Are non-native plants invading your woodland? Do you struggle to control tansy and Canada thistle, year after year? If so, visit the Community Forest Restoration Shed at Sugarloaf Cove in Schroeder. The shed houses tools, herbicides, and herbicide application equipment, all of which can be used by landowners free of charge. To use the herbicides and application equipment, landowners must […]
Community Calendar
Ron and Stephanee Everson30th Wedding Anniversary Celebrating Aug. 2nd from 11 to 2 at the Landing,pot luck. Call Natalie for info. at (218) 866-2034. Events at Drury Lane Books Saturday, July 26: The Muffin Man 11 a.m. Stories foryoung children. Cook County Higher Education Career training and college courses at the NorthShore Campus, 300 W. 3rd St., Grand Marais.Monday – […]
Stop and consider the great places of the “Great Race”
There is one fish in Cook County that didn’t—and won’t—get away. Local artist Betsy Bowen spent her Fourth of July weekend painting this lake trout onto the very large propane tank at Como Oil & Propane in Grand Marais. Funds for the project came from the Moving Matters “Great Place Race,” which distributed a total of $11,930 for 15 projects. […]
Taryn Manthey Logan graduates from St. Olaf College
Taryn Manthey Logan of Grand Portage completed her four years of undergraduate education at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She, her parents, grandparents, brothers, and numerous other family attended her graduation on May 25, 2014. Also with family members were Pastor Kris Garey of her church, Trinity Lutheran in Hovland, and Judy Hong, granddaughter of Howard and Edna Hong […]
North Shore Rollers do well at the Namekagon River Roll-Off
Competing in her first professional tournament of the year, Jessica Berg-Collman won two professional log rolling matches and lost two at the Namekagon River Roll-Off tournament held in Hayward, Wisconsin at the Lumberjack Bowl on Sunday, July 20. Her coach and log rolling mentor Jenny Atkinson won 3 matches and placed just outside of the money in a stacked field […]
Where are the fish biting?
Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank reports that things are getting busy at Midway: I just wanted to let everyone know that the Fisherman’s Picnic fishing contest will be starting this coming Saturday, July 26. It will run until Aug. 2. Fish must be brought in and weighed by noon on Saturday. There are six categories in which you can enter […]
Youth Firearm Safety and Hunter Education Course, 2014
In order to buy a license to take wild animals with a firearm in Minnesota, anyone born after Dec. 31, 1979, must have a Firearms Safety Certificate. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) offers courses to certify students. The courses cover safe use of firearms and tree stands, hunting laws, wildlife identification and management, fundamentals of shooting, hunting ethics, […]
Early season berries
It is always interesting to see what Mother Nature has in store for the Gunflint Trail area in July, and lately we have become accustomed to experiencing three seasons in the same day. The humid sultry air is a reminder of the potential for dangerous storms to brew, especially when the temperature begins to rapidly drop. Last night there was […]
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 […]
