Every time I feel sorry for myself or grumble about some insignificant thing like a clogged sink, I think of Linda. We met on the front patio of the Country Inn and Suites where Dick and I stayed during this year’s Back to the Fifties car show. Eight years had passed since I’d attended this hugely popular car show at […]
Cook County Community Fund awards $7,100 in annual grants
The Cook County Community Fund, an affiliate fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, has granted more than $7,000 to non-profit organizations in Cook County for 2010. Since being established in 2003, the Cook County Community Fund has awarded over $28,000 in grants to the Cook County Region. Recipients include the Cook County Coalition of Lake Associations, $500 for […]
Workshops, concerts and a birthday bash
Things are never quiet at the Grand Marais Playhouse and summer finds us scrambling to get everything done. Treasure Island just finished its run last weekend and now we are getting ready for the upcoming summer productions. Cole Porter’s You Never Know is next on the agenda with opening weekend July 29-August 1 and again on the following weekend. You […]
Chik-Wauk celebrates collaboration and volunteerism at grand opening
From conflict to collaboration. From natural disaster to community triumph. That is the story of the Gunflint Trail, the U.S. Forest Service, and the people who have loved this wild northern route to eastern Minnesota’s Canadian border lakes. About 350 people gathered on July 4, 2010 to celebrate the history of the Gunflint Trail at the grand opening of the […]
“Workers on Wheels” takes off at Congregational Church
Last week, eight international workers showed up at the First Congregational Church to pick up loaner bikes for summer use. Theprogram, called WOW (Workers on Wheels), is sponsored by the church as one of its outreach programs. The bikes are available for the workers’ entire employment time in Grand Marais. Workers were requested to make a refundable $40 deposit for […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, June 28 10:21 a.m., Grand Portage: Gas drive-off of $37.18 reported from Ryden’s. A deputy stopped […]
Conversations with District 3 commissioner candidates
It’s the height of tourist season, but it is also the beginning of election season. The election primary will be held Tuesday, August 10. This week, the News-Herald interviews the three Cook County board of commissioner candidates in District 5—incumbent Bruce Martinson of Schroeder, Paul James of Tofte, and Diane Parker of Lutsen. Their answers follow, in alphabetical order. Q. […]
City takes steps to improve pedestrian safety
Grand Marais officials said June 30 that help is on the way to improve pedestrian safety along the Highway 61 corridor through town. Mayor Sue Hakes told council that a number of bright orange flags along with baskets or some other type of holders have been ordered and will soon be placed at the highway crosswalk near Buck’s Hardware/ Midway […]