JayLynn Foster, Grand Portage, was named to the President’s List for the Spring Semester at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC). Requirements for earning Dean's List honors at FDLTCC include maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher while completing six or more course credits during the semester.
There were many happy seniors and appreciative, happy parents attending the Cook County High School Awards/S cholarships ceremony this year, which was held at the ACA at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22.
Sadie Wilson, Grand Marais, was named to the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College 2024 Spring Semester Dean’s List. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) in Cloquet, Minnesota, proudly announced that a significant number of more than 287 students attending the college during the Spring Semester of 2024 achieved high academic standing.
Jim Eliasen, left, and Barney Peet, two Viking athletes who attended the Awards Day Dinner recently are talking to Gene Kotlarek, Olympic skier, about his experiences in the Olympics. Kotlarek was the main speaker at the dinner.—Photo by Humphrey.
10 YEARS AGO JUNE 7, 2014 v There was a goodbye cake and coffee for Francis “Poot” Drouillard at the regular monthly Grand Portage director’s meeting on May 29. Poot is retiring and was gifted with a nice pair of moccasins , a card and a delicious cake.
The Historic Depot, a key part of the Grand Portage National Monument, has opened its doors to the public for the 2024 season on May 25, 2024. The Heritage Center and Historic Depot are now welcoming visitors from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.
WTIP Staff Will Receive Training and Production Assistance from StoryCorps to Record Conversations Between Community Members Grand Marais, Minn., May 23, 2024—WTIP North Shore Community Radio has partnered for the second time with StoryCorps, the national nonprofit dedicated to helping us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all, one story at a time, as part of StoryCorps’ One Small Step (OSS) Radio Station Hubs project. WTIP is one of seven public radio stations across the country selected to receive training and production assistance to collaborate on StoryCorps’ OSS initiative, an effort to bring strangers with different worldviews or political beliefs together for a conversation—not to debate, but to get to know each other as people.
Thanks to Gene and Bonnie Martz, the Art Colony has been bequeathed a tremendous body of artwork from their collection; a group of work that embodies and reflects the North Shore landscape created by a fantastic group of North Shore artists. Gene earned a three-year diploma in commercial art from the Minneapolis School of Art in 1950, and went on to earn both a BFA and M.Ed in art education at the University of Minnesota. He taught several classes at the Art Colony, including two in Italy. In 1978, he and Bonnie built a second home in the area and divided their time between the North Shore and Marin County, California. Both remained key supporters of the Art Colony until their passing in 2014 (Gene) and 2024 (Bonnie).
The Grand Marais Public Library launches its Read, Renew, Repeat summer reading program on Monday, June 10, 2024. Kids ages zero to 18 can choose between several ways of tracking their reading and learning activities and earning free books and other prizes.
TODD FORD, COOK COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR The Cook County MN Board of Commissioners would like to share updates about the 2024 legislative end of session results as they pertain to our community. The DFL majority put all outstanding bills in to the tax omnibus bill, HF 5247.