Superior National at Lutsen is celebrating Rally for the Cure’s 20th Anniversary with a women’s 18-hole golf scramble event on Sunday, September 13. Rally has been a valued partner of Susan G. KomenTM since 1996. Its volunteer-organized golf, tennis and social events work to educate women about breast cancer and remind them to get their annual screening. Since 1996, Rally […]
Farewell gathering for Kay Rosenthal
After years of organizing events for residents, family members and the community at the North Shore Care Center, retiring Activities Director Kay Rosenthal is the guest of honor at a gathering on Monday, August 31 at 2 p.m. in the hospital’s large classroom. Look for Kay’s last “Senior News” column in the Cook County News- Herald next week. Community members […]
Live at the State Fair— it’s WTIP!
It’s “radio on a stick”! WTIP North Shore Community Radio will broadcast live for the first time from the Minnesota State Fair, Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. WTIP will offer special programming, information and entertainment throughout the day, including interviews on the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild, Joel Karsten on tending a straw bale garden, how to […]
Community Calendar
Cook County Community Center Arena Rummage Sale Saturday, Sept. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon. Reserve your space that includes 2 tables for $15. Call Diane at 218-387-3015. Events at Drury Lane Books Saturday, August 29, 5 p.m.: Full Moon Reading featuring Kate Fitzgerald outside on the lakeshore. Saturday, September 5, 5 p.m.: Writer’s Salon with Lake Superior Poets: Jim […]
Locals compete in Leadville 100-mile mountain bike race
Half a dozen local mountain bikers and two with ties to the area competed in one of the most difficult mountain bike races in the world on August 15 when they took part in the grueling Leadville 100-mile mountain bike race. Riding through rarified air, this year’s theme was “grits, guts, and determination,” and it took all of that from […]
Bernier takes part in Ragnar Run from Winona to Minneapolis
Both of their finisher medals say “200 miles-ish.” The ish might stand for the 95 to 100 degree heat or the seemingly endless hills run through the heat, but anyway around it, Kathy Bernier and Lori Yecoshenko (former resident of Grand Marais) were glad when the 200-mile-plus Ragnar Great River Run from Winona to Minneapolis was done. “Basically I had […]
Cross country ready to run
The combined Cook County/Two Harbors cross country team begins its competitive season with the annual Pincushion Classic held at Pincushion Mountain on Thursday, September 3. Races will start at 2 p.m. As always the meet will have both large and small schools attending, with regional juggernaut Duluth East leading the way with as many as 100 runners entered in the […]
Paddlers set BWCA canoe record
Ann Raiho and Clare Jencks spent four days canoeing in 90 degree heat, travelling from Crane Lake near Voyageur National Park to Lake Superior in 100 hours, crossing more than 40 portages while covering a distance of 212 miles. Along the way they met the “Quetico man” on Crooked Lake. He is a vagabond who travels the area on foot. […]
Where are the fish biting?
Capt. Jerry Skarupa of Secret Lures Charters reports that surface temperatures on the big lake are down to 40-45 degrees with the recent winds we had. Lake trout are up and down. There are very few salmon around.
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News- Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are lawabiding 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 […]