In response to Mr. Sylvester’s letter in last week’s edition of the News Herald: It was disheartening to read such a poorly-informed, inaccurate, and misleading letter about the Grand Marais Biomass District Heat Project. If Mr. Sylvester wants to be of service to his community, he should make the small effort required to become familiar with an issue before he […]
From Sri Lanka to the North Shore for Fisherman’s Picnic
It’s impossible to say who came the farthest for Fisherman’s Picnic this year, but a safe bet would be Pradeep Sugathadasa, who came all the way from Sri Lanka for his Cook County High School Class of 1983 30-year reunion. Sri Lanka is a large island off the coast of India. Pradeep lived with Dick and Bonnie Swanson as a […]
Attitude, not incense, is important
During my last year at college, several of my friends and I decided to change our Sunday morning worship habits. We had all grown up in evangelical homes and churches. We were all well acquainted with what we believed and why we believed it but we found worshipping as we had been brought up to be, well, boring. Evangelical worship […]
Gertrude N. Scott
Gertrude N. Scott, 94, of Grand Marais, died August 5, 2013 at the Cook County North Shore Care Center in Grand Marais. A private burial will be held in Maple Hill Cemetery. To sign the online register book please visit www.cavallinfuneralhome.com.
Local officials receive training in emergency management
Elected officials have a role to play when community emergencies arise. Cook County Emergency Management Director Jim Wiinanen helped some of the elected officials in Cook County understand what that role is at a training at the courthouse on July 23, 2013. At the meeting were several county commissioners and several Grand Portage officials and employees. The training was spawned […]
Logging truck tips over at bottom of new Gunflint Trail
A semi-trailer hauling a load of pine logs, driven by CoLee Johnson, 23, of Hovland, overturned while turning onto the Gunflint Trail from Highway 61 in Grand Marais in the early hours of the morning on August 8, 2013. Witnesses said it appeared something broke on the vehicle trailer, pulling Johnson’s truck sharply to the left. When the trailer hit […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOAUG. 8, 2003 The Centennial Fisherman’s Picnic was a great hit this year and featured everything from parades to cute puppies, fishburgers to shrimp boils and lots of contests to keep everyone satisfied. At 9:05 p.m. Aug. 2, Cook County Law Enforcement received a call from town – a young woman had been hit on the highway while […]