“I love you to the moon and back” is a favorite line from the classic children’s book Guess How Much I Love You. I must have read this book 500 times to my three children over the years. We moms love our children more than anything but when you realize that the distance to the moon and back is 477,800 […]
Frozen Solid tour coming to Grand Marais
Why would a bunch of old-time country musicians head north during the January cold snap? In the case of the fiddle-guitar duo The Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers and the newly formed country-folk combo A Kin, it’s because several members have ties to the frozen northland — and they know first-hand how long those winter nights can be! Thus was born the notion […]
Calling all artists to Express a Sense of Wonder
Spirit of the Wilderness Episcopal Church invites artists to participate in its seventh annual art show which will be held at the Johnson Heritage Post March 4-28. This year’s topic is A Sense of Wonder: Expressing this Place. The opening presentation on March 4 will be given by Chel Anderson, author of the recently published book North Shore: A Natural […]
Community Calendar
Cook County Higher Education Career training and college courses at the North Shore Campus, 300 W. 3rd St., Grand Marais. Mon. – Thurs., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 218-387-3411or at www.northshorecampus.org. Sawtooth Mountain Clinic Foot Care Clinic The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and Cook County Department of Public Health & Human Services offer their Foot Care Clinic at the Grand Marais […]
Cook County Northerns compete against other northern teams
The Northern Sectional Swim Meet is a little over a month away and the Cook County YMCA Northerns got the opportunity to size up their competition last weekend in Duluth. Over 400 swimmers from Grand Rapids, Duluth, Brainerd, Superior, and Cook County competed at Lincoln Park Middle School last Saturday, December 12. These are the teams that make up the […]
Gymnasts travel to Duluth to refine skills
The Cook County Community YMCA is a busy place with youths swimming, log rolling, dancing and now studying gymnastics. A group of 11 Cook County gymnasts and their families headed to the Woodland Gymnastics Facility in Duluth on December 12 for a fun-filled event. The girls spent the evening practicing routines on the uneven bars, balance beam, and vault. They […]
Warm and wet winter
Winter activities are still on hold this week while we anxiously await the next snow storm that is expected to bring us five to seven inches—fingers crossed. Two inches a week has barely been enough snowfall to cover the ground, and we are not making any headway with trail conditions. Wet heavy snow is not great for trail building, and […]
Ruffed grouse season open until Jan. 3
The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that ruffed grouse season is open through Sunday, Jan. 3, and this year’s warmer temperatures and light snow cover have made it easier to get around in the woods. Grouse hunting doesn’t require much gear – pack a small game license, shotgun, some decent boots and warm clothes. “Late-season grouse hunting is different, […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding 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 all […]