It is the policy of the Cook County News- Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, June 1 3:18 p.m., Grand Marais: Report of campers overdue from the BWCA. Their permit […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few who run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]
Unorganized Territory
What happens in Grand MaraisWhat happens in Grand Marais… I never found time to write about my Las Vegas vacation at the end of April. Returning to Cook County—and to work—meant playing catch up. I quickly got right back in the work routine and forgot about the wonderful time I had in Las Vegas. As they say, "What happens in Vegas…stays in Vegas." […]
Spiritual reflections
Faithful in the process“Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Heb 4:16 NAS95) I had been a pastor in a small town for six years. A lot of good things happened there but, as is so often the case, not everyone was happy. […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · June 14, 1999 • WDSE-TV has been awarded $112,812 from the national Telecommunications Information Agency to replace an aging tower in Grand Marais that carries the signal of three Duluth television stations. The existing tower is at the end of its lifespan and must be disassembled. The tower also has major cracks in a support leg […]
OVER THE HILL
No Welcome Wagon, but….We don’t borrow cups of sugar. We don’t have a “welcome wagon” and backyard gettogethers. But we do share the last stretch of the South Shore Drive, and that makes us a neighborhood. Neighborhoods are interesting phenomena. My childhood neighborhood “gang” consisted of three other girls my age. We played together, walked to school together and fought like sisters. Fifty-First […]
Letters to the editor
Schools must protect against bullyingMy adopted daughter was born in the projects of the South Bronx, some of the meanest streets in America, and in her early years was tutored in its ruthless code. Though able to escape to Minnesota through adoption, she remains proud of her “New York skills”—her ability to fight back, to not get punked. I tell you this because Amy […]
New Arrivals
Allan and Jenna Berglund of Grand Marais announce the birth of a daughter, Lauren Christine Berglund, at 8:48 p.m. May 13, 2009 at the Cook County North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais. Lauren weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. She is welcomed by sister Shauna Blake, and grandparents Clifford and Julie Berglund, Jane MacDonald and Walter […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meetings. Potluck at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:30). Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: 12 Step Study Meeting, 6:30 PM, Arrowhead Electric Co-op building, Lutsen. Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, […]