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Dr. Ruth Gordon of St. Lukes donating convalescent plasma. Photo courtesy of St. Luke's Hospital

Recovered COVID-19 patients can help others through convalescent plasma donations

Rhonda Silence-
There are hundreds of people in the Northland who donate blood on a regular basis.

Image courtesy of Minnesota Department of Corrections

Community concerned about release of former resident convicted of criminal sexual conduct

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The release of a former Lutsen resident from the Moose Lake Correctional Facility has raised public concern. Benjamin Louis Dobbelmann, 41, was released Feb.

Grand Marais and Maple Hill fire departments responded to a cabin fire in Grand Marais on Saturday, Jan. 6

Garage damaged by fire in Grand Marais Jan. 30

Rhonda Silence-
A page went out to the Grand Marais Fire Department at 3:55 p.m.

Erin Altemus passes through Devil Track Campground during the 2021 Beargrease Marathon. Photo by Carl Anderson

'A Tale of Two Erins' on first full day of 2021 Beargrease

Joe Friedrichs-

Musher Erin Schouweiler was the first person to cross the finish line in the John Beargrease 120-mile race. This is her second consec


More than 1,100 Cook County residents received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by Feb. 1. Photo by Joe Friedrichs

Cook County residents 70 and older can be vaccinated for COVID-19 this week

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UPDATE: As of 8 a.m. on Feb. 2, there were more than 100 slots remaining for Thursday’s COVID-19 vaccination event at the community center in Grand Marais.


A laptop computer being used for distance learning. Photo by Rhonda Silence

Higher Ed helping the community through PCs for People

Rhonda Silence-
One thing that has become commonplace--perhaps even crucial--during the COVID-19 pandemic is online communication. Every day citizens are using computers to work from home.

Moose on the Gunflint Trail. Photo by Ryan Salzman

DNR shares update on moose population and aerial survey cancellation

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The aerial moose survey conducted each January by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been canceled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Seth Jeffs issued a court summons on his Pike Lake Road property in May 2019. Photo by Joe Friedrichs

Seth Jeffs back in the news after South Dakota compound foreclosure

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The man who purchased property on Pike Lake Road in Cook County in 2018 and was involved with a compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills is back in the news after land held by a secretive polygamo