This Wednesday, September 11, twenty- seven 7th graders and twenty-nine 6th graders at Cook County Public School participated in some hands on wilderness skills such as fire building and portaging, to learn more about the Boundary Waters.
Jeremy Gulban was trying to pause, after a spree of acquiring newspapers in small towns where Wall Street firms had milked their local papers dry. But he couldn’t resist the opportunity when Alden Global Capital closed a group of six Minnesota papers in late April.
The Annual Grand Marais/Cook County Airport Fly-in/Drive-In pancake breakfast will be Saturday, September 28th at the Grand Marais airport. Note the date was moved back one week to coincide with more fall colors, and to hopefully bring in more pilots from around the region. The annual event is sponsored by the Arrowhead Eagles Aviation Organization, a local 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization that seeks to support the local airport and provide aviation scholarships to local citizens. Join the Eagles for breakfast with blueberry pancakes and sausage links, and enjoy watching airplanes come and go, and see vintage airplanes on display. There will be discount airplane rides, weather permitting, and lots of fall colors to view from the air!
Good things happen to those who wait. And wait… On Saturday, September 7, John Craddock, Poplar Lake, and about 100 others attended the Icelandite-fen Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) dedication at Mile Post 121 along Highway 61. John Green (Geology professor emeritus, UM-Duluth) spoke about the rock and flora-fen and the 26 years it took the MDOT folks to agree to move an easement for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) who, with the help from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Reinvest in Minnesota, acquired the 25 acres and dedicated as the new Icelandic Coastal Scientific and Natural Area.
10 YEARS AGO SEPT. 13, 2014 * Reports of several close calls and rumors of at least two more wolf attacks in the last week have had Grand Marais pet owners on the edge.
Hospitality Workers Get a Free Cup of Coffee September 15-20, 2024 Visit Cook County is once again celebrating the area’s “Heart of Hospitality” by offering a free cup of coffee for hospitality and tourism industry workers Sept. 15-20, 2024.
Northwoods Food Project is excited to announce the hire of its first Director, Marcia Eiynck. In moving from an all-volunteer organization to having a staff person for the first time, the group looks forward to increasing their programming, events, and systems work to connect, grow and support a sustainable local food system in Cook County.
School Board Meeting The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a Regular School Board Meeting Thursday, September 19th, 2024 at 5:00 pm, in the Jane Mianowski Conference Center, 101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN.
Historic Cook County is excited to announce a date for its Public Art Project Unveiling and corresponding Artist Talk with Maeve Gathje. Join us on Saturday, September 28th at 4 pm at the Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery (115 W Wisconsin St, Grand Marais, MN) to be among the first to see this incredible work of art. Historic Cook County has been working with Gathje since November 2023 to bring this project to life, and we are delighted to be celebrating her hard work. The Public Art, titled Biota Borealis, consists of three sand-blasted Minnesota granite stones displaying scenes of Northern Minnesota beauty. Some inspiration for the piece came from a public survey, where community members provided feedback on topics, things, and ideas that define the area. Gathje also found inspiration in selecting the rocks herself and drawing from her time spent in the area. The Celebration will begin with an Artist’s Talk, where Gathje will share photos and stories about her process of designing and working with the stones. Following a brief Q&A session, we will transition outside for the Grand Unveiling.
