Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meeting. 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, […]
West End Calendar
Tofte Town Meeting Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/13tfn 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. 4-17tfn Schroeder Town Meetings Held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. […]
Loving—and hating my job
I love that my job as editor of the Cook County News-Herald brings such an assortment of activities. It is never, ever, boring. I never know what to expect. One minute I’m having a quiet interview with a new business owner or an interesting senior citizen—the next I’m dashing off to try to get a picture of an unusual bird […]
Hidden in the fog
Who knew there were so many different kinds of fog? Fog can form in a number of ways, depending on how the cooling that caused the condensation occurred. There is radiation fog caused by the cooling of land after sunset. The cool ground produces condensation in the nearby air by heat conduction. There can be ground fog which is “fog […]
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 29, 2000 • There was little hope in the immediate wake of the May 24 announcement that LTV Steel Mining Company’s Hoyt Lakes taconite plant will fade into Minnesota history within a year. Hoyt Lakes has been the only supplier of pellets to the LTV taconite facility on Lake Superior in Schroeder. As of now, […]
RV Park ambiance
With the approach of Memorial Day, the Grand Marais Tourist Park is rapidly filling up and brings to mind memories of my recent stay in an Arkansas RV park. I have especially fond memories of the dog culture. Traveling in an RV brought me into a whole new world— RV people and their dogs. The Park I stayed in this […]
Awards and scholarships announced at CCHS
Cook County High School held its Awards and Scholarship Program in the High School Gym on Monday, May 17, 2010, awarding nearly 30 financial awards and dozens of student recognition awards for athletics, academics, and community service. Congratulations, students! Scott Scholarship Drew Holmen-Valedictorian $2400 Karyn Watson-Salutatorian $1600 Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation Cody Anderson Full Tuition Lake Superior College Christian Cole […]