West End Calendar



Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/12tfnLutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theLutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 4 17tfnSchroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, 124 Cramer Road,Schroeder. 3/12tfn

Current Birch Grove students’ artwork on display at Cross River Heritage Center



During the 2010- 2011 school year, Birch Grove Community School students were given the challenge of listing qualities of their school community through prose, poetry and art. Many of the students chose to print “Birch Grove” down their paper then write a phrase about a characteristic of their school across the paper using a letter from Birch Grove. Using the […]

Unplugged X features Mountain Stage— tickets on sale now



Ten years ago, Minneapolisborn and Grammy award-winning songwriter Jon Vezner had a vision to nurture the success of an aspiring non-profit called North House Folk School in Grand Marais. As a result, Unplugged: The Northern Harvest was born as an educational endowment fundraiser that has since become a vibrant, multidimensional weekend event celebrating music, craft and community, with this year’s […]

Watch the sunset aboard the Sea Hunter III



The Sea Hunter III, operated by the Grand Portage-Isle Royale Transportation Company, now offers evening cruises on Lake Superior, in addition to day trips to Isle Royale. The ship departs from Voyageurs Marina under sunny skies at 7:00 p.m. and cruises past Hat Point in Grand Portage Bay, past the ancient Witch Tree, to the rocky palisades of the Susie […]

Grand Portage Royalty candidates show their community spirit



The Grand Portage Royalty pageant committee had an incredibly difficult job at the Grand Portage Traditional PowWow this year. They had more young people come out to dance in the competition than ever before. But as pageant organizer Vivian Carlson said, it is wonderful to see so many young people participating. “You all did a wonderful job,” said Carlson. “We […]

2011 Voyageur Games Contest Winners



Magic Bead Hunt Winner Josie Jurek Cloquet, MN. Yokes on You – Men’s 1st Colton Cheney Angora, MN 50 lifts 2nd Chris Cheney Angora, MN 43 lifts 3rd Zach Cheney Angora, MN 42 lifts Yokes on You – Women’s 1st Sandy Gimpl St. Croix Falls, WI 34 lifts 2nd Cathy McAuliffe Fridley, MN 25 lifts 3rd Juliana Lambert Roseville, MN […]

The Great Rendezvous 2011

and PowWow

Where are the fish biting?



Tyson at the Beaver House has heard that northerns on Northern Light, Two Island, Elbow, Little Cascade and Swamp lakes are biting. Smallmouth bass are biting good all over. “Rainbow trout are biting on Mink on float rigs or Beaver Flicks and crawlers,” Tyson said. Also on Kimball, and nicesize ones on Trout Lake. Walleyes are biting on Devil Track […]

Careless campfires on Saganaga



Two more fires have happened on Lake Saganaga this past week, both started by campers and both extinguished by cabin owners and other patrons of the lake. The two fires did minimal damage since they were attacked so quickly by the volunteers, and the entire community would like to thank everyone for being so alert. It does not take very […]

Conservation Officer Tales



Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]