The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and the University of Minnesota Medical School/Duluth will host a community presentation on the recently completed study: Rural Obstetrics and Maternal Preferences. The meeting will be held Wednesday, July 12, at the Community Center in Grand Marais, and everyone is welcome to attend. The report will focus on data derived from a survey that began one […]
Blood drive coming to Cook County
When tragedy strikes, it’s the blood already on the shelves that saves lives in our local hospitals. Memorial Blood Centers (MBC) is encouraging members of our local communities to help keep those shelves stocked by becoming regular blood donors, and is offering this great incentive to get them started. Volunteer donors are needed to step up and give blood during […]
Community Calendar
Local Food Market Local Food Market producers will be selling locally grown products every Thursday evening from 5 – 6 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center in Grand Marais. Come and purchase locally grown! Register now to donate blood in July Memorial Blood Centers will be holding blood drives throughout Cook County July 18-20. While walk-in donors are always […]
Ready for Summer
The wild weather lately has been making it tough to work outside, and even tougher to host outdoor events. It seems to rain every few days, especially on Sundays, and it has been coming down with a vengeance. Our rental boats filled up with water so fast that I had to pump them out twice in just a few hours. […]
Where are the fish biting?
Fish love water and boy they must be ecstatic because we sure have had a lot of water in the form of rain. Every day it seems the skies cloud up and burst into tears, or maybe that’s me. Despite the never-ending downpour people are still getting out to fish. And this week the reports are good. Forrest Parson at […]
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Tales
CO Thomas Wahlstrom (Tofte) worked AIS, angling, ATV, and boating enforcement. Time was spent at Camp Ripley completing EVOC training. Enforcement action was taken for ATV and AIS violations. CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) reports that it is probably just a coincidence that as the black flies are starting to disappear the mosquitoes seem to be getting larger. As the […]
Joynes gives to the Lutsen 99er
Jim and Shanie Joynes are big mountain bikers. And runners. They also like to ski and hike. You get the picture. They are into the outdoors and fitness. This year Jim, age 52, placed 30th in the Lutsen 99er, finishing in 6 hours 34 minutes 10 seconds to place second in his age group. Shanie, who often wins her age […]
ASK A TROOPER
Question: I was told that the speeding fine in a construction zone had gone up recently. Could you also explain the Zipper Merge when merging in a construction zone in Minnesota? Answer: This is a great time to talk about work zone safety as we are currently investigating a local work zone crash that resulted in two injuries, one serious. […]
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, June 193:33 a.m., Grand Marais: Deputyassisted a disabled vehicle on theGunflint Trail.5:15 a.m., Grand Portage: Caller […]
