Kenneth A. “Fatty” Sherer, 70, of Grand Portage, passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital, Duluth, surrounded by his family, on June 21, 2012. He was born on September 2, 1941, in Cass Lake, MN, to Kenneth V. and Dorothy (Clark) Sherer and was a member of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Kenneth graduated from Cook County High […]
Margot Viola Florell
Margot Viola Florell was born December 1, 1906, in Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota, to Charles and Evelyn (Bodin) Huntsberger. She was raised in Minnetonka Beach and graduated from Wayzata High School in 1923. After her education she rode the trolley back and forth to downtown Minneapolis to work as an operator for Bell Telephone. She married Phillip Larson in 1927 at […]
No pressurized water to RVs without septics
Two sets of RV owners received authorization for interim use permits (IUPs) at the June 26, 2012 county board meeting. “You’re going to see more and more requests for interim use permits,” Planning & Zoning Administrator Bill Lane told commissioners. County government has taken a stand against using RVs as permanent dwellings, but that doesn’t mean people don’t want to […]
City sewer handles extra rainfall after June 20 storm
The big storm on June 20 caused no electrical outages for the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), but a lot of water was running through the sewer plant. Water/Wastewater Superintendent Tom Nelson told the PUC that afternoon that they would be dealing with high water for a week and would have to filter all the sediment out of their fresh water […]
Minnesota Power study considers retrofits versus closures
Minnesota Power has filed additional comments with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) on its Baseload Diversification Study (BDS) that was conducted as part of its long-range planning process, a process that will culminate with the Company’s 2013 Integrated Resource Plan. The BDS, filed in February, was the first of its kind in the state and is one of many […]
Fire in motel extinguished quickly
The Grand Marais Fire Department was paged to a possible fire at the Grand Marais Gateway Lodge (formerly Tomteboda Motel) in Grand Marais at approximately 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 24. The caller reported “heavy smoke” coming from one of the motel units. All off the guests had been evacuated. Grand Marais First Responders and Cook County Ambulance also responded, […]
Camper collapses, dies on John Lake portage
An Iowa man, camping with a group of friends in a remote area at the end of the Arrowhead Trail in Hovland, collapsed and died on Wednesday, June 20. Brent Allen Croker, 50, of Storm Lake, Iowa, was traveling with five other males into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The party was on the canoe portage between John Lake […]
Trespassing bear shot in Grand Marais
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Mary Manning of Hovland recently reported on several nuisance bears in the area. One very persistent bear ended up dead after it attempted to enter a home on the east side of Grand Marais. Manning said the bear was lawfully killed by the homeowner, who declined to speak with the News-Herald. Manning said […]
Impacted by flooding?
Complete emergency management surveyAlthough the physical infrastructure of most of Cook County came through the June 19 rainstorm relatively unscathed, many local businesses were negatively affected by the communication outage caused by flooding nearly 100 miles away. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) wants to hear from anyone adversely affected by the recent storm. If you are an affected business […]
