For several weeks, North Shore residents have watched as John Amren, owner of Superior Coastal Sports in downtown Grand Marais, closed down his coffee shop and sold off his climbing and kayaking gear. Everyone wondered what was going to happen to the tall green building next to the Whole Foods Co-op. Last week the Cook County News-Herald had the opportunity […]
Library to offer “Arctic Books” in special sale next week
In mid December, Director Linda Chappell received an e-mail message from Susan Weber at the South Pole indicating a desire to donate books to the Grand Marais Public Library and to the Library Friends of Cook County. Linda was excited and immediately relayed a message to me, “Looks like the Friends will be receiving some donations for the book sale […]
Curling fun night— Wednesdays in February
Staff report Curling enthusiast Jim King encourages anyone interested in curling to join the Cook County Curling Club February Fun League on Wednesdays in February. The sessions, which are free, will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. starting February 3. New, novice, returning curlers-all are welcome. Men and women of all ages are welcome. Thefirst half hour of each […]
A chance for dads and daughters to dance
Staff reports Girl Scout Troop #4110 is sponsoring a Father Daughter Dance on Thursday February 11 at the Community Center 4-H Log Building in Grand Marais. Over the Waterfall will be playing for the dance from 6:00 PM to 8:00 p.m. The dance is for all fathers (or uncles, grandfathers, significant male role model figures) and daughters. All ages welcome! […]
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, Jan. 18 12:00 a.m., Grand Marais: Deputies responded to a burglar alarm at Superior Design. The […]
New nonprofit to manage Banadad trails
Staff reports The big news on the Banadad is that after 20 years of managing the Banadad Ski Trail, Boundary Country Trekking has turned over the management duties to a newly formed non-profit — the Banadad Trail Association. The mission of the Association, according to president Karen Monsen, “is to maintain and enhance the Banadad Ski Trail, preserve the history […]
West End trail association formed
Staff reports The Norpine Trail Association is a new nonprofit organization that was formed in 2009. It is dedicated to preserving and maintaining approximately 57 km of crosscountry ski trails adjoining Cascade River State Park. The ski trails extend along the shore from the Sugarbush Trail system in the Tofte area east to the Hall- Massie loops near Solbakken Resort […]
Communication with outside world lost–almost
What would happen if Cook County were suddenly cut off from communication with the rest of the world? What if no one could make a long distance phone call, send or receive email, or even get his or her cell phone to work? About mid-morning Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the county found out. A communications outage, rumored to have been […]
Discouraging debt discussion continues for EDA
A meeting to discuss the fiscal troubles of the Cook County – Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) was held on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. No immediate solution to the EDA’s financial woes was found and another meeting was planned to bring EDA stakeholders together to decide the future of the organization. EDA Chair Mike Littfin called the meeting to […]