Recreational netting for cisco, also referred to as tullibee, and whitefish is open this fall on designated lakes. Whitefish and cisco sport netting is open to Minnesota residents only and about 700 Minnesotans participate each year. Netting schedules are based on expected water temperatures. As the water temperature cools, game fish head to deeper water while cisco and whitefish come to shallow water for fall spawning.
Cook County Commissioners held a special meeting on Thursday, September 21 to take a tour of the Superior National Golf Course. The tour was a follow-up after a July 18 Committee of the Whole meeting where representatives of the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) and Superior National Board of Governors gave a status report about the golf course and discussed options for maintaining it into the future.
If you are a curler or want to learn about how to become a curling club member please attend the Cook County Curling Club season-kickoff barbeque on Tuesday, October 10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the curling club located at 317 W 5th Street in Grand Marais.
The Vikings lost to the Moose Lake-Willow River 25-15, 23-15, and 25-18 on September 28. Two days earlier, the Vikings fell to North Woods 25-8, 25-16, 25-14.
The North Shore Storm varsity boys team placed seventh out of 24 teams at the Thursday, September 28 cross country meet held in Hibbing. “We were second as far as 'A' schools go,” said Head Coach April Wahlstrom, who added, “All the rest of the schools were AAA or AA in front of us!” The varsity girls 'are slowly on the mend and still dealing with a multitude of injuries, but lots of positive performances came out of the meet for them, too,' added Coach Wahlstrom.
A much loved and well-respected nonprofit daycare is closing in Grand Marais, but, knock on wood, it may be reopened sometime in the future. The Cooperation Station Board of Directors voted to close the childcare facility in Grand Marais effective Friday, October 6 due to an unexpected lack of available staffing alongside a failure of the parent cooperative model to maintain the administrative resources to keep the program operational.
Gabrielle Grinde, HKGi consultant and the project lead assisting the park board in updating the 2009 Master Plan for the Rec Park attended a public open house on Tuesday, October 3, at the City Hall council chambers to discuss the two concepts her company has provided with modifications and updates to the master plan.
Is it Hoarding? I’m embarrassed to admit that I have over 32,000 photos in my computer, and I’m not even a professional photographer. Could this be a sign of hoarding? I love to sit at my desktop and watch photos scroll through from the past twenty-plus years.