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. […]
Memorial Blood Center collecting on North Shore
The Memorial Blood Center is conducting a Blood Drive at the Zoar Lutheran Church on Tuesday, July 20 from 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. Anyone interested in giving blood is encouraged to call for an appointment to help fill the need in the Duluth/Superior and Arrowhead Region. To participate, call Polly Erickson at (218) 663-7398. TheBlood Drive will also be in […]
Fair Premium List is now available
Not sure if your hobby or craft is considered eligible for competition at the Cook County Fair? Wondering how many radishes or cucumbers or peas constitute a fair exhibit? Questioning whether your canned cauliflower has a place at the fair? Want to know what the cash prize is for “Best of Fair” for potatoes? The answers to these questions and […]
Puppet show at Grand Marais library July 30
Come to the puppet show of Cinder- Freckle-Frog-Faced-Ella at the Grand Marais Public Library at 10 a.m. Friday, July 30. This humorous and fun-filled program for the family is brought to you by the Schiffelly Puppets. There will be a real puppet stage and lots of puppets. Jim Schiffelly is responsible for the creation of the original voices and the […]
The prodigal pink flip-flop
Three years ago I sadly wrote a column reporting the disappearance of my favorite pair of flip-flops. Yes, it was silly to waste newspaper ink to talk about summer footwear, but these were a very special pair of flip-flops. They were made of a harder rubber than the usual flip-flop. They had a neat flower pattern on the sole. They […]
Recalculating… make an immediate U-turn
When Linda and I want to have a really crazy vacation, we take a road trip without maps. We drive to the nearest intersection and decide then, at that moment, which direction we’re going to take. Then we drive to the next intersection, and decide then, at that moment, what direction we’re going to take. At every stop we make […]
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 office at 15 First Avenue West.
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · July 10, 2000 • A fire of undetermined cause burned a section of the Lutsen Sea Villas to the ground on the afternoon of July 1. According to a spokesman of Lutsen Resort, the fire leveled four units in the B section of the villas. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the blaze. One of the […]