 p.m. on June 21, 2023, that fishermen on Gillis Lake had overturned their canoe and one of the canoeists who wasn’t wearing a PFD had never resurfaced.
More than 3,000 people attended the twoday semi-annual Hovland Arts Festival held at the Hovland Town Hall July 1 and 2 on a weekend blessed with beautiful weather. With 40 artists on hand displaying their work and wares there was a lot to look at and choose from.
A strapping lad Is there a better summer accessory than sunglasses? Shades, as the cool kids don’t call them, are ideal for people who are into optometric health and not squinting. Sunglasses are also good for hiding tells and, if you can dig it, being cool.
Staff photos Brian Larsen Blessed with great weather—not too hot and not too cold--more than 1,000 people enjoyed the Tofte July 4th festivities. Food vendors, games for kids, live music, and booths filled with many items for sale were available to the public. The longest line for food was the one manned by the Tofte firefighters and EMS workers. While many people milled about, some danced to the good vibrations and sounds of the South Paws, a local band with two “kids” from the West End, Steve Johnson and Al Oikari, making up half of the band.
Nurture, nature and osmosis, steps to training dogs Dora was David Copperfield’s first wife of two, his second true love of three. She was enchanting - a Fairy and a Sylph - with a delightful little voice, the gayest little laugh, and the pleasantest little ways.