Local News
Memorial Day service honors and remembers Veterans
-Memorial Day services on the Courthouse lawn in Grand Marais drew a large crowd, estimated at over one hundred people. WTIP's Carah Thomas has this story:
Judge Sandvik to retire
-Sixth Judicial District Judge Kenneth Sandvik will not run for a sixth term.
WEEKEND NEWS WRAP FOR MAY 29
-Each week the WTIP News Department provides a summary of the stories it has been following that week. Tune in to WTIP's North Shore Weekend Saturdays from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m.
On the farm in Cook County
-Agriculture is hardly the first thing folks think of when they picture Cook County. In fact, many people think the cold climate and difficult soil make it almost impossible to grow food here, but all that doesn’t stop Nick Wharton and his family from trying. WTIP’s Barbara Jean Johnson has this report from our ongoing series on homesteading in Cook County.
Filing continues for candidates facing primary election
-The 2010 Primary Election filing period continues through Tuesday, June 1st.
"60 mile garage and yard sale" this Saturday
-The First Annual Gunflint Trail Trash & Treasure Day is this Saturday, May 29.
City takes another hit in Local Government Aid
-Grand Marais city counselors held a work session prior to their regular meeting Wednesday, and the news wasn’t good.
Wilder study finds overall number of homeless up sharply
-After leveling off in the mid-2000s the number of homeless people in Minnesota has dramatically increased according to initial findings from Wilder Research’s triennial statewide homelessne