Never judge a book by its cover and don’t judge a piece of legislation by its name. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is anything but beautiful. Its branding disguises cruelty as common sense. The deep budget cuts hurt working families and leave future generations with a more broken , unequal country.
It started with a light breeze, a grey cloud, and a wool sweater: vacuums, mop buckets, Windex, and hot water. Sound like fun? Only if you add a great crew with a promise of Florences frosted cinnamon rolls and coffee at 10:00 a.m.
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At the May 20 Cook County and Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) meeting, the board made significant strides by approving several resolutions awarding grants.
National Park Service press release
As of June 4th, traffic on the Gunflint Trail traveling over The Little Devil Track River has been moved to a single lane temporary bridge.
WTIP Community Radio has announced the performance schedule for the 18th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival, September 5-7, 2025, which takes place at Sweetheart’s Bluff in the Grand Marais Recreation Area.
It’s not the record one wants to set. Yet, on June 3 at 2 a.m., the air quality reading issued by the Minnesota Air Quality Index (AQI) for Grand Portage set an unprecedented Minnesota record for hourly concentrations of fine particle pollution at 800. This surpasses the previous record set on July 29, 2021, in St. Cloud at a 692 AQI. On July 4, 2020, at 10 p.m., a 657 AQI was recorded in Minneapolis, the result of smoke from personal fireworks after a municipal fireworks display.
The Cook County Board will conduct interviews with their top four candidates for the County Administrator position starting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 16, 2025. Approximately one hour has been allotted for each interview. The interviews will take place in the Commissioners Board Room in the County Courthouse. The public is welcome to attend and observe.
Irene Anna (Allen) Peterson passed away peacefully at the age of 104 on Wednesday May 28, 2025, at North Shore Living.