Seven hundred fifty perennials, 35 shrubs and six trees native to this region are featured in a rain garden currently under construction north of the Cook County Community Center’s hockey rink in Grand Marais. The center’s Rain Garden Committee is working with the county’s Soil and Water Conservation District staff and the Minnesota Conservation Corps to construct and plant the […]
An unlikely equation
I got to thinking about mathematics recently. As a student of literature, this isn’t something that I do very often. But mathematics shares something with language. There is a sense of precision and symmetry that can be found in both. Within mathematics there are equations that are so perfect that one could spend a lifetime contemplating their beauty. Take this […]
Vincent “Bud” Joseph
Vincent “Bud” Joseph Hennessy, 84, passed away early Tuesday morning of August 26, 2014 from kidney disease. Bud was born on January 16, 1930 in Hardy, Saskatchewan, Canada to John Joseph and Margret (Sheehan) Hennessy. He had three older sisters, Mary Gradishar, Rita and Evie Hennessy. Bud met Laverne Nelson in Brainerd, Minnesota and they were married on August 30, […]
New Beginnings
Timothy Kennedy and Beth Rogers Kennedy announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelsey Lynn Rogers Kennedy to Peter William Harvey Klinker, son of Thomas and Elaine Klinker of Finland, Minnesota. Kelsey is a 1998 graduate of Cook County High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in social marketing from Northern Michigan University and her master’s degree in organizational […]
New Beginnings
Timothy Kennedy and Beth Rogers Kennedy announce the engagement of their son, Daniel Timothy Rogers Kennedy to Jennifer Ann Gillum, daughter of Butch and Nancy Gillum of Bloomington, Minnesota. Danny is a 2003 graduate of Cook County High School and earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in hospitality and tourism. Danny will be the future owner […]
Vehicles collide at intersection in Grand Marais
Cook County Law Enforcement was paged to a two-vehicle accident in Grand Marais at 2:28 p.m. on Thursday, August 21. According to the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office, Connor Ingram, 18, of Grand Marais was heading northbound on 1st Avenue West in a 1998 Chevrolet Silverado pick-up and Ethel Leng, 98, of Grand Marais was eastbound on 2nd Street in […]
Slow down— it’s back-to-school time
Cook County children are headed back to school Tuesday, September 2 and the Cook County News-Herald reminds motorists to be aware of kids walking, biking, getting on and off school buses and being dropped off at area schools. In Grand Marais, the Moving Matters program is placing signs in the rights of way near the school and on streets designated […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoAug. 27, 2004 Birch Grove won the financial support of Lutsen Township Thursday night. Tofte and Schroeder townships voted earlier this year to support the struggling West End school and community center. Contributions from the three townships will mean that a second teacher will be at Birch Grove again this year. More than 150 cubic yards or 285 […]