Monique Nelson Albright, a 1989 graduate of Cook County High School, has been named the Saginaw Valley League’s “Teacher of the Year” for 2011 for Midland High School. The award, established in 1995, recognizes one teacher from each of the member high schools in the league. Albright graduated from the University of Minnesota- Duluth with a bachelor’s degree and from […]
Southwick named Teacher of the Year
Jana (Stoskopf) Southwick, a 1984 graduate of Cook County High School (CCHS), has been named Teacher of the Year in the Kasson-Mantorville public school district in southeastern Minnesota. Southwick is a fourth-grade teacher at Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School in Kasson, Minnesota, a school with over 800 students. She has been with the district since 1999. She teaches in the same district […]
Chirps, tweets, honks and hoots
Summer is a great time to hang out with the birds! Their variety in size, shape, color and song is fantastic. Take hikes to different types of forest areas, along different bodies of water, and at different times of the day and you will see and hear an amazing array of birds. Bring a pair of binoculars if you have […]
Lumber Camp is coming back to Fisherman’s Picnic
As the Lumber Camp packed up the log rolling pool, sawmill, outdoor furnace displays and lumberjack equipment at the end of last year’s Fisherman’s Picnic celebration, the thousands of visitors to the annual Grand Marais Lions Club event wondered if Lumber Camp would be back. This week, the Grand Marais Lions happily confirmed that Grand Marais would once again be […]
A 35-year tradition— the Fisherman’s Picnic Tennis Tourament
The Cook County Tennis Association is once again hosting the incredibly popular Fisherman’s Picnic Tennis Tournament, featuring junior and adult events at the Cook County Public Tennis Courts in Grand Marais, on August 3 – 7, 2011. This is the 35th year this tournament has been part of the small town celebration—parade, fireworks, fish toss and tennis! Junior events include […]
Youth soccer meeting July 18
There will be an important soccer meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 18 at the high school cafeteria. “If you are someone who would like to help out with our youth soccer program, please attend this meeting,” said organizer Bryan Carpenter. “The soccer program is in need of more volunteers to help coach and work with the kids.” This […]
Baby proofing for Dad
Our 7-month-old “Trail Baby” Sophia is growing faster than the weeds, and I think she will be crawling around real soon. This is a little easier stage to handle since she is no longer such a fragile jellyneck. She has been eating real food and is almost able to get a Cheerio to her mouth on her own. Every parent […]
Where are the fish biting?
Tyson at the Beaver House says the brookies are biting in the area streams. Smallmouth bass are hitting in most area lakes: Two Island, Seagull and Sag. Rainbow trout are biting in Trout, Mink, Kimball and Birch lakes; northerns are biting in Devil Track and Northern Light off the Gunflint Trail. Lake Trout are biting in 160 to 180 feet […]
Mystery of Minnesota’s missing moose
This is part two in a three-part series that takes a look at the decline in numbers of moose in Minnesota. In the last 10 years moose have been dying at an alarming rate throughout the state, and they have all but disappeared in Northwestern Minnesota. Scientists and wildlife biologists are compiling information that looks at warming temperatures, diet, disease, […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, July 45:18 a.m., Grand Marais: Power outage reported on MorganRoad.6:55 a.m., Grand Marais: Phone outage on […]