Lucie Detrick, 74, of Grand Marais, passed away on March 11, 2012, surrounded by her family. She was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Lucie was born May 14, 1937, in Kassel, Germany, one of seven children. Many stories have been told about growing up during World War II and the impact it had on her family. Lucie went to business […]
Dr. Reuben Tofte
Dr. Reuben J. Tofte, 96, died on March 9, at the Veterans Home in Silver Bay. Last of an era before roads, power and phones, he was the youngest of seven children born to Cecelia and John Tofte, Norwegian immigrants who founded and settled Tofte, Minnesota in 1893. He graduated from University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 1939. As […]
Tofte rejects architect’s bill for warming house
Tofte Supervisor Allan “D.C.” Olson was glum when he told fellow supervisors that Tofte had received a bill from Meyer Group for architectural work on a proposed warming house at Birch Grove Community Center that was $7,000 more than the board had approved. Olson made his presentation to the Tofte board of supervisors on Thursday, March 8. The township hired […]
Historical Reflections
Our March 3, 2012 Historical Reflections photo was of an early moose survey. We asked readers if they knew who the pilot inspecting a moose carcass was. We heard from two readers. Barbara Johnson of Tucson, Arizona, contacted the News-Herald to say the pilot was her uncle, Willard Watters. Willard is known to many as the pilot who flew Santa […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO • MARCH 18, 2002 Cook County’s West End townships met last Tuesday and voted to approve a two-year $30,000 property levy that will be used to help pay for the operation of the Birch Grove Community Center located in Schroeder. When the night was over residents in Lutsen, Tofte and Schroeder each agreed to levy $10,000 per […]
Arrowhead Electric seeks members for board of directors
Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) is in the process of nominating and electing board members. Now is the time for co-op members interested in electrical service, electric rates, and countywide broadband to come forward if they would like to be involved. AECI Administrative Assistant Rose Thoreson explained, “The grassroots participation in nominating and electing directors is one of the most […]
Legislators considering bonding for Lake Superior pipeline
Although it hasn’t been discussed at any public meetings in Cook County for a few months, that does not mean the plan to install a pipeline from Lake Superior to Lutsen Mountains has not been proceeding. In fact, according to Judith Erickson, government relations specialist for Lutsen Mountains, the effort to include the Lake Superior- Poplar River Water District and […]
EDA housing funds hinge on survey results
In February 2012, a survey was sent out to residents within the city limits of Grand Marais to assess housing needs in the community. Nancy Grabko of Community Fundraising Solutions, which operates the housing program for the Cook County – Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA), urges anyone who received a survey to take a few minutes to complete it […]
Obnoxious grandma disappears… almost
Tossing and turning in my bed, I review my travel “to do” list. It is one o’clock in the morning. Tomorrow my St. Louis visit to my daughter and her family ends, and I am flying home. As always, before traveling, my mind buzzes with thoughts….Where did I put my boarding pass? Did I remember tip money for curbside checkin? […]
Vinyl Café visits— and delights audience at ACA
Most of the audience at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Friday, March 2, knew of Stuart McLean of the CBC radio program Vinyl Café. They were the ones who snatched up the tickets as soon as WTIP Radio announced that the popular storyteller was coming to Grand Marais. Others were dragged to the evening event by a friend […]