I have been known to jump on a bandwagon or two. (Yes, I waved the “homer hanky” when the Twins made it to the World Series.) But my love of Julia Child did not start with the movie Julie and Julia. This admiration goes all the way back to my childhood. We did not have cable or satellite TV in […]
Ask before you eat?
You may be well advised to ask the origin of wild berries or baked goods “laced” with wild berries before you eat them. Both the US Forest Service and Great River Energy conducted chemical spray programs in Cook County late this summer. The USFS sprayed forest service road ditches and some Sawbill/Gunflint Trail county road rights of way for non-native […]
Unhappy with investigation
Thistale starts on Aug. 9 of this year. My wife and I got home from a kayak festival in Two Harbors to find our house broken into and trashed. As a taxpayer we called the police figuring someone would come out but were told that they were way too busy that night, so it would be the next day. Since […]
Educate yourself on 1% sales tax referendum
After reading News-Herald articles for the past few weeks about the proposed 1% Local Option Sales Tax referendum, I was left with many questions about the option and the proposed projects it would be used for. I was able to attend the public presentation last Monday night where I spent three hours along with 70 other community members learning about […]
More profit in war than health care
Did we hear a peep out of the Republicans when Bush was in office? He was spending billions annually for eight years on an elective war, bombing a nation which had not attacked us, and eventually killing more U.S. citizens (our soldiers) than all Americans who died on 9/11. Mission accomplished? And a few got richer. But now some Republicans […]
Lives Remembered
A celebration of life for David Briggs will be held at 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at First Congregational Church, 300 W. Second St., Grand Marais. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Memorials requested to the family in lieu of flowers. Please dress in celebratory colors, per David’s request. Virginia Burandt, 91, Duluth, formerly of Lutsen and Silver Bay, […]
COMMUNITY CALEN DAR
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, […]
WE ST END CALE N DAR
Tofte Town Meeting Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 4/18tfn Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 3/22b-tfn Schroeder Town Meetings Held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. […]
It’s volleyball time again
Fall sports are in action preparing for a busy season. The Viking volleyball team began on August 10 with a captains’ practice led by the seniors. Regular season practice began on August 17. This year there are 34 girls in grades 9 -12th grades, playing on the three squads. This year’s varsity team has five returning starters from last year […]
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Viking football practice began at Cook County High School on Monday, August 17. Head Coach Mitch Dorr, Coach Mike Boomer, and Coach Pat Eliasen put the Vikes through their paces. At press time on Wednesday, August 26, the team was playing a “Blue & White” scrimmage at Lyle Anderson Field. Top: After a summer off, the Vikings were sweating in […]