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The EDGE: Dirt from the Yurt and other Chatter from the Edge of the Boundary Waters. he Edge is a free and open forum of events and happenings as viewed from the northern edge of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA)- the Gunflint
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Meteorite Impact Evidence Site Tour on Gunflint
Mark Jirsa, University of MN Geologist, will be leading aninterpretive walk to two Sudbury meteorite impact evidence sites onMonday, September 21. Meet at the gravel pit on the Gunflint NarrowsRoad (formerly Warren's Road) at 4:15 PM. (We will c...
The Nordic Ski Season Starts on the Gunflint
The cross-country skiing season has begun along Minnesota’s famed Gunflint Trail as the snow piles up- over nine new inches of snow fell yesterday. More is expected this week. With yesterday’s snowfall, area lodge owners along the Gunflint report...
COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LOOKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON ONE PERCENT SALES TAX
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has recently appointed an eleven‐member Steering Committee to study the potential for a County‐wide one percent sales tax for the purpose ofconstruction and/or improvements to a County Community Center, recr...
Recent Tribune Article on the Killing of Ken Petersen
A recent Minneapolis Star Tribune article by Larry Oaks provides a glimpse of what is or is not going on concerning the prosecution of Border Patrol agent Maranda Weber, for the killing of Gunflint Trail resident Ken Petersen. The Border Patrol's re...
Saga of the Garbage Continues
Grand Marais- As of the time of the Cook County Board of Commissioners special meetingthis morning, Pederson Disposal has not yet met his obligation to the State,and was not re-issued his waste haulers license.The Board of Commissioners decided to...
