Staff reports Want to learn more about wood-fired raku? Learn all about it during a special Art Colony-sponsored class Nov. 14-15 with Dorian Beaulieu: Wood Fired Raku. Participating students will learn all facets involved with the wood-fired raku process. Topics include glazing, loading, firing, unloading and post firing techniques. Students are encouraged to bring 5-10 small to medium size cone […]
Explosion, fire at Maple Hill home
An explosion and fire at 183 County Road 60 severely injured Grand Marais resident John R. “Ivan” Pederson and destroyed his home on Saturday, October 17, 2009. At 4:33 a.m. Pederson’s neighbor, Charlie Sawyer, made a call to Cook County Law Enforcement reporting a loud explosion. As other emergency calls came in reporting the explosion and a fire at Pederson’s […]
Arrowhead Trail bridge gets all-clear
The Pine River Bridge near the end of the Arrowhead Trail has three to four more years of life in it, according to an inspection by Erickson Engineering of Bloomington, MN, if it can get some new decking to hold it over. On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, County Engineer Shae Kosmalski presented the county board with two options. One option […]
Influenza hitting Cook County Schools
The H1N1 virus may be hitting the Cook County Schools campus. On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Superintendent Beth Schwarz reported, “We’ve had a handful of kids go down today with high fevers.” An instant alert was sent out to district parents regarding the spread of the influenza-like illness. A message from the superintendent on the Cook County Schools website (www.cookcountyschools. […]
LTTA proposes merging marketing efforts
Eleven people besides the five Tofte town officials attended the Tofte town board meeting Thursday, October 8, 2009. One of them was Bill Hansen of Sawbill Canoe Outfitters, there to propose collaboration that could make the Cook County tourist industry more competitive nationally. On behalf of the Lutsen- Tofte Tourism Association (LTTA), Hansen proposed that all the local tourism marketing […]
Grand Marais man found dead on County Road 14
A motorist discovered a car in the ditch on County Road 14 near the Trout Lake Road in Grand Marais at 7:34 a.m. on Sunday, October 18. Next to the car was Jeffrey Allan Hanson, 53, of Grand Marais, deceased. According to Cook County Law Enforcement, Hanson’s 2008 Toyota Yaris had left the roadway. Although the ditch was steep, there […]
CCHS to honor vets with concert
Cook County High School (CCHS) band director Bill Tormondsen is not a veteran, but he would like to honor local vets with a Veterans Day concert at 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in the high school gym. “It’s just a short ceremony thanking the veterans for their service,” Tormondsen said. “It’s a tribute to them.” At the concert, the […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
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, Oct. 12 12:10 a.m., Grand Marais: Caller reported that someone wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $100 and/or 10 days in jail. All fines have additional surcharges and fees and may be much higher. It is the Cook County News- Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for […]