Beth Kennedy draws a curtain on an entrepreneurial career
You can call Beth Kennedy a lot of things. Go-getter. Mom, foster mother, and grandma. Community volunteer. Serial entrepreneur. All of these descriptions apply to...
Shawn Perich
We need more than a rain
On a sunny, summer afternoon a number of years ago, we were driving along a backroad when suddenly the forest surrounding us took on a...
Grouse: The entry-level bird
Ruffed grouse hunting is part of the Northern Wilds way of life. For many folks, grouse hunting consists of taking a ride along the gravel...
Drought affects trout streams
GRAND MARAIS—Drought conditions have reduced the flows of many North Shore streams to just a trickle. Northern Wilds reached out to Grand Marais area fisheries...
From Pine Ridge to the Gunflint Trail
What’s happening this summer actually began on a cold winter night several years ago. Sitting in her warm home, Sarah Hamilton, owner of Trail Center...
The Historic Highway 61
The North Shore has become so focused on present-day tourism that many visitors and new residents are vaguely aware of the region’s long and storied...
Coaster Brook Trout
When is a brook trout like an onion? One answer may be when it is fried golden brown. But a better answer is when Lake...
State may return Superior beach to the Ojibwe
A 1.85-acre parcel of Lake Superior shoreline on the eastern edge of Grand Marais may come full circle. Once part of an Indigenous community known...