Staff reports The Memorial Blood Centers is conducting a Blood Drive at Zoar Lutheran Church on Monday, November 16 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Anyone interested in giving blood is encouraged to call for an appointment to help fill the need in the Duluth/Superior and Arrowhead Region. To participate, call Polly Erickson at (218) 663-7398. To meet the needs of […]
Beautiful bowls, delicious soup await Empty Bowls
More than 300 beautiful handmade bowls will be ready for the Empty Bowls Dinner, a fundraiser for the Cook County Food Shelf from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 12 at the First Congregational Church. There will plenty of soup and bread, too, donated by local businesses as well as organizations. “We have donations from the Crooked Spoon, Gene’s Foods, […]
Zoar Lutheran offers lutefisk & ham
Staff reports It’s lutefisk time again and Zoar Lutheran Church will be sponsoring a dinner at Birch Grove Center in Tofte. Chef Gary Hansen and assistant Dave Monson will be preparing this Norwegian delicacy. Butter and cream sauces will be available, adding rich flavor to this fancy fish meal. It has been called the “smelly fish” by some of our […]
Bakk visits North Shore with jobs message
Senator Tom Bakk visited the North Shore a year ago, announcing his gubernatorial campaign and delivering bumper stickers declaring “Tom Bakk—Minnesota’s Next Governor.” He returned on Tuesday, October 27 with a new bumper sticker bearing the message that Bakk believes will get him elected in 2010—and will get the state’s economy back on track. Bakk’s slogan? Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Bakk […]
Election: sales tax yes, telephone system no
Thevotes in the 2009 election referendum have been tallied and the question of whether or not Cook County should enact a countywide 1% sales tax has been answered by voters, as has the second referendum question, asking if the county should establish a telecommunications system. The first question passed; the second failed. The sales tax question needed a simple majority […]
Public restrooms, TV and holiday decorations on council agenda
Grand Marais city councilors dealt with a number of issues ranging from public restrooms and television to holiday parades and decorations during their October 28, 2009 meeting. Mayor Sue Hakes began the meeting by asking for public comment. Mark Sandbo, representing the Grand Marais Hotel Company, addressed council and “thanked” them for having a letter sent to his employer threatening […]
World’s Longest ATV Parade record is official
For months, participants in the June 13, 2009 attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest ATV parade have waited to learn if the event was successful. Was the parade that filled the field next to the AmericInn in Silver Bay and meandered through the town for 90 minutes long enough? Participants were delighted to hear a 1,632 […]
North Shore pine martens relocated to Wisconsin
Pine Martens are members of the weasel family. They weigh around two or three pounds and look a bit like a ferret. In Northeastern Minnesota there is an abundance of them, but across the lake in Wisconsin they have been virtually wiped out. Wisconsin DNR biologists Dan Haskell and Jeff Wilson spent ten days in Cook County looking for martens […]
Conservation O fficer 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 […]