The Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District is once again looking for volunteers to monitor lakes around Cook County for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Citizen Lakes Monitoring Program. Thirteen lakes are targeted for monitoring this year: Agnes, Devil Track, Flour, Greenwood, Gunflint, Ward, Pike, East Bearskin, Elbow, Gust, Leo, McFarland and Tom. These lakes were chosen because of […]
Chik-Wauk museum prepares for July 4 opening
Led by an enthusiastic group of dedicated trail residents and volunteers, the Gunflint Trail Historical Society will soon welcome the new Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, scheduled to open July 4, 2010. TheU.S. Department of Agriculture and Superior National Forest are also partners in the venture. What began as Chik-Wauk Lodge (“Jack of the Pines”) and is now on the […]
Schroeder Historical Society receives $4,000 state grant
The Minnesota Historical Society has awarded a Minnesota THOMPSON Cente Ome a .50 stain ess fluted ,hbhoet 5216 gol cart, $125/BO 218-525-3961 Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant in the amount of K2 ro lerb des en e 11 & full f ds/he et $ 218 4 4600 $4,000 to the Schroeder Area Historical Society The grant d shing THOMPSON M […]
Gunflint Trail innkeeper chairs Minnesota B&B conference
The Minnesota Bed and Breakfast Association’s annual conference was held April 18-20 in Minneapolis and Barbara Young of Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B on the Gunflint Trail chaired the event. Young is president of the state association. The event was attended by bed and breakfast owners throughout Minnesota, and was highlighted with speakers from as far away as New Jersey, Washington […]
Wallpaper removal weekend
This week’s paper includes our spring Home Improvement special section. We always have fun putting it together. Whenever our home improvement issue comes around—in the spring and the fall—I stop and think about the projects that have been done by my family. Not by me. I will do just about anything to get out of any form of construction and […]
Hey! How ya been?
Wow! It seems like forever since we’ve had a chance to just sit down and talk like this. How have you been? I’m sure so much has happened in your life since we met last. I know I’ve been busy. Winter wasn’t too bad this year. Yeah, not too much snow, and I don’t remember that we had so many […]
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 · May 1, 2000 • If his friends in Washington get what they want, Eagle Mountain, the highest point in Cook County and the state of Minnesota, will be renamed to honor retiring Congressman Bruce Vento. A bill proposing the name change will be presented to the Congress by Eighth District Congressman James Oberstar, probably this week. […]
Coffee bar and cow mazes
May has snuck up on us while we have been wishing for rain and watching for fires. It is time to take a last deep breath before our busy summer starts. We have been having a great time playing games on the Wii. The favorite games are bowling and the cow maze, where your character rides a Holstein or Jersey […]