This summer travel season, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) joined efforts to remind summer travelers of document requirements to travel into both countries. The two agencies want to educate travelers about these requirements to make their travel experience a more enjoyable one. . The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requires U.S. and Canadian […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]
Focus on Commissioner District 3 candidates
If you feel that the election season has come earlier this year, you are correct. The Minnesota primary election, held in September in the past, is being held this year on Tuesday, August 10. Much of Cook County votes by mail-in ballots which will be sent to voters the week of July 20th, so yes, the time to think about […]
Cook County school board reviews past year and plans for next
ISD 166 Superintendent Beth Schwarz and K-12 Principal Gwen Carman summarized the year for the school board at its regular meeting Wednesday, June 16, 2010. “I’m really proud of the year that we had,” said Carman. “I’m proud of the education the kids received.” Enrollment dropped by five students from 493 on October 15 to 488 on June 8. In […]
CORRECTION:
In the June 26 article Lutsen cemetery improvements, association, discussed, Diane Parker was incorrectly identified as the Lutsen Town Board chair. Joe Buttweiler is the board chair. Also, as clarification, it should be noted that the citizens of Lutsen voted to contribute $10,000 to the cemetery group, not the town board itself. The News- Herald apologizes for the error.
Cook County Historical Society planning CCC exhibit
The Cook County Historical Society is working on a fascinating exhibit on the Civilian Conservation Corps thanks to a “Legacy” grant awarded by the Minnesota Historical Society. Cook County was significantly impacted by the Depression- Era CCC program. Of the 61 CCC camps authorized for the state of Minnesota, 13 were in the county. At 200 men per company, the […]
No free water for tennis courts
County Commissioner Fritz Sobanja appealed to the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for a waiver of the $1,300 fee to hook up water to a fountain near the tennis courts in Grand Marais, on property formerly owned by the school but now owned by the county. The water could be piped from the school, but after the land trade […]