Grand Portage News

For the past two weeks I've had the pleasure of viewing fall in all its gold, orange and red beauty on the North Shore, in Vermont and Connecticut and here in Crow Wing County.

A 73 year old Lutsen man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at the Grand Portage Trading Post earlier this month.

Cook County Sheriff Mark Falk says authorities arrested a 73-year-old Cook County man in the Twin Cities early Monday morning.

Authorities in Cook County are searching for the man who held up the Grand Portage Trading Post at gunpoint Thursday night.

Zebra mussels have invaded Lake Superior's Isle Royale National Park, with National Park Service officials Monday confirming the finding for the first time.

Trying to co-ordinate clean-up of an oil spill in northern Minnesota comes with its fair share of challenges for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Grand Portage State Park in northeastern Minnesota is open daily once again. The park provides visitors with an opportunity to see the 120-foot High Falls on the Pigeon River, Minnesota's highest waterfall.

Grand Portage State Park in northeastern Minnesota is open daily once again. The park provides visitors with an opportunity to see the 120-foot High Falls on the Pigeon River, Minnesota's highest waterfall.

Aug. 26, 1731 Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Verendrye and his three sons reached Grand Portage.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press NEW YORK The families of three American hikers being held in Iran are striving to keep focus on their detention as it enters a third week.

Grand Portage State Park in northeastern Minnesota is open daily once again. The park provides visitors with an opportunity to see the 120-foot High Falls on the Pigeon River, Minnesota's highest waterfall.

Six American Indian groups in Minnesota will share $14.6 million in federal grants to improve their housing stock, promote energy efficiency and create jobs.

Written by SMSC U of M's TCF Football Stadium to Host Special Event August 17th Prior Lake, MN The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the University of Minnesota invite all Minnesota Tribes and their members as well as the general public to a dedication ceremony for the Minnesota Tribal Nations Plaza on Monday, August 17, 2009, at 1:00 p.m.

Re-enactors share fur trade skills in period dress at the historic Rendezvous Days encampment just outside the stockade at Grand Portage.

Share + Jul 18, 2009 11:49 am US/Central GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. 1 of 1 The park will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, but parking will be limited and the gift shop will remain closed for the rest of the summer.

The new interpretive center at Grand Portage, which opened in 2007, provides an excellent history of the fur trade in the area.

No major glitches were reported at northern Minnesota border crossings during the first day of new identification rules for entry into the U.S. Traffic was moving quickly and the line was short at the Canadian border crossing in International Falls on Monday.

Traffic was moving quickly and the line was short at the Canadian border crossing here Monday, the first day passports were required for entry into the U.S. It appeared nearly everyone trying to enter the U.S. via Minnesotaa s four major crossings was aware of the new regulation, said Marty Eide, area port director.

No major glitches were reported at northern Minnesota border crossings during the first day of new identification rules for entry into the U.S. Traffic was moving quickly and the line was short at the Canadian border crossing in International Falls on Monday.

U.S. Consular officer Adam Vogelzang shows his passport Thursday during a visit to Thunder Bay.