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Lake Effect performing at the 2016 Radio Waves Music Festival (photo courtesy of WTIP staff)

WTIP announces call for musicians for 2017 Radio Waves

Jana Kokemiller-Berka-

WTIP is pleased to announce the call for musicians for the 10th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival - scheduled for September 8 to 10, 2017, at Sweetheart’s Bluff in the Grand Marais Re


 

Warm January sets records all over state

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This stint of continued warm weather is setting records.  WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with National Weather Service Meteorologist Mike Stewart about a long January thaw.


 

Hitting the trail before the Beargrease

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Established in 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is the longest sled dog race in the lower 48 states. It takes a lot of preparation to conduct this nearly 400-mile event.


Lake Superior Project/Logo by Lauryl Loberg

LSProject: Winter studies of water along North Shore focus on the future

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A pair of studies focusing on the health of water in Lake Superior and the surrounding watersheds are the focus of this segment in the Lake Superior Project.


 

Weekend News Roundup for January 21

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Each week the WTIP news staff compiles a review of news from the previous five days. Travel to the ice caves is not safe. Wolves could be delisted again.


 

Cook County seeks to address human trafficking

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Janaury has been named "Human Trafficking Awareness Month," but this is an issue that many in Cook County and along the North Shore are working to combat year round.


 

New board members and new work on hospital expansion

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North Shore Health has one new and two returning board members.  WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with hospital Administrator Kimber Wraalstad about board business and a couple of facility surveys


 

Grand Marais women prepare for Haiti mission trip

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Valita Bockovich and Gloria Johnson of Grand Marais have established a relationship with the people of the Fountain of Christ School in Haiti.


Fat tire bikes are now allowed on sections of the Pincushion trail system. Photo by Joe Friedrichs

Winter grooming of bike trails at Pincushion under trial period

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The USDA Forest Service Gunflint Ranger District, in collaboration with the North Superior Ski & Run Club and the Superior Cycling Association have drafted a plan to allow grooming of single track