Last call for the Schroeder Historical Society’s annual Lundie Vacation Home Tour.

Things are heating up in the Lake Superior basin. Temps are rising, ice cover is shrinking and life is changing. There are 60 days less ice now then 100 years ago on the big lake.

As the chapter on June is closing, we saw Mother Nature do a little muscle flexing during the past week.

A young woman was in the West End this week doing research on the history of Sawbill Lodge.

Art Fenstad is a descendent of one of Cook County’s early fishing families, but Art didn’t grow up fishing—at least not in the way his ancestors did.

Dr. Seth Moore is Director of Biology and Environment with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

This segment of Anishinaabe Way features Lac Courte Oreilles Anishinaabe artist Jim Denomie. He discusses his approach to painting and the use of historical themes in his work, as well as what inspires him. Jim was recently awarded a McKnight Artist Fellowship for 2012/13.

The second half of June has gotten off to a glorious wet start. The upper Trail saw choking dust turn to mud with a fine drop from the heavens last Saturday night.

June 18-24 is National Pollinator Week. Not sure what that means?

It was the talk of the town this week when the communications out of the county were cut due to the extraordinary flooding in Duluth.