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. […]
A perfect symbol
There is evidence of a dead deer near the end of my driveway on County Road 7 in Grand Marais. I fortunately can’t see the deer carcass, but there is a black smudge left behind by the tires of someone braking really hard. There are splintered pieces of plastic, white and red, scattered about on the pavement. There is a […]
Caring for an aging parent
In the last few years, the term “sandwich generation” has come into use in the English language. The term refers to the growing number of people taking care of their children and aging parents at the same time. At this time in history around 20 million baby boomers (persons born between 1946 and 1964) find themselves “sandwiched” between caring for […]
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 · Oc t, 23, 2000 • Famed Ely sled-dog musher and explorer Will Steger’s Saganaga Lake cabin was destroyed by fire on Oct. 10. Steger co-owned the cabin, which was on the Canadian side of Saganaga on Chik-Wauk Island, with Joe Bailey, a longtime friend. There was no insurance on the cabin. A second building on the […]
Trick or Treat
A Girl Scout clocked my son the other night. Right in the eye. Doesn’t seem like normal GS behavior but I suppose I should mention he was wearing a Scream mask and it was on a haunted trail after dark. There was also a chain saw wielding monster somewhere in the mix. Her parents needn’t worry if she can defend […]
Knowledge Bowl teams capture first place finishes
Once again Cook County scholars have represented our local school well—Cook County Middle School and Junior Varsity students have been beating the buzzer and coming up with tough answers at Knowledge Bowl competitions at Mountain Iron. On Tuesday, October 5, the Middle School Team—Lars Scannell, Sean MacDonell, Will Seaton, Libby Zafft, Danielle Hansen and Daniel Ahrendt— came in first place […]
Forgiveness
What do you do if someone is mean or hurts you? Often, the best thing to do is to forgive… to forgive means to give up your hurt or angry feelings. We all make mistakes and we all hurt others in different ways sometimes. “It is by forgiving that we are forgiven,” said Mother Teresa. Learning how to forgive is […]