A little rain didn’t deter a walk for a good cause. Starting at the Hub senior center, between 40-45 people, many wearing purple shirts, joined in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s held in Grand Marais on Saturday, September 23 in Grand Marais. This was the second walk of its kind in Cook County, the first walk was held in Grand Portage on Saturday, September 9.
Weekly Weather Date High Low Precipitation From Josiah Avery, East County Road 14 Sept. 26 68.0 54.0 0 0.00 Sept.
Legacy Tour with Minnesota Writer/Artist Lynn Von Sien at the Grand Marais Public Library Discover the rich and diverse history of Graphic Memoir with the Grand Marais Public Library on Wednesday, October 18th at 6 p.m. Minnesota writer and artist Lynn Von Sien, a 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, will facilitate the workshop.
It has been a busy spring and summer at Arrowhead Animal Rescue! In total, Arrowhead Animal Rescue of Cook County is currently fostering ten adult cats, ten kittens, and two dogs across multiple foster homes. To provide an opportunity for community members to meet these adoptable animals, AAR is hosting an Adoption Event on Saturday, October 14th from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hub. In addition to the animals AAR is currently fostering, we anticipate that several additional cats and kittens will join us at the event, all of which are in need of safe and loving homes. All in all, there is an abundance of local rescued animals available for adoption!
Construction workers were busy last Monday getting the ground ready for concrete to be poured for sidewalks that will be installed on the 5th Avenue West (old Gunflint Trail) reconstruction project. The Ulland Brothers have completed the roadway’s subcut and are finalizing the road base grade. All of the water and sanitary sewer utility work has been completed and the project is on track to be substantially finished sometime this October. Weather providing, of course.
Two Cook County Attorneys are in the running to fill the vacancy left open by the retirement of the Honorable Michael J. Cuzzo.
Kimberly Anne Gorbutt, Barnveld, Wisconsin and Eric David Sorenson, Barnveld, Wisconsin, August 31, 2023. Josie Nicole Freeberg, Grand Marais and Brandon Michael Curtis, Grand Marais September 5.
Gabrielle Grinde, HKGi consultant and the project lead assisting the park board in updating the 2009 Master Plan for the Rec Park attended a public open house on Tuesday, October 3, at the City Hall council chambers to discuss the two concepts her company has provided with modifications and updates to the master plan.
A much loved and well-respected nonprofit daycare is closing in Grand Marais, but, knock on wood, it may be reopened sometime in the future. The Cooperation Station Board of Directors voted to close the childcare facility in Grand Marais effective Friday, October 6 due to an unexpected lack of available staffing alongside a failure of the parent cooperative model to maintain the administrative resources to keep the program operational.