Area residents and visitors of all ages came together for three days of music Friday – Sunday, Sept. 6-8, 2013 at Sweetheart’s Bluff in Grand Marais at the 6th annual Radio Waves Music Festival, sponsored by WTIP North Shore Community Radio. The festival featured 28 acts with musicians offering a variety of genres, from rock to folk, jazz, swing and […]
Correction:
In the September 7, 2013 article Tough start for Viking football, we incorrectly identified running back Jack Wieben. The Cook County News-Herald apologizes for the error.
Faith holds on
I have known people in my life who have experienced great disappointment with God. They tell me they prayed, asked God for something important to them, and never heard from him. In their disappointment some of these people have taken the position toward God they think he has taken toward them: indifference. Perhaps you know someone who has had this […]
Geraldine Lou Futterer
Geraldine Lou Futterer of Grand Marais died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 at the Cook County North Shore Care Center in Grand Marais. She was born Sept. 30, 1926 in Duluth to David and Toni Lind of Tofte. Gerri’s grandparents Hans and Johanne (Tofte) Engelsen were Norwegian immigrants and pioneers to Cook County. Hans, along with his wife’s brothers, Andrew and […]
Aggressive bear shot at Clearwater Lake
Bears have been problematic in a few areas this summer and on August 25, an employee at Clearwater Lodge on the Gunflint Trail was forced to shoot an overly aggressive bear. The lodge contacted Cook County Law Enforcement the next day and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Mary Manning answered the call. CO Manning said the lodge was […]
Canadian arrested at border with large stash of drugs
The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office was called to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the U.S. – Canadian border in Grand Portage at 2:27 p.m. on Saturday, September 7. A vehicle owned by Canadian citizen Alex Patrick Leblanc, 23, of Alberta, was being searched. CBP officers told Law Enforcement dispatch that they had already found “over a pound” […]
U.S. Customs reminds travelers of ban on basket imports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists reported a potentially destructive commodity at the International Falls rail facility earlier this year and reminds anyone traveling or ordering merchandise from abroad to avoid importing willow in any form. One of the most common imports of willow is in decorative baskets. Two separate shipments of willow baskets arriving from China via Canada […]
Historical Reflections
Lobbying the legislature about BWCAGrand Marais resident Chester “Chet” Lindskog was once a fixture on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, but he once ran a three-day campaign for U.S. Senate in an effort to get Rudy Boschwitz to pull out of the race. At a storytelling event celebrating Cook County’s history at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on March 9, 2013, Lindskog […]