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 Joe Wicklund The City of Hermantown named six appointees for the newly-formed Broadband Task Force at the June 21, 2021, meeting of the City Council.Mary Ferguson, Gerald Wallace, Adhi Devireddy, Bill Berg, Thea Stauffenecker, and Steve Poggio were appointedto the task force, which will also include Gloria Nelson from the Hermantown City Council. “More...
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...
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...
Christopher Lindholm was selected by the school board to become the next superintendent of I.S.D. 166. Lindholm has been the superintendent of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, since July 2013. His last day on the job will be June 30, 2021. Prior to that, he was superintendent of the Burnsville-Eagan Savage school district, and before that Principal...