Grand Marais Pilot and Pictured Rocks Review

11/04/2026

🤍 Public Announcement 🤍

To everyone in Grand Marias who reached out with love and concern for Andrea, I would like to thank you all so very much.

I’m also very appreciative of the state police, how quickly they acted and how seriously they took the situation.

I am thankful for the effort the media made to get the information out that she was missing, but the public reporting misrepresents my wife and the circumstances terribly.

Andrea is going down a rough road with a close family member becoming suddenly very ill. She left to go assist with his care, and has been living there the last 2 weeks. She came home, finally, and it has taken a toll on her. She went out to get some air, clear her head and I didn’t know it at the time, but she planned to sleep in her car. I didn’t like the state of sadness and grief she was in, but she wanted to get away from everything for a day. I had no idea where she was going, she got out of cell range, then her cell died, and she was gone way longer than she was supposed to be. When she never came home and I couldn’t reach her after 18 hours, I called the police. About the 30 hour mark and about the time the report went public, Andrea made contact with us and we discovered she was in fact, thank God, alive and well. It was a rough couple nights worrying she had an accident.

I was worried she was turned around in the woods and all alone, and possibly hurt. Not that she was going to hurt herself like was dramatically implied publicly.

Thank you all for your love and prayers

11/03/2026

11/03/2026

There was a mistake in the below caption which was copy and pasted and put in the Pilot edition at press! Not sure why my auto spell had cottages rather than Cabins (Bay View Cabins) prior to G.M.'s West Bay Condos.

More times than not in a small town, real estate sales are more than a bit bittersweet. Another property bites the dust, SOLD! Richard Berndt (retiree of C&O Railroad), son of the owner of Bay View Cabins on Grand Marais West Bay (located where the Condos are today) a 1968 GMHS graduate and wife and my 1969 classmate Gail Berndt-Sutton (retired from the World's Largest Christmas Store in Frankenmuth), and whose parents owned the Dunes Saloon for a couple years in the 1960s: well, their camp near Stella Lake is SOLD. If only father time would slow up a little eh? We know how tough this is, because of Dick's love for hunting, and for Northern Michigan's Great Northwoods, where he grew up, This has to be one of his toughest decisions ever. He, of course instigated several beach parties back in the 1960s when he built teepees out of driftwood. Each summer the teenagers had a nightly street dance at the Bandstand (Pavilion) unless we all heard rumor of a beach party. Mr. Berndt would normally be the one to spread the word!

11/03/2026

❄️🍿 WINTER MOVIE SCHEDULE AT THE TAHQUA LAND THEATRE! 🎬

As we head into the winter season, the Tahqua Land Theatre will be adjusting our operating schedule.

Our winter movie schedule will be:

🎬 Friday — 7:00 PM

🎬 Saturday — 7:00 PM

🎬 Sunday — 7:00 PM

We'll be showing movies three nights a week throughout the winter, with plans to return to our regular schedule in the spring.

While our schedule may be a little smaller, our commitment to bringing movies to Newberry remains the same!

We appreciate the continued support of our community and look forward to welcoming you for a movie, some fresh popcorn, and a night at our historic theater.

🎟️ See what's playing at tahquatheater.com

See you at the movies! 🍿

11/03/2026

11/02/2026

More times than not in a small town, real estate sales are more than a bit bittersweet. Another property bites the dust, SOLD! Richard Berndt (retiree of C&O Railroad), son of the owner of Bay View Cabins on Grand Marais West Bay (located where the Condos are today) a 1968 GMHS graduate and wife and my 1969 classmate Gail Berndt-Sutton (retired from the World's Largest Christmas Store in Frankenmuth), and whose parents owned the Dunes Saloon for a couple years in the 1960s: well, their camp near Stella Lake is SOLD. If only father time would slow up a little eh? We know how tough this is, because of Dick's love for hunting, and for Northern Michigan's Great Northwoods, where he grew up, This has to be one of his toughest decisions ever. He, of course instigated several beach parties back in the 1960s when he built teepees out of driftwood. Each summer the teenagers had a nightly street dance at the Bandstand (Pavilion) unless we all heard rumor of a beach party. Mr. Berndt would normally be the one to spread the word!

11/02/2026

Downtown Grand Marais was as vibrant as ever this Halloween Evening. And, even pleasant enough to imbibe in ice cream vs submitting to cooler and sleetish fall weather. It was a great evening had by all!

11/02/2026

The holiday season is a time for giving, and Fox Negaunee is proud to take part in Fox for Tots 2026! 🎁 From November 2nd through December 10th, we're collecting new, unwrapped toys to help bring some extra holiday joy to children and families in need.

Stop by Fox Negaunee with a toy donation and help make a difference right here in our community.

Let's make the season a little brighter for those who need it most!