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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.
Community
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Grand Portage community welcomes a new ambulance
Grand Portage Ambulance isn’t big, but it is a talented squad of four E.M.T.s, one Paramedic, three E.M.R’s., and four drivers. But no matter how talented, one needs proper tools and in this case, a better ambulance, and one was just delivered.
At the End of the Caribou, a book review
Jocelyn Bowman Thornton, the niece of Cap and Billie Peterson, has written a captivating story about the couple's life in her book, At the End of the Caribou. The book, published by the Cook County Historical Society, is filled with pictures taken by the couple as they slowly built their lives in the northland on Tait Lake.
Recreation Park revenue is up
Grand Marais Recreation Park Director Dave Tersteeg reports that the August 2024 park revenue outpaced August 2023 revenue by 1.8 percent. That increase pushed the overall year-to-date total to a 1.3 percent gain over 2023.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., $25 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church.
Community Column a great addition to downtown Grand Marais
The “Community Column” was recently installed in downtown Grand Marais. The public sculpture, by Lutsen artist Greg Mueller, has been a year-long project. In 2023 Mueller was awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant to create a public art work that included a community engagement component. With the support of the Grand Marais Art Colony, Mueller held (3) workshops at “Studio 21” inviting Cook County High School, GES School and Cook County community members to participate in creating the sculpture’s content.
Lessie is found!
After almost two months of uncertainty, Lessie's journey of survival and resilience has finally come to a heartwarming end. Where has she been? And what has this poor dog gone through in the last 55 days?
Historical
10YEARS AGO AUGUST 30, 2014 * Living with the chance of wolf encounters is nothing new to Cook County residents. However, in recent weeks an apparent increase in the number of incidences involving pets and livestalk has caused the Minnesota Department of Natural Recourses (DNR) to establish one “wolf control zone” and to consider setting up anther.
