This year Grand Marais is launching its first annual Hygge Week, February 9-15, 2017. What is hygge? Hygge is the Danish ritual of embracing life’s simple pleasures. Feeling relaxed, cozy and surrounded by the warmth of family, friends, community and fire. Visitors will enjoy all the splendors of a classic North Shore winter vacation, dogsledding, stargazing, fireside gatherings, cross-country skiing, […]
Business class offered at Cook County Higher Education
Local business owners who want to learn about changes in employment law, how to avoid employee conflict, and how to set up a constructive conflict resolution method in their workplace should attend the February 9 class offered at Cook County Higher Education. Stacy Johnson, the owner and solutions specialist of Audacity, LLC, a human resources consulting firm in Duluth will […]
Winter Wednesday series starts at library
The Grand Marais Public Library is proud to present, Tales from the Deep Woods by Fred Keller on Wednesday, Jan. 4, at 6 p.m. in the library. Please join us for the first of our Winter Wednesdays Series. From the Red River Carts down to steamboat landings along the Mississippi, Fred Keller collects Minnesota stories and turns them into song. […]
Community Calendar
Cook County Ruby’s Pantry Ruby’s Pantry is a food distribution program held 5 – 6:30 p.m., every second Tuesday. Parking at Sawtooth Elementary. $20 (cash only) per share. Buy more shares as you want. No financial qualifications. Bring a laundry basket and cooler to bring home frozen items. Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church. Volunteers always needed. $20 gift […]
Winter is here
Last week I mentioned the ice thickness of 8-10 inches of ice on Devil Track Lake, and this morning a group of snowmobiles proved me wrong. They were playing around the islands on the east end of the lake and found some thin ice as their machines were sucked-in by the slush. After stopping to aid each other through the […]
Beargrease to change its starting line
Last month John Beargrease Race board of directors announced it would start the race at the Lake County Fairgrounds, within the Two Harbors city limits. This month the board announced it was moving the start back to the Alger Grade gravel pit on Lake county Highway 2 about 8 miles north of the city, its previous location the last two […]
Trails report
Time to put away your rock skis and wax your good cross country skis. Despite some rain this past week a big dollop of snow fell over most of the area which has allowed groomers to set tracks for cross country skiers on many of the county’s 400-plus kilometers of cross country ski trails . Sugarbush Trail: The groomer reports […]
Conservation Officer Tales
CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) checked ice anglers and snowmobilers during the week. Fishing was slow and the walleyes caught were small. Ice conditions on the smaller lakes are good with the deeper lakes just freezing over at the end of the cold snap so they won’t be safe for travel for a while. Remember to check for yourself and […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, Dec. 195:39 a.m., Grand Marais: Caller said his neighbor’svehicle appears to have been running all night.9:00 […]
