Keith Dahl and Krysten Flett announce the birth of a daughter, Holly Caralee Dahl, on Dec. 19, 2009. Holly weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20.4 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Crystal Flett and David Prince. Paternal grandparents are Carolyn Deschampe Howard and Mickey Spry, and Arvid Dahl and Patty Winchell-Dahl.
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Jason and Carrie Lynn (Robinson) Pontnack announce the arrival of a son, Peyton Robert, at 7:50 a.m. Dec. 31, 2009. Peyton weighed 9 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 21 ½ inches long. He is welcomed by grandparents Rob and Patty Robinson of Grand Marais, grandmother Connie Hillison of Montello, Wis., and grandfather Butch Pontnack of Chicago, Ill.
Lives Remembered
Howard V. Hong, 97, a longtime seasonal resident of Hovland, died March 16, 2010. A memorial service will be held at the Boe Memorial Chapel on the campus of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27. The funeral will be at Trinity Lutheran, Hovland, at 2 p.m. Monday, March 29. A full obituary will appear in […]
Brochures or rocks for school project
My name is Owen. I am studying Minnesota for a school project. I got your awesome state. Your state is the home of the Twins (my second favorite baseball team). It’s also home of the Timberwolves (I’m a huge fan of Kevin Garnett). I will be writing a report and our main question is: How does the geography of a […]
Broadband Waterloo
About Broadband, it is interesting to read what once was described as the vast wilderness of fiber neglect and thus, surely our doom. Now with a little sunshine it doesn’t look quite as bleak. The frantic grasping for Washington’s shiny brass ring at a cost of some 60 million now looks more like greedy capitalism and 16 million or thereabouts. […]
Ding! Round Two.
Last fall the Broadband Initiative Committee, supported by the Cook County commissioners, Grand Marais mayor and city council, Boreal Access board and Arrowhead Electric board, attempted to convince county citizens of the advantages of purchasing a 52 million dollar county-wide fiber optic system because federal grant money was available. In the process the voters of Cook County nearly overspent by […]
Reminder for letters
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Brian Larsen returns to News-Herald
Brian Larsen has worked at the Cook County News-Herald on and off for most of his adult life. He can’t seem to stay away from the newspaper business and the News-Herald is glad about that. In mid-March, he came back on board as the advertising manager. Larsen began as a stringer for the News-Herald while attending Cook County High School. […]
County commissioner volunteers to spearhead community center project
Those who have been waiting to find out how long it would be before the county board started working on the projects authorized with the passage of last fall’s 1% sales tax referendum may be happy to know that the wait is over. On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, Commissioner Bob Fenwick volunteered to spearhead planning for the community center/ pool […]
