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, […]
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 […]
The moving majority
A few weeks after the 2010 election, I was fortunate enough to join a few friends for a visit with David Dill (D-Tower) of the Minnesota House of Representatives. I was happy that Representative Dill had come through his kidney transplant surgery so well. I was also glad that he had been reelected. It was especially good to hear how […]
Revelations and epiphanies in a deer stand
The hunt is over but the power of the moment remains. I know I am not alone in feeling overwhelmed by the awesomeness The M nnesot of the Creator when I spend time observing and experiencing the amazing natural environment that surrounds us in Cook County. To spend that kind of quality time in the woods for me is part […]
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 · Dec. 4, 2000 • Spurred by recent budget talks and an apparent problem with the filing for a conservation easement, Grand Marais City Council voted 3-2 Nov. 29 to withhold a $60,000 match which had been set aside for a $300,000 federal transportation grant. The grant, which had been applied for and won during the previous […]
Ten Things I Hate About Winter
If you hate the cold these days stop reading this column! It won’t help because I am about to whine a blue streak and you might have to lie down to recoup after you read this. 1 I went outside this morning with slightly damp hair only to find icicles in my ponytail when I was at the grocery store. […]
Home for the Holidays
The lakes are beginning to freeze a little more each day. Saganaga and Gunflint are still very open but Poplar and Hungry Jack are mostly covered in a thin layer of ice that looks like it will stay for the winter. It is still way too early to be on the lakes, but it is starting to look like winter […]