There are no splitting hairs; Chuck Petek has been a barber for a long time. Fifty years ago this month he began his career. And safe to say it’s been a long summer for Chuck. “Merv Bowers got a hold of me and wanted to know if I would help him out for the summer,” said Petek, who a couple […]
911 and landline telephone service down again in parts of county
On Tuesday, March 7 phone service shut down early morning in parts of Cook County. This marks the third time this winter damaged CenturyLink lines have interrupted phone service, including 911. This time the outage affected the 388 (Gunflint Trail) and 475 (Grand Portage and Hovland) exchanges. During the break, CenturyLink rerouted 911 calls in these areas to the respective […]
Meet the candidate
Dave Keller is one of four candidates running for the open District 1 Cook County commissioner seat vacated by Frank Moe, who left for health reasons. The Cook County News- Herald caught up with Dave and asked him some questions. With the April primary coming up soon, voters will cut the field to two candidates for the June special election […]
City grants Best Western liquor license
With the expansion and remodel currently taking place at Best Western Superior Inn, Scott Mehlhaff told city councilors that he and his wife, Christine, would like to add a bar area to serve their customers. Mehlhaff appeared before the council on Feb. 22. Mehlhaff, who co-owns the Best Western Plus Superior Inn in Grand Marais with his wife Christine (Chris), […]
Park board discusses building a boathouse
It won’t happen this year, but the Grand Marais Recreational Park Board has been meeting with members of the Cook County Historical Society with the goal of building a boathouse to showcase vintage Lake Superior fishing boats. The David Hammer family has donated the boats. A small group consisting of Grand Marais City Administrator Mike Roth, Parks Manager Dave Tersteeg, […]
A bit about ancient history and property tax
Near a hilltop citadel in Athens, Greece stands a monument to an honest tax assessor: Athenian General Aristides who lived approximately five hundred years before Christ. Why would the people of Athens choose to bestow such recognition on a tax assessor? History records it was for this upright man’s ability to completely reform the property tax assessment system of Athens. […]
Bring One Roof Housing to Tofte
First of all thanks to our current and past supervisors in their continuing dedication on the often-sloggy trek that is bringing much-needed housing to Tofte. So many have dedicated themselves because this is a good investment for our community. It is as good an idea now as it was in the ’80s when Bill Hansen’s father and other leaders proposed […]
Statistic bears correction
Within the past year, a story in the News-Herald stated that over 40 percent of the population of Cook County is age 65 and over. This assertion was repeated in a question posed to District 1 commissioner candidate Bobby Deschampe in the March 4 edition. This statistic bears correction. The 2010 U.S. Census data show the Cook County population age […]