New Grand Marais Department of Motor Vehicles open for business

The Grand Marais Department of Motor Vehicles opened at a new location, at Terra Bella Floral, at 407 4th Avenue East in Grand Marais, on June 5.

Terra Bella Floral is behind My Sister’s Place restaurant and Gene’s Foods and is accessible from Highway 61. Customers are asked to enter the flower shop and DMV office from Highway 61 and not 4th Avenue, which is a privately maintained road.

New owner Sandi McQuatters, along with Emily Kettleson, are ready now to provide renewals for cars, trucks, and trailers for the Minnesota Department of Safety and snowmobile, boat and ATV registrations for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

However, when the doors opened on June 5, the Grand Marais DMV was not yet ready to provide driver’s license renewals. It could be a few of weeks for the transition of those services to be complete. When the driver’s license option is ready, drivers will be able to obtain the Minnesota enhanced license.

If you want to contact the new DMV with questions, call 218-877-7484.

For flowers, contact Terra Bella Floral at 218-387-1919.

WTIP’s Rhonda Silence stopped by the Grand Marais Department of Motor Vehicles office a few days after they opened to see how things were going. Here’s her report.