By Brian Larsen Alex Falconer, a lifelong runner and passionate fan of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), recently completed a run of 110 miles in 28 hours, 15 minutes and 3 seconds, which is an amazing feat of endurance. Even more impressive is the fact that Alex ran this distance across the rugged...
GRAND MARAIS — North Shore Winery (Winery) is celebrating its 5th anniversary of serving wine and cider in Cook County. The Lutsen Winery has grown consistently, producing 12,000 bottles in its first year to over 50,000 bottles of wine, currently. In addition, the business has invested in additional storage and beverage-making building space, expanded its...
On Monday, June 2, Commander Bob Matson of American Legion Post 413 visited the Silver Bay Veterans Home and presented them with a $750 donation. While there, Bob discussed with the staff the possibility of once more hosting a busload of the Veterans home residences for a luncheon in Grand Marais. Before the pandemic, this...
By Brian Larsen May business has been booming at the Grand Marais Rec Park, reports Parks and Recreation Director Dave Tersteeg. “Preliminary numbers suggest a revenue surge of 40 percent versus May 2019. We were effectively closed in May of 2020.†Tersteeg noted that several seasonal sites held by Canadians (who do not store their...
By Brian Larsen A local man decided to follow the route of famous American geologist Newton Horace Winchell as he surveyed Cook County in 1879. Along the way, he discovered some of Winchell’s portages and geology work. Bryan Hansel, a noted outdoor photographer and inventor of filters for cameras, spent 11 days on a rugged...
The Wooden Boat Show is a long-standing tradition celebrating summer, community, and craft on the Grand Marais harbor. As the world begins to emerge from the COVID-19 Pandemic, North House Folk School is bringing back the celebration, planning around best safety practices by hosting the event outdoors, and welcoming the community to campus for a...
By Rob Perez In previous years, Joe Paulik played Thursday nights for the season, usually going up to Labor Day. But in 2020, Paulik played by a campfire on Lutsen Resort’s beach well into October. “Last year was incredible. We were getting freezing temperatures, but people were so hungry for live music,†Paulik said. Originally...
Brian Larsen was then-executive director Scott Keenan’s right-hand man for the first-ever Grandma’s Marathon in 1977, and this year on race weekend Keenan will be presenting his longtime assistant and confidant with the 2021 Founder’s Award. An avid runner and member of the North Shore Striders, Larsen was the assistant race director for that first-ever...