The Gunflint Trail Historical Society has a new exhibit building added to the Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center Campus this season. Step back in time as you walk down the stairs to see this new exhibit.
Fall is definitely in the air, but the Grand Marais Garden Club will continue to meet, with our next gatherings set for October 9th and November 13th, at 10 a.m. each day at St. John's Catholic Church, 10 5th Street. There is ample parking just outside the meeting room on the lower level, as well as on the street and in the upperlevel parking lot.
I shudder to think that I used the word “shudder” instead of shutter in the story about the Grand Marais Coast Guard station last week. The News-Herald regrets the error.
Starting this October, a group of volunteers will be working to launch the Grand Marais Film Society, with the goal of providing affordable and memorable movie theater experiences for the community. “I’ve loved going to the movies since I was a little,” said Lynnea Morse, one of the volunteers behind the film society, “and I’ve missed it since moving up here almost 6 years ago.
The Grand Maris Playhouse is holding auditions for Ken Ludwigs hilarious one act comedy, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.' Five actors play multiple roles in this face paced romp where a mouse, a young Girl, and an elf set out to save Christmas. “A momentum and ebullience worthy of the Pixar era animate this world-premiere play, whose story line involves a heist, a duel with rapiers, some hip-hop, a squirt gun, a perilous airplane flight and an elf ’s stint as a secret agent.” - The Washington Post Community Members High School age to adult are invited to audition.
On Saturday, October 7 Layne Kennedy will present his photographs from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, The Committee Addressing Racial Equity (CARE), and Cook County, Minnesota are hosting a FREE event to celebrate Indigenous People's Day on Saturday, October 7, at the Grand Portage Log School.
Minnesota’s Cold Weather Rule (CWR) went into effect October 1st and runs through April 30. This state law will protect you from having your electric or natural gas shut off as long as you make a plan with your utility provider that you both agree on.
In 2001 Cook County adopted a Tower Ordinance to govern the growing proliferation of communication towers across the County. Due to the rural nature of the county and the proximity to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, there was a desire and need to limit visual impacts of towers within the County. Over the past 22 years the ordinance has been used multiple times, from the development of the statewide ARMER radio system to the expansion of cellular coverage. The ordinance forces potential tenants to co-locate on existing towers before developing new sites.
Can anybody challenge the course records of Proctor's Matt Welch or Carlton's Erika Fox at the Polar League cross country meet that will be held on the rugged Pincushion Mountain trails on October 12?