Nursing courses offered through Higher Ed



Lake Superior College will offer a four-credit nursing course on Tuesdays and Saturdays this winter if there is sufficient interest. Classes will be held at the North Shore Higher Ed Campus and at the North Shore Care Center. The instructor is Mark Abrahamson, and there is an $800 fee, plus books. Financial aid is available through loans and scholarships. Students […]

Community Calendar



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West End Calendar



Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. atthe Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. Lutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. atthe Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. Schroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. atSchroeder Town Hall, 124 Cramer Rd., Schroeder.

Vikings lose heartbreaker in overtime



The Cook County girls’ basketball team played toe-to-toe with the bigger Two Harbors Agates last Friday night (December 13), but lost a heartbreaker 43-40 in overtime. At halftime the Vikings led 20-17. The two teams went back and forth throughout the second half but Two Harbors tied the score with a few seconds left to send it into overtime. The […]

Derek Smith completes Conservation Corps Service



Derek Smith of Grand Marais recently completed a 10-month service term with Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa, a nonprofit that engages young people in hands-on service managing natural resources and responding to disasters. From February through December, 135 young adults worked outside in all seasons improving recreational trails, fighting wildfires, conducting prescribed burns, removing invasive species, planting trees and conducting […]

Vikings lose to Two Harbors Agates



The last six minutes of the first half did in the Vikings boys’ basketball team in their game against the Two Harbors Agates played on Friday, December 13 at home. “We played even up with them until there was about six minutes to play in the first half but Two Harbors went on a little run and we fell behind […]

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DNR to release revised environmental analysis of copper-nickel mine



The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has released the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement on PolyMet Mining Inc.’s NorthMet mine project in northeastern Minnesota. The approximately 2,200-page document is a comprehensive environmental analysis of the state’s first proposed copper-nickel mine. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Forest Service are seeking public review and […]

Moose herds on the roam



If seeing a moose on the Gunflint Trail is still on your bucket list, you might consider going for an evening ride. In the past couple of days I have seen a dozen different moose along the Gunflint and they are hanging out in herds from the South Brule to Seagull Lake. It is easy to detect the right area […]

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 […]