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. […]
Election boom and bust
I think that everyone, regardless of his or her political affiliation, breathed a sigh of relief as election 2010 drew to a close. We may or may not be happy about the results, but it is nice to know that the fearmongering, mud-slinging, irritating election ads have come to an end for at least a little while. However, I am […]
The ministry of earth-keeping
During the 4th of July weekend, my cycling odyssey brought me to a campground in Upstate New York. It was located on a scenic lake and all the sites with water and electricity were taken. The staff took me under their wing and offered me a place to set up my tent in a grassy overflow area. To my delight, […]
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 · Nov. 13, 2000 • Investigators have found no leads into what caused a cabin on the Canadian side of Lake Saganaga to burn on Oct. 10. Thecabin was owned by Will Steger of Ely, and was on Chik- Wauk Island. Steger believes the fire was started accidentally, perhaps by someone who went in and used the […]
Where’s a butter churn crock when you need one?
Recently I discovered my Aunt Jessie’s daily journals written a half century ago. She documents her life as one of two elderly sisters living through tough economic times. The two women lived in a small southeastern South Dakota town with no visible means of support other than Social Security checks, small amounts of crop money provided by a family farm […]
Playhouse and ACA are partners
How did the Arrowhead Center for the Arts (ACA) come to be? Since becoming a part of the Grand Marais Playhouse Board, I have often wondered about the relationship between the Playhouse, the ACA, the school and the community. Here’s what I learned. In the early 1990s, the Playhouse was looking for another location as it was housed in a […]
New DNR shallow lakes plan aims to boost waterfowl populations
TheMinnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) aims to put more ducks in the sky by training its sights on 1,800 shallow lakes. That’s the essence of a new plan released by the DNR’s Section of Wildlife. The plan, called Managing Minnesota’s Shallow Lakes for Waterfowl and Wildlife, outlines five actions the agency intends to take to rebuild waterfowl populations. “At […]