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Library move is getting closer

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The Grand Marais Library is just a couple of weeks away from moving to a temporary location while the building is being renovated and expanded. WTIP's Jay Andersen has this report.


 

Weekend News Roundup for May 21

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Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories they’ve been following this week.


Shore Theater comes down in Grand Marais/photo by Stephan Hoglund

Old Shore Theater building comes down

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The old Shore Theater building in downtown Grand Marais is being dismantled. Once a movie house, it closed sometime in the late sixties to early seventies and has been vacant for many years.


 

Cook County native Jacob Schmidt's band wins Billboard magazine's Battle of the Bands

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Musician and Cook County native Jacob Schmidt is part of the band “Gentlemen Hall,” which just won the first ever Billboard magazine Battle of the Bands in Las Vegas.


 

State archaelogists to map historical sites using remote sensing technology

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The state of Minnesota has begun using remote sensing technology to find and map state archaeological sites by airplane, including along the North Shore.


 

Third Thursday features Peter Monkres

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After 42 years in the ministry and 13 years leading First Congregational United Church of Christ in Grand Marais, Peter Monkres is retiring.


 

Feed My Starving Children event to take place this weekend

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A big 18-wheeler full of food will be rolling into Grand Marais this Saturday, May 21, and hundreds of community members will be on hand to meet it.


 

Friday Fish Report for May 20

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According to our fishing expert John Muich of Buck’s Hardware, the fishing opener was slow and most people were fishing walleyes, shallow. Other anglers had better luck with Lake Trout.


 

ISD166 continues budget reduction quest

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Cook County Schools continues to look for ways to cut the budget but maintain good education for students in the face of declining enrollments. WTIP’s Jay Andersen has this latest report.