The Town of La Pointe will formally dedicate a new public sculpture, “Zheyaakobijigan Moningwunakauning” (Gateway to Madeline Island), on Saturday, July 30. The sculpture, depicting a white crane rising from red earth, represents the strong connections to Madeline Island that the Anishinaabe people and other cultures have maintained over time.
Last week Nate Eide, Land Commissioner for Lake County, was on hand with other officials and representatives to see a great idea he had finally come to fruition. A mountain bike trail rider himself, Eide noted in 2015 that the area around Split Rock Lighthouse State Park would be a great place for a mountain bike trail. Starting to build in 2020, with funding from the IRRRB, Greater Minnesota Parks and Trails Legacy Fund, and the One Track Mind Foundation, 12 miles of trail were built between the new Shipwreck Creek Campground and Cove Point Lodge in Beaver Bay. An additional nine miles were added in 2021.
U12 coach Lyn Wermter, and THSC president Tyler Carlson contributed statistics and photos U12 Boys The U12 boys finished off their season with a record of 4-6. They improved immensely over the season and are excited for the upcoming Fall league.
Gary Carlson, 70, of Two Harbors, died Sunday July 17, 2022 at Lake View Memorial Hospital. Gary was born August 8, 1951 to Bertil and Audrey (Sandwick) Carlson in Two Harbors.
Do you like to live dangerously? Do you feel ten fingers are overrated? Then why not try petting Little Guy? Actually, he prefers that you didn’t. This Miniature Pinscher-Chihuahua mix knows what he doesn’t like and that’s 99.9% of the human race. Although strangers may not be his cup of tea, he is very loyal to his humans and two dog siblings. Fun Fact: Little Guy is a native of Hawaii! Aloha.
If you’re a parent of a baby or toddler, you’d probably like them to just sit for a while and relax. But that’s not how they’re wired. They stand, grab, twist, fall down, jump, roll, push coffee cups off tables, open drawers, pull out clothes, bang pots, turn, crawl to a toy, drag it around, sit down, stand up, try out words, smile, pull your hair, grab your glasses, look adorable and before you know it, they run wherever they want to go.
A Road-tripping Ramble Something told me I should check my tires. After driving more than 200 miles of rough gravel roads in the mountains and semi-desert country of Wyoming over the previous few days, I was now climbing out of the remote, Centennial Valley of southwest Montana and up to a high saddle between the Snowcrest and Gravelly ranges on a deeply rutted dirt road that didn’t even have gravel.
The whole reason you go fishing is to catch fish and earn an income. So when you pull up to a net that has nearly 8,000 pounds of fish cradled in the four-and-seventh-eighth web you should be overjoyed, ecstatic, enthusiastic and exuberant, yes? Well, yes and no.
Parr concert in Silver Bay last week drew a happy crowd. Photo by Donald J.
Dressed to Grill In hip hop culture, a grill is dental jewelry for inside your mouth so your teeth can sparkle with gold or diamonds. In a car, a grille covers an opening in the body of a vehicle to allow air flow.