Do you love to color? Do you love to paint? Local artists Nancy and Amy Lucas from the 321 Art Studio will be at the Grand Marais Library on Tuesday, October 20 at 4 p.m. to guide artists through the step-by-step process to create a Minnesota autumn landscape with Neocolor crayons and then transform the drawing into a water color […]
Hansel & Gretel to be presented by Lyric Opera of the North and Sawtooth Elementary
Lyric Opera of the North is coming to Grand Marais! In partnership with Opera for the Young, the company will present an adaptation of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel at Cook County Schools on October 21. A chorus of students from Sawtooth Elementary will appear onstage, performing right alongside Lyric Opera of the North’s professional artists. Opera for the Young […]
Head to Schroeder for a BBQ Rib Feast
The Schroeder Town Hall will be the place to be for dinner on Thursday, October 22. From 5-7 p.m. the Schroeder Baking Company will be serving up barbecue ribs and fixings to benefit Birch Grove Community School. The meal will include BBQ ribs, potatoes, coleslaw, a dinner roll and a tempting dessert. The cost is $25. Children 11 years old […]
Public meeting set for Grand Portage meadow input
Grand Portage National Monument will post the first draft of the Historic Meadow Area Environmental Assessment for community and public review beginning on Monday, Oct. 19 through Nov. 19, 2015. The document will be available on the monument’s website at www.nps.gov/grpo and there will be hard copies available at the Heritage Center as well for those who cannot access the […]
Community Calendar
Events at Drury Lane Books Saturday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m.: Moose-a-Rama with The Muffin Man. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Full Moon Reading featuring Tom Mc Cann. Outside on the lakeshore. Annual Borealis Christmas Concert Rehearsals will begin on Monday, Oct. 12 for chorus and orchestra strings and winds. The orchestra will meet at 5:45 p.m. and […]
Blue sky at the Swain Invitational and cool runnings at Hibbing
Blue colored the sky at the Swain Invitational on Saturday October 3, which has been a seemingly rare occasion for the course that has gained a reputation for a challenging hill and miserable weather. We were lucky this year with the weather and as usual the challenging hill didn’t keep the Vikings from performing well against the competition. All of […]
Vikings take bite out of Bulldogs
Note to Cook County High School janitors: There is no need to sweep the gymnasium floors following a Vikings’ volleyball game because the girls have already mopped them up with their acrobatic diving for loose balls. The last time the Vikings beat the Carlton Bulldogs, a fellow by the name of Moses, instructed by God, was chiseling the 10 Commandments […]
Another season becomes history
After soaking in the beautiful weather last week it is going to be difficult complaining about what comes next. Unusual weather is often followed by big winds that blow the abnormal system away, and those winds came today with tree-stripping force and rain. Judging by the creaking house with each gust of wind, our peak color change is going to […]
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 […]
