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. […]
Hellfighters please apply
From the first days of the now infamous Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire and subsequent never-ending oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I have been wishing that there was really a hero like John Wayne’s character in the 1968 movie Hellfighters. I like just about all of John Wayne’s movies, but next to McLintock, Hellfighters is my favorite. I […]
Live a life of joy!
Back in the 1880s, a group of men was looking for gold in the mountains of Montana. After weeks of hard work panning on an unnamed creek, one of them found an unusuallooking rock. Breaking it open, he couldn’t believe what he saw, a nugget of gold bigger than he had ever dreamed of finding. Working quickly, the men soon […]
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 26, 2000 • TheJoint Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) decided at its regular meeting on June 13 to reopen the application period for the director position before moving ahead with hiring a new EDA director. While the board made it clear that the extension of the deadline does not reflect on the quality […]
Lightning Fast
I was one of four lady golfers who decided to get out on the course and play as much as possible before the rain stopped us. The skies over Lake Superior were dark and roiling, due to one of those abrupt temperature changes (you know—the temperature drops from 80 to 40 within minutes.) But golfers are a hardy, if somewhat […]
Third graders take field trips to grocery store and bank
On Tuesday, June 8, the entire third grade from Sawtooth Mountain Elementary walked to Gene’s Foods to do a math scavenger hunt. What we learned is that a lot of food items are not that expensive. You can buy a lot of food with a small amount of money. Another thing we learned is we did not know most of […]
Host families sought for exchange program
A nonprofit exchange program is inviting Cook County families to host international exchange students for the 2010-2011 school year. The teenage students come from over 30 countries and attend local high schools. The students have their own spending money and insurance. Host families are responsible for meals, a place to sleep and a nurturing environment. STS Foundation has a local […]