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Bringing light to darkness by remembering



As local musicians Bump and Barbara Jean quietly played holiday music, people gathered in the atrium of the North Shore Hospital and Sawtooth Mountain Clinic for the third “Light up a Life” event on Tuesday, December 6. There was quiet visiting and some people paused in front of the book with the list of names commemorating loved ones being celebrated […]

A willingness to hear



“I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. “When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John. “But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s […]

New Arrivals



Rebecca Westerlind and Henry Arrellin of Grand Marais are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter, RosaBella Marie Arrellin. RosaBella was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth at 2:06 a.m. on November 18, 2011. RosaBella was 7 pounds and 19 inches long. “Baby Bells” is also welcomed by her grandmothers, Sue Westerlind and Rosa Medina and great-grandparents Palmer […]

Murray Don Anderson



Murray Don Anderson passed away Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 at his home after a lengthy struggle following surgery. He was born July 20, 1928 to Oliver and Alma Anderson in Grand Marais. After spending his youth attending school and fishing, not necessarily in that order, in 1949 he joined the U.S. Air Force, served in Okinawa and was honorably discharged […]

Josephine (Chapman Holmes) Bockovich, 88,



Josephine (Chapman Holmes) Bockovich, 88, passed away Friday, November 25, 2011, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas after an extended illness. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 6, 1923 to Vincenza and Serafino Ilardi. As a young woman she moved to Painesville, Ohio where she resided for many years. In 1947, Josephine married Wayne Chapman and he preceded […]

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? 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. 10, 2001 In light of state pollution control red tape, the planned sewer project in the West End appeared to come to a halt late last fall, but was temporarily brought back to life at the last county board meeting. At that time, commissioners voted to pay for a number of pipes to be installed […]

Margot Florell turns 105



When Margot Florell was born, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 1.7 percent and a first class stamp cost 2 cents. Theodore Roosevelt was president and the country had 45 states. If you wanted to fly you could coax a balloon ride from a balloonist, but where you landed was anybody’s guess. With only 10 miles of paved roads […]