10 YEARS AGO NOV. 10, 2006 A three-lot property in Cedar Grove Business Park reserved for the Minnesota DNR is back in circulation after a deal with the developers and the Economic Development Authority fell through. Originally the acreage was to be leased for a time period with a building to be constructed to DNR specifications and leased to the […]
Arrowhead Cooperative hires Yusef Orest as new Member Services director
Yusef Orest is Arrowhead Electric Cooperative’s new Member Services director. As Member Services director Yusef will oversee load management activities and the cooperative’s conservation and energy efficiency programs. He has an interesting and varied past, and he was happy to share some of it with the Cook County News-Herald. “I was born in California, but raised in Starbuck and Morris, […]
PUC gets ready to set rate hikes
Tom Nelson, director of the Grand Marais Water and Sewer departments, reported his crews have been very busy over the last month making repairs to sewer/water lines before the snow flies. Nelson gave his report on November 2 at the Grand Marais Public Utilities (PUC) board meeting. Grand Marais City Administrator Mike Roth came before the PUC board of Tim […]
Long-eared bat status challenged
The fight to save the northern long-eared bat is again under way. The Center for Biological Diversity teamed up with several like-minded groups and filed a motion to have the government change the status of the bat from threatened to endangered. The northern long-eared bat was proposed for listing as “endangered” in 2013. Its status was lowered to “threatened” in […]
North Shore Health Care Foundation helps Tofte EMS
As part of its grants, this Fall the North Shore Health Care Foundation (NSHCF) awarded $7,500 to the Tofte Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to help with the purchase of a 2005 Ford Excursion to use for its potentially life-saving work. The Ford Excursion comes from the Lutsen squad who is buying a new vehicle. Meanwhile, Tofte has promised their current […]
Vikings win Section 7A championship— Volleyball team gets ready to head to state
According to the rock band Three Dog Night, one is the loneliest number, but for the girls from Deer River, the number 16 might be even lonelier. It’s a number that will stick with them like a sore thumb for a long time to come. Maybe even for the rest of their lives. The Section 7A top-ranked Cook County Vikings […]
Two Vikings selected to play in Polar League volleyball all-star game
Vikings volleyball coach Pam Taylor said two of her players, Meredith Sutton and Raina Ryden, have been chosen by opposing coaches to play in the Polar League All-Star Game. “This was nice but I think some of the coaches from the teams we played against earlier in the season forgot about some of our other players,” Taylor said. The Polar […]
Lockport featured in online publication
Lockport Marketplace and Deli got a nice mention (plus pictures) in Onlyinyourstate.com, an online magazine read by more than 30,000,000 people per month. Betsy Rathburn posted the news clip October 31 in an article entitled “11 neighborhood restaurants in Minnesota with food so good you’ll be back for seconds.” Rathburn wrote, “These 11 little-known restaurants in Minnesota are hard to […]
North Woods Girl a lovely read
The Minnesota Historical Society Press is offering North Woods Girl, a children’s picture book, for ages 3 to 7. It is authored by Aimee Bissonette, and beautifully illustrated by Claudia McGehee. Almost everyone has had a loving grandparent or an elderly family member, whom they loved so much and wanted to grow up to be just like. The author has […]
Sunday Morning Sit
It’s the longest day of the year – the day we go off Daylight Saving Time. This morning, I have the pleasure of waking up at seven, then setting my clock back to six. One extra hour! What shall I do with it? Gone are the days when my children were little and changing to and from Daylight Saving Time […]