As to Mr. Wilkes’ reply to my concerns about the proposed biomass project in the July 21 letters to the editor, I reiterate that I simply urged a cautious approach to so much municipal borrowing including showing the potential differences between a city-based versus county-based debt. His urgings before the county and PUC board to have them adopt the biomass […]
Correction:
The photo of a 1962 Fisherman’s Picnic parade entry by Shold & Lovaas Mobil service station featured in the July 28 Historical Reflections (p. A9) mistakenly identified the pickup truck as a 1930 Model A Ford. It was, rather, a 1926 Model T. Our thanks to Cook County News-Herald reader Robert Morris of Duluth for his astute observation.
Welcome to Cook County
This weekend and the previous two have been the busiest and most fun-filled weekends of the year. I know that some of you glancing at this column are part of the hard-working volunteers who have made all this possible. We say thank you for your amazing efforts. There are others of you who have traveled great distances to be here […]
Inspirational author to speak at Lutsen Lutheran Church
The Lutsen Evangelical Lutheran Church is hosting inspirational speaker and author Connie Lounsbury as she shares How God Speaks to Ordinary People on Friday, September 7 from 2 – 4 p.m. Lounsbury has received several prestigious writing awards, including the 1998 Guideposts Writers Contest and a first place award in the inspirational category of the 2001 Writer’s Digest writing competition. […]
Patricia Ruthann Swanson Precord
Patricia Ruthann Swanson Precord passed away peacefully on August 5, 2012 in Duluth. Pat was born November 24, 1946 to Mildred and Allen Swanson in Willmar, MN. She moved to Grand Marais with her family in 1947. Pat graduated from Cook County High School in 1965. After graduation, she moved to Duluth and attended cosmetology school. She was preceded in […]
Forest Service implements Travel Management Plan
After more than six years of interagency collaboration, public involvement, and environmental analysis, Kristina Reichenbach of the Superior National Forest (SNF) announced on Wednesday, August 8 SNF is finally ready to implement the Travel Management Plan. The Forest Service states that this will be of significant benefit to “natural resources on the Forest, to wilderness values, and to off-highway vehicle […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · Aug. 9, 2002 Animal rights activists who demonstrated outside a fishing tackle shop in Grand Marais were met with a counter-protest from shop owner Tyson Cronberg during the village’s annual Fisherman’s Picnic last weekend. The demonstration outside the Beaver House may have been sparked by the presence of an independent vendor selling furs. One man showed […]
Law Enforcement seeks information on indecent exposure at Paradise Beach
The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office has received multiple complaints of an adult male exposing himself to females in the Paradise Beach area (the Lake Superior shoreline near mile markers 120 and 121, between Colvill and Hovland). The exposure acts have occurred in the presence of adults and children. One of the latest occurred on Wednesday, August 1, reported by […]