Staff reports On Sept. 16, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule in the Federal Register acknowledging that Endangered Species Act protections are reinstated for the gray wolf in the western Great Lakes. The rule complies with a court order and settlement agreement, which effectively restored ESA protections on July 1, 2009. The Service reached a settlement […]
Trying to be content
In just a few weeks, I will be beginning my eleventh year as a newspaper editor in Cook County. Many, many, things have changed since the day I walked into the Cook County Star’s temporary office in the Cobblestone Building on Highway 61 in downtown Grand Marais. Since then there have been thousands of stories, serious and silly. There was […]
Good News goodbye
Well, here we are. Starting next week this weekly column in our local newspaper will pass into history and a “new” venture will take its place. The News-Herald will return to the format it took up not so long after I came to Grand Marais. Each month a different member of the local Christian clergy will share their reflections on […]
Historical Reflections
Money short, but needs fewFourteen miles up the Caribou Trail is Tait Lake. The roads around the lake, Cap’s Trail and Billie’s Trail, were named for my aunt and uncle Mathilde “Billie” Petersen and Martin “Cap” Petersen. They once owned the land upon which today’s Tait Lake residents have built their homes. The original Tait Lake Lodge, which Cap and Billie built, was their […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · Sept. 27, 1999 • It would cost approximately $21,400 to run a comprehensive summer school program in the county according to information presented at the Sept. 20 meeting of the Cook County school board. The estimate includes salaries for elementary, middle and high school teachers ($18,010), supplies ($1,400), texts, workbooks and miscellaneous items ($2,000). Board chair […]
The North Shore is full of surprises
Over the Labor Day weekend, my family headed for the North Shore to help my mom pull off a surprise 70th birthday party for my dad. The hard part was getting him out of the house for about five hours while mom feigned illness so she could stay behind to set up for the party. At breakfast she was crabby […]
This was also the weekend of the Bayou Boogie in Grand Portage. We had some of the best Cajun food I have had this side of the Louisiana border. Give these a try, you won’t regret it.
Cajun Curry Chicken Serves 2 Ingredients bb1 tbsp butter bb1 1/2 cup onion, chopped bb1 (4 oz.) can green chilies, chopped bb1 green pepper, chopped bb1 red pepper, chopped bb1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning (more if you like it spicy) bb1tablespoon curry powder bb2 good size boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut in pieces bb1 cup water bb1 cube chicken bouillon bb1 […]
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: […]
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. […]