Larry Christie, age 80, took his 9-iron out of his golf bag, took a couple of practice swings, then hit the little dimpled white golf ball about 90 yards to the edge of the green. Not the best shot of his foursome, but a good shot for a golfer of any age. Christie was one of many golfers enjoying the […]
Grand Marais schools to take part in International Walk to School Day Oct. 8
Sawtooth Elementary and Great Expectations schools in Grand Marais will join schools around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Day on Oct. 8. Students attending Great Expectations and Sawtooth Elementary are invited to walk or bike to school with a Walking School Bus on that day accompanied by Principal Gwen Carman, Great Expectations School Director Peter James, law […]
Library Friends hosts annual meeting
The public is invited to attend the annual meeting of the Library Friends of Cook County. The meeting will be at the Grand Marais Library on Wednesday, October 15 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. There will be a short business meeting followed by a presentation by Steve Harsin, director of the library. His topic is Farms, Body Farms and Books. […]
Catch the candidates on WTIP
The Cook County News- Herald is joining WTIP Community Radio as it offers several live call-in candidate forums. The general election is November 4 and mail ballots will be sent out mid-October. Before that, join WTIP’s Jay Andersen and News-Herald Editor Rhonda Silence as they talk to candidates for the county board of commissioners, sheriff and city council seats in […]
Cub Scouts “Scouting for Food”
Cook CountySmith-Cub ScoutDaley-PackOuradnik167 is “Scouting for Food.” The Cub Scouts are hosting a food collection drive. You can help the Scouts by stopping by the Cook County CommunityMultiGenerationCenter on Saturday,ExhibitOctober 4 from 1 – 3 p.m. Cub Scouts will be on hand to accept non-perishable foods, grocery gift cards, and monetary donations, which will be delivered to the Cook County […]
Community Calendar
Events at Drury Lane BooksSaturday, Oct. 4, 5 p.m.: Writer’s Salon with poetLouis Jenkins reading and discussing Tin Flag:New and Selected Prose Poems. Wednesday, Oct. 8,5 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Full Moon Reading featuringTom McCann. Outside on the Lakeshore. Annual Christmas Concert Rehearsals(Borealis Chorale)Will begin on Monday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m..Orchestra strings will meet at 6:15 p.m.Rehearsals and concerts […]
18th annual Crossing Borders event features 21 artists
Betsy Bowen of Grand Marais is just one of the several renowned artists showing in this year’s Crossing Borders Studio Tour from Two Harbors to Grand Portage Sept. 26 through Oct. 5. The 18th annual event includes 21 participants. The free selfguided tour spans 120 miles along Minnesota’s Scenic Highway 61 and offers a wonderful opportunity to meet artists, and […]
Grand Portage art opening Oct. 10
The Grand Portage Community Center is hosting an Art Opening of paintings created by the Grand Portage 2014 Summer Youth Program. These paintings are a collection of the Seven Grandfather Teachings and will hang as an installation at the center. Paintings were facilitated by art therapist Belle Janicek, who worked with the children to design their ideas on paper and […]
JV boys place first at Hibbing meet
As a demonstration of our amazing depth, our Cook County-Two Harbors cross country boys won the junior varsity division at Hibbing on Thursday, September 25. The varsity boys Kiviok Hight (6th in 17:36), Jake Paron (7th in 17:37), Noah Smith (19th in 19:25), Sean MacDonell (34th in 19:36), Finn Garry (51st in 20:25), Brenden Seipke (55th in 20:32) and Will […]
Viking volleyball goes 2-1
Last Thursday, September 25, the Cook County High School Viking volleyball team traveled to Moose Lake to face the mighty Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels and lost a close match 3 games to 2. The Vikings won big in the first game 25-9 over the Rebels but lost big 25-12 in the second game. The third game was a barnburner with […]