The North Shore Music Association presents an innovative and engaging live-music and cinema event: The Fall of the House of Usher, Jean Epstein’s 1928 silent film masterpiece, with original score performed by the group Pyrrha. Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic horror story of the same name, The Fall of the House of Usher seethes with dreamy visual experimentation and […]
Taconite Harbor viewfinder ribbon-cutting ceremony
Schroeder Township of Cook County, Minnesota, the Minnesota DNR, and the North Shore Scenic Drive Council will host a ribboncutting ceremony of the Taconite Harbor Viewfinder reveal on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 1 p.m. at the Taconite Harbor Public Access site. The public is invited to be the first to test out the new viewfinders that will allow tourists […]
Military exhibit opens Memorial Day at Cook County History Museum
A new long-term exhibit is opening at the Cook County History Museum in Grand Marais this Memorial Day weekend. On the Line: A Military History of Cook County explores the stories of service members from Cook County who served in all major conflicts from the Civil War through today, as well as the experiences of those families here “on the […]
Community Calendar
Annual Memorial Day Services Services at Maple Hill Cemetery Church May 29 at 9:30 a.m. Services at Courthouse at 11 a.m. May 29. 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. […]
Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for U.S. Bike Route 41
Probably not a lot of Cook County residents will travel to St. Paul Saturday, May 20 for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the state’s newest nationally designated bicycle route, U.S. Bike Route 41, and that’s okay. It’s so new, not a lot of people even knew it was being planned. What does U.S. Bike Route 41 (USBR 41) have to do […]
No spear fishing/netting this year in Cook County
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Fisheries Biologist Brian Borkholder said poor weather ended any hopes of the band holding a spring spear/net fishing season in Cook County this year. “The landings were sloppy, hard to get into, and the ice wasn’t all of the way out on the lakes,” Borkholder said. “We did do some electrofishing while […]
Turkeys on the Trail
There has been some chatter about the recent influx of “wild” turkeys in Cook County, and they have now been seen as far north as the Gunflint Trail. These turkeys are the same breed used on game farms and have been raised and introduced to the county by private citizens. It could be another hunting opportunity if the turkey population […]
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 […]
Baseball team falls to Two Harbors twice in two days
Every week until the end of the season will be busy for the Vikings, and last week was no exception. Against Two Harbors on Tuesday, May 9, the Vikings began to play some baseball. Facing Easton Best, Two Harbors ace, the Viking countered with Andrew Miller. Both pitchers threw very well. Two walks and a hit yielded the first run […]