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. […]
Complaints and compromise
The rain garden on the Cook County courthouse lawn has been the center of controversy in recent weeks and we’ve had a few complaints about the Cook County News-Herald coverage of the complaints about the rain garden. There were objections that we sensationalized the public reaction at the Memorial Day ceremony. I believe that any of the hundred-plus people in […]
God pastes his picture on our hearts
As you can tell from my previous columns, I have the beautiful book of 1st John on my mind these days. A story that illustrates what this brief book is about was first shared by author and minister, Max Lucado. It is a story that says a great deal about just how it is that God comes to us and […]
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 · June 19, 2000 • According to a significant number of parties involved in both the promotion of and opposition to the North Shore State Trail, there will not be an extension of the trail from Grand Marais to either the border with Grand Portage Reservation or Canada. Lack of money and lack of easement over private […]
Treat me like a child, please
When I was in elementary school I had a love-hate relationship with the summer months. I loved that school was out. I hated that I now couldn’t see my friends every day. I loved the warm sunshine, camping, bomb fires and s’mores. I hated the boredom, loneliness and being hot. To this day my family does not have air conditioning […]
What Do You Stand For?
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Washington, D.C. It’s an amazing place where you can see and feel the history everywhere you go. Monuments like the Lincoln Memorial and buildings like the Capitol as well as other monuments like those commemorating the Vietnam and Korean wars tell the incredible stories of our young country. All kinds of museums like […]