On Sunday, December 6 from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m., My Sister’s Place restaurant in Grand Marais will be donating half of all meals served to the ALS Association of Minnesota. Restaurant owners Paul and Cara Sporn are making this offer on behalf of Tom and Kathy Bernier of Grand Marais who are riding in the Blackwoods Blizzard Tour, a three-day […]
Learn to make stained glass
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at the art of stained glass? Here’s your chance to spend a day with Kathy Peterson as she takes you through the steps. Students will make a six-inch square Sun Catcher Snowman or Christmas Tree. They will learn to cut, grind, copper foil, and solder. The beginning stained glass class is offered […]
Census needs thousands of people to fill jobs
The U.S. Census Bureau will hire thousands of people throughout the Kansas City Region for the six states of Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas between now and next spring. Up to a total of 35,000 people will be on staff during peak times. “This is the largest civilian mobilization of workers in the history of the United States” […]
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, Nov. 16 10:11 a.m., Grand Portage: Reported theft of medication from a coat pocket left inside […]
Conservation Officer 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 […]
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Decorating Grand Marais for Christmas was a collaborative—and rather frantic—effort this year. Grand Marais Area Tourism Association Director Diane Brostrom helped gather interest in sprucing up downtown Grand Marais with new Christmas decorations. The city offered a $5,000 match, and Eric Humphrey of the Lake Superior Trading Post helped get another $7,000 from local businesses. When the city maintenance department […]
Council backs $700,000 library expansion plan
Grand Marais City Council has given its backing to a proposed library improvement project. Linda Chappell, director of the Grand Marais Public Library, appeared before council November 18 to present the plan, which will be funded through a 1 percent sales tax that was recently approved by voters. Chappell said she and the board are anxious to move forward with […]
Tourism topics in Tofte
A rock cairn sign for Tofte and funding for the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum in the township were discussed—and supported—by the town board on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Bryan Anderson, with the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC), which facilitated placement of six rock cairn scenic byways signs in North Shore communities, appeared before the Tofte Town Board in response […]
Weber case wraps up with petty misdemeanor after two years
Two years after the Border Patrol vehicle she was driving struck and killed Gunflint Trail resident Ken Petersen as he attempted to clear a downed tree from the road, Maranda Weber pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failure to drive with due care. She appeared at the Cook County courthouse Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Dismissal of a misdemeanor charge […]
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Dieter Weise of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan works with North House instructor Mark Hansen on one of the Norwegian skis he made at North House Folk School during Winterer’s Gathering 2009. Weise is moving to the Alaskan Yukon next year to work as a wildlife biologist. Instructor Hansen said the old Norwegian method of ski-making uses one piece of wood […]