Jon Vezner celebrates 15 years of Unplugged



A steady rain beat on the white tent top as Jon Vezner hurriedly came in and out of the tent carrying equipment for the Saturday night Unplugged concert. The rain didn’t seem to faze him. Three hours before the concert at the North House Folk School campus and the Grammy Award winning Vezner, the lead performer and event organizer, was […]

Weekly Weather



Correction:



In the September 17, 2016 article YMCA expands daycare operations to include Cooperation Station, the list of staff members at Cooperation Station was incorrect. Maddee Young works for the YMCA and has been a substitute provider at Cooperation Station. The third employee at Cooperation Station is Sandi Iverson. The News-Herald apologizes for the error.

Beneath the Pine



I spent a few hours in the woods on Saturday, surrounded by people I’m still getting to know and love, and some whom I probably won’t meet again. We stood beneath the branches of a towering white pine to remember a man who had touched us in some way during a life well lived. Before the mountainswere bornbefore you brought […]

Rosemary Goble



Rosemary Goble, age 97, passed away Sept. 18, 2016, at Guardian Angels Care Center in Elk River, Minnesota. Rosemary was born on July 12, 1919 on a farm in Stearns County to parents Joseph and Anna Hennen. She spent most of her life in Cook County, Minnesota and loved the North Shore. Her compassion and love for people led her […]

Marvel Darlene Hazel Holt (Niskanen)



Marvel Darlene Hazel Holt (Niskanen) took the next step on her journey, entering eternal life on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at Grand Village in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, after a short illness at the age of 81. Marvel was born on April 28, 1935 in Menahga, Minnesota to Edward and Hazel Niskanen of Deer River, Minnesota. A graduate of Deer River […]

Jeffrey Allen Sylvester



Jeffrey Allen Sylvester passed away on September 17, 2016 at Great Falls, Montana. Jeff was born in Superior, Wisconsin on December 25, 1955 to William and Fanny Sylvester. He graduated from Cook County High School in 1974 and attended Duluth Area Vo-Tech, earning a degree in welding. He married Annette Knecht on March 3, 1981 at the home of good […]

Historical Reflections



Fall brings changes to West End



The months are slipping in and out as quickly as the big lake brings in her waves and takes them back out to sea. I know I saw sparrows yesterday that seemed to have just gotten here in the spring. I thought to myself, are you really going south so soon? The message is clear, my favorite time of the […]

Down Memory Lane



10 YEARS AGO SEPT. 22, 2006 With a Border Patrol project on hold while waiting for the federal decision, the EDA board spent more time Tuesday discussing the potential development of the Old Ski Hill property that has been on the drawing board for many years. EDA board members reviewed the latest Cook County proposal that offers to sell to […]