Dr. Catherine Burns Lush of Glencoe, Minnesota, formerly of Albert Lea and Excelsior Minnesota Lake Havasu City and Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2011 at home. She was 94 years old. Catherine was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota on November 18, 1916 to Dr. Hiram Burns and Corinne S. Burns. She graduated from Albert Lea High School […]
Donna Joanne (Nelson) Nathe,
Donna Joanne (Nelson) Nathe, 69, of Mesa, Ariz., passed away July 4, 2011, in her residence. Donna was born in Duluth Oct. 30, 1941. She grew up in Grand Marais, graduating from Cook County High School, then attended Bemidji State University. She taught school in Paynesville, Minn., for 21 years before moving to Arizona where she was employed with the […]
Government shutdown brings workers to Cook County
Minnesota’s government shutdown has an upside for Cook County. Contractors previously working on Highway 61 at Split Rock have been sent to work on the road project on County Road 8, Cook County Highway Engineer David Betts told the county board on July 12, 2011. The board voted to use county dollars to keep two state employees at their jobs […]
Government shutdown forces AEOA to suspend energy assistance
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA) suspended energy assistance and weatherization services on July 7, due to the State of Minnesota shutdown. Offices in Duluth, located at Suite B, 3112 Truck Center Drive; and in Virginia, located at 1406 Fourth Street South, have been closed. Should judicial action warrant, or should the state arrive at a budget solution, these services will […]
Progress on Gunflint Trail cell phone coverage slow but steady
Someday the two Gunflint Trail towers called “Gunflint Magnetic” and “Gunflint Midtrail” may be replaced. Someday the county may own the land they are on, and people may be able to use their cell phones up and down the Gunflint Trail. But it’s a tortuous road to get there. On July 11, Sheriff Mark Falk, County Attorney Tim Scannell, and […]
Historic al Reflec tions
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.
The U.S. Forest Service approach to harvesting timber and biomass
The logging industry in Cook County is as close to dead as it has ever been since European settlers moved in over a century ago. Within the last 10 years, the state of Minnesota has been importing much of the wood it uses. As the nation becomes better equipped to meet its energy demands with renewable resources, the Arrowhead region […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · July 16, 2001 With fire conditions rated at “high to extreme” across the Northland, all campfires will be banned in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness until further notice. Until the area gets some rain, campers in the BWCAW and some parts of the Superior National Forest will be regulated to using gas and propane camp […]
Plant trees by joining Arbor Day Foundation
Forest land is one of America’s most prized resources, and everyone can help plant needed trees in these vital areas simply by joining the Arbor Day Foundation. Through its Replanting Our National Forests campaign, the Arbor Day foundation will honor each new member who joins the Foundation in July by planting 10 trees in forests that have been devastated by […]
EDA seeks compromise with Lake County HRA on housing program
When Lake County and Cook County formed a joint powers agreement to pursue government grants for housing, it was just the sort of collaboration that municipal granting agencies were looking for. But, according to Nancy Grabko of Community Funding Solutions (CFS), that partnership is now in danger because of one contentious Lake County official who serves on the Lake County […]