The Cook County Community Center Arena Rummage Sale this fall will be held on Saturday, September 21 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Vendors wishing to have a floor space (two tables provided as well) can call 218-387-3015 to reserve their space for $15. Vendors can set up on Friday, September 20th from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and again […]
Bike the Heart event will take place in Grand Portage
The next Bike the Heart ride is coming up this Saturday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. The ride will start from the Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center parking lot. The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage National Monument, and Grand Portage State Park sponsor it. This 17-mile ride starts out on the shores of Lake Superior […]
Community Calendar
Zen Meditation starting in September Wednesday evenings 7 to 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 300 West 2nd St., Grand Marais, MN. Instruction in Meditation (Zazen) and room etiquette/manners 6:30-7 p.m.; Room door is closed only during the 20 minute sitting periods. Free will offering towards FCC’s gift of facilities is much appreciated. For more information contact, Rev. Zahir […]
Vikings fall to Silver Bay
Cook County girls came out strong and beat Silver Bay 25-23 in the first game of their best of five games played on Friday, August 30 at home. However, the Mariners prevailed, winning the next three games 25-20, 25-12, and 25-18. With the loss the young Viking team’s record falls to 0-2. Bianca Zimmer led the Vikings with 16 digs […]
Vikings drop football opener to Ogilvie Lions
With almost its entire lineup graduated last year, the Cook County Vikings got off to a rough start in their first football game of the season, losing 36-8 to the Ogilvie Lions. The game was played on Thursday, August 29 at Ogilvie. Last season the Lions finished their regular season 6-2, winning the Section 2 nine-man league and advancing to […]
Dodgers and Wildfire take home championships
The days were growing noticeably shorter as the championship day approached. On July 28, the second-place Cubs beat the third-place Twins, 15-8 in the Little League playoff game as showers and darkness descended on the game. Earlier in the afternoon, the Lions defeated the Lumberjacks 23-19 in an exciting Parent Pitch matchup. The clouds rolled behind the hillside and threatened […]
Grand Portage to conduct limited bulls-only tribal moose hunt
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recently announced it would conduct a bulls-only moose hunt this fall, limiting the hunt to nine bulls. The hunt will be conducted September 28 through December 31, or ended sooner if the limit is reached. Boise Forte band, which also signed to the 1854 Treaty Authority with Grand Portage, which limits some of […]
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 […]
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. Wednesday, July 241:43 a.m., Grand Marais: Welfare check requested.4:49 a.m., Grand Marais: Deputy assisted another agency.6:39 a.m., […]
Matters of Record
Erik Fritiof Lindquist, 22, Edina, pled guilty July 18 to speeding (65/45) on July 7, and was fined $225. James Patrick Shawn Smith, 48, Grand Marais, pled guilty July 18 to misdemeanor charges of theft filed May 24, the court having dismissed an additional gross misdemeanor motor vehicle registration violation (intent to escape tax). Granted a stay of adjudication and […]