My first visit to Grand Marais was in 1951 and I fell in love with the town. I’ve been there most of the summers throughout my life. Now that my husband and I are in our 80’s, we take comfort in having good medical care available in our favorite vacation place. I’m sure that this is the case with most of the tourists upon whom Grand Marais relies.
2024 County Infrastructure Projects With the 2023 construction season wrapped up at the Highway Department, we have already been working on projects for the 2024 season. Projects are slated all throughout the county, from Tofte to the Gunflint Trail and up to Grand Portage.
Running with The Gingerbread Man Deep in the woods, constantly scanning the terrain, ROB PEREZ runs a trail - over dirt, rocks, leaves, puddles, and roots. After a moment, THE GINGERBREAD MAN, brown, about six inches tall, with raisins for eyes, a cherry nose, and icing for a mouth, effortlessly runs alongside Rob, silent, unnoticed.
The beaver were quite active of course. They often walked through the house taking kindling from the fireplace and wedging it between table and chair legs. Other times they would drag her oriental rugs across the floor towards their indoor pool. When she stepped on the rugs, they would drop them, wriggle excitedly, and make 'chuckling' noises, which she interpreted as having a sense of humor. One night, she woke up with a beaver on her chest. It then ran under the bed and began pushing the mattress up and down so rapidly with its feet that she was unable to sleep the rest of the night.
My church, First Congregational UCC of Grand Marais, publishes the Shining Light Newsletter each month. The November issue had two columns that moved me to treat them as a joint guest column here.
In recent days, Go Dog North Shore received a report of an incident involving an aggressive dog at the Grand Marais Dog Park. While we have not been able to verify all sides of the story of this particular incident, we thought this would be a good opportunity to remind dog park users of proper park etiquette. First and foremost, if your dog has ever exhibited “aggressive” or reactive behavior towards other dogs or humans, please do not bring your dog to the park. Doing so puts other people and pets in harm's way and could result in medical treatment and/or legal consequences. In addition, avoiding situations that cause your dog to be in a reactive state of mind is simply healthier for your dog.
A petition has been launched to remove Kimber Wraalstad as Administrator of North Shore Health. As of this writing, the petition has received 388 signatures in less than 3 days.
After reading Dr. Sampson’s letter to the editor, it seems that North Shore Health (NSH) isn’t being completely truthful about the termination of Dr. Dahlman. According to Sampson, who saw the termination letter, the termination letter specifically states that Wapiti and NSH made the decision together. If this is true, it seems that the Public Information Coordinator for NSH tried to bamboozle the public with his letter to the editor that appeared in the same newspaper issue as Sampson’s letter (or maybe he was directed to write what he did).
The opportunity to tell it like it is doesn't happen often in a work environment. As an employee, you may be given the chance to review a fellow employee, department head, or director, but you know the consequences of truth. You won't be fired, but overnight, the job changes, your role changes --It doesn't get better— finding a new job might be your only choice.
I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn last week of the firing of Dr. Bruce Dahlman. I served Cook County as a physician from 1975 to 1988 and worked with Dr. Dahlman. When he was a medical student in 1978-79 Bruce came to what was then Cook County Community Clinic to learn the art of medicine. From 1984 to 1988 we worked together as partners, staffing the clinic, emergency department, in-patient ward, and nursing home. Now, we continue as colleagues, both of us teaching a curriculum which updates the knowledge and sharpens the skills of teams of rural emergency care providers-Bruce in Minnesota and Kenya; me in Montana. I have only the highest respect for Dr. Dahlman’s knowledge, skill, professionalism, and leadership qualities, which have been proven in myriad ways during his almost four decades of services.