Cook County AA MeetingsMondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais SeniorCenter (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at6:30 PM and speaker at 7:00 PM.)Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM,First Congregational Church in Grand Marais.Wednesdays: At Trinity Lutheran in Hovland at 6:00 P.M.Step meeting.Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, First CongregationalChurch in Grand Marais; Big Book Study […]
Lumber Camp finishes Fisherman’s Picnic with boom running competition
Although the Fisherman’s Picnic Lumber Camp was packed up on Saturday evening, August 4, the lumberjack competition was not over. After a long night of breaking lumber camp, all the logging gear and lumber was loaded and moved north to the Atkinson mill pond on Clearwater Lake. There, on Sunday, August 5, professional and amateur boom running excited spectators. On […]
New growth
We asked for rain this spring and we sure got it. While our neighbors to the south are suffering from a drought we somehow managed to get enough precipitation, thus far, to keep our woods green. The trees in the forest are flaunting their vibrant leaves while the new branches stretch for the sun. The summer growth is peaking and […]
Where are the fish biting?
Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank reports…. Most of the walleye action has been in the early mornings or late evenings but I know Devil Track Lake is still producing some nice walleyes. Drifting or slow trolling with crawler harnesses or the ever dependable Rapala has been successful. Some are also having some success with leeches and slip bobbers. The smallies […]
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 […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Saturday, Aug. 412:16 a.m., Grand Marais: Two complaints about loud musiccoming from downtown.12:25 a.m., Grand Portage: Terroristic […]
