Cook County High School Spanish teacher Erin Petz Giguere hopes to take a group of students to Costa Rica next year, reviving a tradition that she took advantage of in high school. As near as anyone can remember, the last time kids from CCHS went on an international cultural trip was around 2010.
It was all Cook County/Silver Bay in the July 13 away game against the Two Harbors Agates as the Jr. Legion team polished off the Agates 16-0.
The Grand Marais Playhouse is very pleased to present two shows this summer in repertory weekends from July 20 through August 13. The two shows are Shout! The Mod Musial and the comedy Four Old Broads.
Grand Portage guitarist Briand Morrison has created a new CD titled “Old Feathers.” He released it on July 14 at Grand Marais Art Colony’s Studio 21. Briand is a recipient of an Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Established Regional Artist Grant 2021 to support this project’s writing, recording, production, and release.
Time to sign up for the Fisherman’s Picnic parade on August 6th. Parade starts at 1 pm. Help us out and register ahead of time. Email gmlionsclub@gmail.com or call 218370-1602. Provide Name of entry, contact person’s name and email address or phone number. Also, type of entry: float, marching, vehicle, music etc. You will get a reply back with confirmation.
A house once owned by David and Margaret Hilton called the “Jagerhaus German Bed & Breakfast” burned to the ground on Tuesday, July 11. A caller at 8:52 p.m.
Bruce Kimmel, a senior financial advisor from Ehlers Public Finance Advisors came before the board to discuss updates to the county’s financial plan which includes revenue and expenditures through 2032. Kimmel proposed a strategy that will be updated periodically for financing the implementation of the County’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
Doris Elaine Croft, age 91, passed away November 2, 2022, at the North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais unexpectedly but peacefully with family near. She was born on July 14, 1931.
Join us for a time of sharing stories and remembering the life of on Saturday, August 26 from 1 pm to 5 pm at the home of Todd and Misty Carlson on Caspers Hill Road off of East County Road 14 .
Anthony “Shooter” Scalise (Knill) left his physical form on Saturday, July 1st and began making his way to the Spirit World. He was born April 25, 1964. He grew up in Duluth, Minnesota and graduated from Duluth East High School. He moved to the twin cities shortly after graduation and began his drywalling career. He moved to Grand Portage in 2002 to raise his family. Tony loved spending time outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a very talented man who enjoyed making traditional native crafts, dream catchers, pipe carving, and powwow regalia. He loved music and dancing. He raised a daughter and step-son and tragically lost an infant son at birth. People gravitated to him, and he was like a father to many. His oldest daughter