The Oral Health Task Force will be sponsoring another “Free Day” at Grand Marais Family Dentistry on April 24, 2017 for Cook County children and young adults up to 26 years of age. The Free Day also applies to children who attend Birch Grove Charter School living in Silver Bay. Appointment slots fill up quickly so call today to make […]
Parent information night at Great Expectations
Great Expectations School (GES) is having a parent information night on Tuesday, April 18 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. GES is a free public charter school serving students in grades K-8 from throughout Cook County. While we have significant waiting lists in grades 4-8, we do have openings in the lower grades for fall 2017. Parents are invited to come […]
Community Calendar
Turkish Carpet Show See hundreds of Turkish carpets and learn how they are made. Saturday, April 22, 4 – 6 p.m., Cook County Community Center. Info: Ann Marie Mershon, 387- 2245. 8th Annual Easter Egg Fundraiser for Kids Plus Saturday, April 15 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Cook County Community Center. Cost is $15 per family and includes: […]
Vikings lose home opener in a close game
Down 1-0 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Vikings played “small ball” to rally and take a 2-1 lead into the top of the seventh inning over the Silver Bay Mariners on Tuesday, April 11. Batting in the top of the sixth, Colton Furlong blooped a single over the infield. Running hard, Furlong scored on a well […]
Superior National Forest to improve forest conditions through prescribed fire
If you are out and about the Superior National Forest in the next several weeks and smell smoke it very likely is a signal that fire crews are working to improve habitat for native wildlife and plants, to prepare sites for planting, or to reduce the threat of wildfire by reducing fuel build-up. This management action is referred to as […]
Cook County youth cycling program to start
Junior high and high school boys and girls who want to learn how to ride and race mountain bikes will have a chance to do so. Grand Marais Mayor Jay Arrowsmith- DeCoux, an active mountain bike rider, and owner of the new Fireweed Bike Cooperative, is starting a youth mountain biking club for Cook County. To date eight kids, a […]
Stream trout fishing opportunities abound for Saturday opener
Minnesota’s stream trout season opens this Saturday, April 15, and with the early spring weather of 2017 anglers should find good fishing conditions around much of the state, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Trout fishing is getting more and more popular in Minnesota and there are quality trout fishing opportunities in every region of the state,” said […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]
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, April 37:24 a.m., Lutsen: Deputy participated in Safe Routesto School.1:38 p.m., Lutsen: One of the […]