The seventh annual Fall Gala hosted by Visit Cook County and the Cook County Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) was in every way a great success as more than 250 people rode the gondola to the top of Moose Mountain on Tuesday, October 25 to attend the festive event held at Summit Chalet in Lutsen. Following an hour to mingle and […]
Grand Portage and Bois Forte will conduct moose hunt
Under a somewhat contentious agreement with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Bois Forte will each be allowed to harvest five bull moose this fall. This decision comes on the heels of a recent hunt conducted in northeastern Minnesota by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa who took […]
Excavator strikes overpass in Schroeder
On Monday evening, October 24 a semi hauling an excavator on a flatbed trailer struck a railroad bridge overpass in Schroeder on Highway 61, causing the excavator to break away and slide across the roadway into the opposite ditch. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a Jeep traveling in the northbound lane swerved to avoid the southbound wreck and struck […]
Cook County Higher Education seeks to expand budget
On Tuesday several members of the Cook County Higher Education Board and some of its staff sat down for lunch with Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk (DFL) District 3, Iron Range Resources Rehabilitation Board Commissioner Mark Philips and District 3 Representative Rob Ecklund at the North Shore Campus. CCHE Executive Director Paula Sundet Wolf presented the three men with information […]
Special session needs to happen
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton finally pulled the trigger on Tuesday, October 25 and called on Democrats and Republicans to hold a special session. Let’s hope the two sides agree to meet with the governor. Topping the mountain of subjects to take care of is the Affordable Care Act. If nothing is done, premiums are set to skyrocket in January. Four […]
Thanks to Sheriff’s Department
I just want to thank the Cook County Sheriff ’s Department for helping me catch my pet, a dog, my friend Shelby. She slipped her collar and went on the run, nearly getting hit by several vehicles. Kiera, a sheriff ’s deputy, helped in getting my pup back. Thank you so much Cook County Sheriff ’s Department and a special […]
Reader thanks Silence for her years of service to the newspaper
I am badly delinquent in writing this letter as I wanted to get it to the paper right after my friend, Rhonda Silence, retired from the News-Herald. Oh well, better late than never they say. I want to thank you Rhonda for 16 years of great, well-thought-out columns and balanced and accurately reported news stories. Your columns were sometimes funny, […]
Most schools use local levy to help pay for education
Let’s look at a few questions we all have regarding the upcoming school levy vote. First, why was the parking lot and the industrial arts tech project completed when we needed money for general operations? Those projects were funded by a bond and a grant that could only cover building projects. Also, the tech project was done because our community […]
Is more money really the answer?
For months we have been subjected to vacuous slogans (Strong Schools, Strong Communities), gauzy ads, and emotional letters in support of yet another school tax increase. In reviewing my nearly 20 years of files on this issue, I find that there has been virtually no change either in the pleas for new taxes, nor the reasoning (sic) for them. We […]