Living history at Cook County News-Herald
The Cook County News-Herald opened its doors on Friday, April 8, 2011 for a celebration of 120 years in the newspaper publishing business, visiting with a number of past employees, as well as readers old and new. It has been a meaningful experience for News-Herald staffers to be “back where we belong,” in the building at 15 First Avenue West […]
The Journey to Jerusalem
I have always loved to travel. I love the landscape and the people of this beautiful land that we live in. I love the freedom of the open road and the excitement of not knowing what’s up ahead or around the next bend. Even when I’ve traveled over and over again to the same place, the journey is always different. […]
New Arrivals
Last week the information accompanying these adorable baby pictures was inadvertently reversed. The Cook County News-Herald is republishing the photos and information so baby books contain the correct information. The News- Herald apologizes for the error.
Sharon Irene Christiansen Higgins
Sharon Irene Christiansen Higgins was born Aug. 12, 1950 at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, the daughter of Don and Anne (Kassube) Christiansen. Sharon was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith and attended school at Coon Rapids High School in Coon Rapids. After high school Sharon was united in marriage to Jim Finke on April 29, 1968 in Watertown, […]
Carol J. Henry
Carol J. Henry, age 81, of Port Huron, died April 6, 2011 in Port Huron Hospital. She was born March 13, 1930 in International Falls, Minnesota, to Homer and Pearl Underwood, and was raised in Grand Marais. She lived in the Port Huron area for most of her life, and married Carl A. Henry on January 7, 1952 in Houston, […]
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.
Speaker touts fiber optics
Dan Olsen, director of operations for Windomnet, a high-speed Internet-access fiber optic network in Windom, Minnesota, spoke to a packed house in the commissioners’ room at the Cook County Courthouse at a gathering in February. This was the second of two presentations that day – the other at Arrowhead Electric Cooperative in Lutsen – intended to help business owners and […]
Higher Ed gets funding for computer training
Thanks to a $25,000 Innovation Grant from the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, Cook County Higher Education (CCHE) has a large part of the funding needed to offer training workshops for the broadband initiative. “It was touch and go for a while,” stated Paula Sundet Wolf, executive director at CCHE. “There has been more demand for the broadband trainings than we […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · April 16, 2001 The Grand Portage community felt the pain of cuts last week as the school board voted to terminate the contracts of two of its teachers. The cuts come as a result of the state-mandated statutory operating debt plan and are echoed in the far western end of the county. Along with staff cuts […]