Interested in taking the nursing assistant/home health aide course? Due to popular demand, this course will again be offered by Cook County Higher Education. It allows students to get work experience in the field during the course and to start working while in the course. This Lake Superior College fourcredit course will be offered most likely on Thursday and Saturdays. […]
Community Calendar
Cook County Historical Society“Small Talk” on Mineral CenterNelda Westerlind of Grand Marais will be giving a CookCounty Historical Society “Small Talk” about the oncethriving community of Mineral Center on May 18 at 10a.m. at the Johnson Heritage Post. Sarah Stonich at Grand Marais Public LibrarySarah Stonich, author of internationally acclaimednovels These Granite Islands, The Ice Chorus, Shelterand her much-anticipated Vacationland, […]
Beware the talking senior
“Did you say something?” My spouse asks. “No.” I look up from the grocery list I’m compiling. “I didn’t say anything.” “Yes, you did.” He insists. “You were talking.” I glance again at the sheet of paper on which I’d been writing. There, in plain black ink, are the five items on my grocery list …green beans…rye bread…baking powder… laundry […]
Vikings lose two softball games
Carlton came to Grand Marais on a chilly May 9th to face the Cook County girls’ fast pitch softball team in a game that was close throughout. The Vikings scored one run early off of Carlton’s sophomore ace pitcher, but couldn’t get anyone else across the plate. Meanwhile Viking pitchers Alex Slanga and Rachel Weiben pitched well, but Carlton was […]
Viking baseball loses 11-7 to South Ridge
Cook County played 5 good innings of baseball but couldn’t finish, giving up 8 runs in the last two innings against South Ridge in a game played at home on Tuesday, May 8. “We played pretty good baseball considering how little we have been able to practice outside,” said Head Coach Arleigh Jorgenson. Early on the defense was sharp. The […]
Hard water fishing opener
Opening week of fishing in Minnesota and I could not be less excited to catch a fish. I don’t even have a motor on my boat. Like many other folks I am already behind schedule and the worst part is that I still cannot even get started. The lakes are still too frozen to start up sprinkler systems and the […]
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 […]
Canadian boat landing permits available in Grand Marais May 23, May 30
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) will be issuing I-68 permits from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 23 and May 30 at the Grand Marais Coast Guard/Border Patrol Station. The Form I-68 allows certain applicants entering the United States by small boat to telephonically report their arrival to CBP. There is no requirement […]