Aquatic Invasives! The Who-What-How of Aquatic Invasive Animals, Plants and Pathogens will be the topic of a special program at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center in Schroeder. Marte Kitson, aquatic invasive species specialist at Minnesota Sea Grant, will introduce participants to the world of aquatic invasive species and their ecological impacts on Lake Superior. She […]
GTHS seeks Chik Wauk cabin
The Gunflint Trail Historical Society is hoping to locate a reconstructed Chik- Wauk cabin. The cabins were dismantled and auctioned off many years ago, when the lodge was purchased by the Forest Service through the 1978 BWCA Wilderness Act. TheGunflintTrail Historical Society has been gifted a dismantled cabin, and would like to view a re-constructed cabin to use as a […]
North Shore Rollers keep on rolling
The North Shore Rollers, those energetic young people seen rolling and splashing in the log rolling pool in downtown Grand Marais during the Fisherman’s Picnic in August are back at it. Log rolling practice began at the Grand Marais Municipal Pool on Sept. 27. Anyone is invited to come give log rolling a try! Log rolling practice is tentatively set […]
A pristine rant
I am sick and dang tired of this word! You can read or hear the wood pristine used way too much for the wrong things. Pristine river, lake and one that really bugs the heck out of me is when people say the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The BWCA, is not pristine! It has been logged a couple of […]
Who does Oberstar represent?
Representative Jim Oberstar has been deeply entrenched in the Washington establishment for a whopping 35 years. I did research on Oberstar’s voting record to see how independent a thinker he is or is he just a follower of Nancy Pelosi, the very unpopular House Majority Leader. Jim Oberstar voted identical to Nancy Pelosi an unbelievable 98% of the time – […]
Water monitors appreciated
On behalf of the staff and supervisors of the Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District, I would like to extend a warm and grateful thank you to the Coalition of Lake Associations (CoLA) and the numerous individuals who made the Citizen Lake Monitoring Program a success this year. All the people who recreate on the lakes of Cook County […]
Dishonest tax policies hurt schools
As Cook County voters choose whether to support the public school levy in November, voters statewide will also be faced with making up for cuts to local government aid and school funding by raising property taxes or sales taxes at the local level. Under the Republican administration of Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota elementary and secondary classrooms are more crowded than at […]
Be a defensive pedestrian, a watchful driver
Be aware that Minnesota law requires you to stop for pedestrians in a marked crosswalk or an intersection with no marked crosswalk, where there are no traffic control signals present. When a vehicle is stopped at an intersection to allow pedestrians to cross the roadway, drivers of other vehicles approaching from the rear must not pass the other vehicle. The […]
Reminder for letters
Letters to the editor, columns, and cartoons are all the opinions of the contributors and not necessarily the Cook County News-Herald. While we encourage readers to submit letters to the editor on issues they feel strongly about, we ask that letters include name, address, and phone number. The Cook County News- Herald may withhold a name to protect a letter […]
Lives Remembered
Brigadier Gunnar L. Erickson, 101, of Grand Marais, was “Promoted to Glory” on Sunday, September 26, 2010, in Duluth from complications following surgery. Born November 13, 1908, in Alabo, Smaland, Sweden; the son of Sven Johan and Josephina Marie (Danielson) Eriksson. After compulsory education, he logged and worked the farm with his father before emigrating to America in 1928. Working […]