Trail clearing and potluck for the Banadad Trail



Help wanted! The Banadad Trail Association invites you to help get the Banadad Ski Trail ready for winter. Tentative plans call for cutting a 300-foot reroute around a beaver dam blocking the Banadad’s Tall Pines Trail and hand cutting this past summer’s accumulated downfall on the east end of the Banadad inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Meet for the […]

Deer Hunters Association banquet fun for Forkhorns and families



The Arrowhead Chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association (MDHA) tried something different this year for its 10th annual meeting and fundraiser. In addition to the usual gun raffles and drawings for grownups on Saturday, October 10, organizers created a carnival of sorts with an outdoors theme. The social room of the Cook County Community Center was transformed into an […]

Costello places 10th in Birkie half marathon



Mike Costello, 53, placed 10th in the Birkie half marathon on September 26 finishing with a time of 1:37:43 on the hilly trail race. The trail race is run on a portion of the Birkebeiner cross country ski trails that stretch from Cable, Wisconsin to Hayward, Wisconsin. A native of South Carolina, Costello has a home in Grand Marais but […]

Cook County Law Enforcement briefs



It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News- Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, Oct. 511:12 a.m., Grand Marais: Violation of an order of nocontact.11:46 a.m., Hovland: Traffic citation […]

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