Freemans reflect on one-year stay in the BWCA
Dave and Amy Freeman aren’t your usual married couple. In six years of marriage they have spent more time in a tent and in a canoe than they have in a vehicle or a house. They have covered more than 33,000 miles by paddling, portaging, dogsledding, or sailing and most recently spent an entire year in the Boundary Waters Canoe […]
Dump truck destroyed by fire in Grand Marais
A call came in to Cook County Law Enforcement at 8:55 a.m. Sept. 30 from Edwin E. Thoreson, Inc. at 31 Thoreson Drive in Grand Marais, reporting a dump truck on fire. The Grand Marais Fire Department, Cook County Ambulance and Grand Marais First Responders were paged. The fire department arrived on scene by 9:02 a.m. to find the 1992 […]
Fond du Lac moose hunt tally reaches 18
Cook County Law Enforcement received a concerned call in the early morning hours on Monday, September 26 reporting a truck and trailer in Grand Marais transporting two dead moose. There was no need for the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office to become involved; the moose were harvested as part of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa moose […]
Thanks for the lessons
Sixteen years ago, on October 4, 1999, I climbed aboard the roller coaster that is community newspaper journalism when I took on the role of editor of the Cook County Star. It’s been a heck of a ride. It comes to a stop this week. On October 7, 2016, I’m hanging up my editorship of the Cook County News-Herald. I’ve […]
Shortchanging education damages our future
I grew up in the heart of the Depression, when schools were starved for funds. The system was in bad shape, and I will never forget how difficult it was. Education systems have improved considerably over the years, but now they are being starved for funds again. Our society has crucial needs. We need strong health care, and we are […]
Sports gives important life lessons
My name is Owen Anderson, most of you might know me through the various sports I played throughout high school. I am currently attending Bemidji State University playing baseball as a walk-on freshman. It came to my attention a couple of days ago that the tax levy is going to be brought back up to vote and if not passed […]
We can make a difference
As a child of second generation immigrants, I recall the struggles for acceptance, like folks in town driving a half block to church instead of walking, or, parents admonishing, “What will the neighbors think?” And when asking why we didn’t have something, or couldn’t buy something, routinely hearing, “Because we can’t afford it.” Is that why conformity and images of […]
