Smoke from wildfires burning out of control in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, caused unhealthy air for not only Cook County but much of the upper Midwest (Montana, Wisconsin, North Dakota) last weekend.
Excitement is blooming in Grand Marais as the Garden Club prepares to host its annual Flower Show on Saturday, July 26, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Community Center, located at 317 W. 5th St.
At last week’s Cook County Board of Commissioner’s meeting the owners of The Heights, a three-story 36unit one or two bedroom apartment complex, asked the county board to send a memo to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ask them to approve an interim use permit to store modular units on the lower county airport grounds.
Order at: https://www.wisenorth.org/2025-buffet-in-a-box
Meeting on July 9, the Grand Marais City Council approved the Arrowhead Animal Rescue service contract for the animal pound, which is located in the Cedar Grove Business Park, but is not yet completed and open.
As of July 9, the south abutment footing for the future bridge over the Little Devil Track River is complete. Crews will move to driving pile for the north abutment footing this week.
Families are invited to a prehistoric adventure at Grand Marais Public Library on Tuesday, July 22 at 1:00 p.m., as the Science Museum of Minnesota brings their interactive program “Dinosaurs” to town. This event is free and open to the public as part of the library’s Summer Reading Program.
When seventeen-year-old Lori leaves her stepfather’s house, she decides to go to Decorah, Iowa, a city 50 miles away from her home, with little more than hope and no friends or family to help her. But then, sheltered and not allowed to attend school after her mother passed away years earlier, Lori is left with little choice but to escape from her terrible home life into a future she can’t imagine. Along the way, she is picked up by an older man who takes her to Decorah and throughout the book stays in contact with her. She is saved by a 23-yearold Cale, who sees her drowning in a pond.
Senator Amy Klobuchar released the following statement about the Federal Bureau of Prisons decision to keep the Duluth facility open.
As of Monday, July 14, a search for a Lake County man, 40-year-old Gene Adam Doherty, has been going on for several days.