It’s taken a good year, but Schroeder Supervisor Bruce Martinson’s diligence has paid off and sometime early this summer tourists and local residents will be able to view close-ups of boats, birds and wildlife at the Taconite Safe Harbor and across the way at Bear and Gull Islands. Martinson made his announcement at the April 12 Schroeder town meeting. In […]
Correction:
In the April 16 article Gunflint Tavern expanding, it was stated that building materials were purchased from Superior Lumber. The materials for the project were obtained from Cook County Home Center. The News-Herald apologizes for the error.
Syrian and Phoenician Lives Matter
On June 15, 1920, one of the most heinous acts of mob violence in our state’s history took place in downtown Duluth. Following a circus performance, a group of men spent the night getting the show ready to move on. As they worked, two teenagers sat behind the big top and watched. Whatever happened between those two and that group […]
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Zoar Lutheran Pastor Daren Blanck came before the Tofte town board on April 14 with a request to make changes to the bell tower that sits in front of the church near the highway. A recent donation to the bell tower fund from family of the late John Nelson renewed interest in sprucing up the tower and sign for the […]
Snowbirds returning to Birch Grove
Spring is almost here; the melting snow has made us the most joyous mud and road washouts. We are all getting anxious for the rejuvenation of our souls with longer days, gardens beginning to grow and the birds returning to sing to us all in the morning. Speaking of…our West End snowbirds are beginning to return to the shore to […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO APRIL 21, 2006 After learning that there was only one contractor interested in building Harbor Park, Grand Marais city councilors voted to award a contract in the amount of $351,855 – even though the city has only about $200,000 available. City Administrator Mike Roth told council that Edwin E. Thoreson submitted the only bid, and although the […]
Cook County earns Governor’s Safety Award
Cook County will be recognized for excellence in workplace safety and health at the Governor’s Safety Awards luncheon on May 5 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The county is one of 309 employers to be honored through the awards program, coordinated by the Minnesota Safety Council. “Employers like Cook County know that safety isn’t automatic,” said Paul Aasen, president of […]
Cliffs Mining property in Schroeder burglarized
Cook County Law Enforcement received a report of possible theft from a vacant building owned by Cliffs Mining in Schroeder on March 22, 2016. The former mining operation building has been shut down since 2001 so when a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency employee monitoring the site saw people in the area, he was suspicious. Investigation by that individual and subsequent […]
Quebec man arrested at border for possession of methamphetamines
A Quebec man who failed to stop as directed at the United States Port of Entry in Grand Portage on April 7, 2016 was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Loic Miller, 26, of Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Canada, was apprehended after driving his vehicle through the U.S. – Canadian border without stopping. The man stopped his vehicle […]