When I lived in the Twin Cities and summered in Grand Marais, people would ask me, “What do you miss most when you’re not on the North Shore?” My reply: The sky. In the city, I was seldom aware of the stars, the phases of the moon, sunrise and sunset. Artificial light from streetlights, stores, cars—I knew the sky was […]
Historical Reflections
Do you have an old picture or a story from years gone by that you would like to share with Cook County News-Herald readers? Give us a call, or stop by our Grand Marais office. We’d love to hear your Historical Reflections. Call (218) 387-9100; e-mail starnews@boreal.org; or stop by our officeat 15 First Avenue West.
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · Nov. 15, 1999 • A 53-year-old Grand Portage man was killed last Wednesday after the walls of a 25-foot-deep hole in which he was working collapsed and buried him. According to the Cook County sheriff, the victim was one of three men who were setting a riser for a manhole near the marina on the Grand […]
Blast from the past—Where is it?
If you are lucky, you remember the noise made every day in small towns across America at 12:00 noon when a siren would blast. Everyone knew it was lunch time. Kids knew it was time to run home. Dogs knew it was time to howl. People knew they were part of a community and that all the neighbors shared the […]
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. […]
