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Harvesting birch bark with Beth Homa-Style

Beth Homa-Style is a former North House intern and professional birch bark weaver and artisan based out of Minneapolis.

Stage Door: Interview with Sue Hennessy

'Stage Door’ takes us behind the scenes at the Grand Marais Playhouse.

More than 80 vendors were on hand for the Moose Lake Agate Days. All photos by Joe Friedrichs

Agate festival a gem for North Shore residents and beyond

The 47^th Annual Agate Days Festival in Moose Lake was held over the weekend. The event features more than 80 vendors and an estimated 3,000 people attended this year.

WTIP Weekend News Roundup for July 16

Each week the WTIP news staff compiles a review of news from the previous five days. A new Human Services director is hired by the county. Cliffs vows to buy Essar Steel.

Young adventurers continue journey from Gunflint Trail to Hudson Bay

Four young women, including Grand Marais resident Tessa Larson, are paddling canoes from the end of the Gunflint Trail to Hudson Bay this summer.

North Shore residents attend mining permit 'listening session' in Duluth

A collection of Cook County residents were among the estimated 600 people who attended a public meeting held by the U.S.

A partly sunny weekend is forecast, warmer and more like summer -- later

The low pressure swirling above us in Canada will bring rain on and off later this weekend. In the meantime, things are gearing up for warmer clear weather into the week.

New Cook County PHHS director has family ties to former Minnesota governor

During a meeting of the Cook County Commissioners Tuesday morning, the board approved the hiring of Joshua Beck as the director of the county’s Public Health and Human Services Department.

Gunflint Lodge Zip-line tours are a feature of the business. Photo by by Chris Polydoroff

New owners at Gunflint Lodge discuss future of business

Gunflint Lodge has been in the Kerfoot family since 1929, but on June 17 a new chapter started in the history of the iconic lodge.

Soil and Water hosts workshop on water bugs

Cook County Soil and Water will host an insect class at Chik- Wauk this weekend. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with Water Plan Coordinator Ilena Berg about macro invertebrates.