10 YEARS AGOSEPT. 19, 2009 U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a suspected smuggler on Sept. 9 after the Grand Marais station was contacted by the Grand Portage Pigeon River Port of Entry concerning several suspicious persons exiting a vehicle near the Grand Portage State Park. The agents responded to the area and encountered the vehicle. The driver was a fugitive […]
Lutsen Community Conversation Continues… Gitchi Gami Trail Corridor Improvements
Lutsen community members recently met with landscape architect C.J. Fernandez and community planner Justin Otsea to create designs for Gitchi Gami trail corridor improvements. Trail corridor improvements are proposed for the area between the Gitchi Gami bridge over the Poplar River near the base of Ski Hill Road and the post office. The designs are available online at www.lutsentownship.com. Go […]
Great Expectations has record number of students
Two weeks into the new school year and Great Expectations Public Charter School is a busy place. With a record number 107 students enrolled in the K-8 building, School administrator Peter James said one priority is looking at the space needs and forming a plan to expand the facility. “We are working with the Great Expectations Foundation on replacing the […]
Community panel on youth vaping held at the ACA
The theory goes that vaping is safer than smoking cigarettes, so if you have to smoke, switching to vaping is a positive thing. Right? But not so fast, said Amanda Casady, Tobacco Control Program manager for the American Lung Association in Duluth, who was one of the presenters at the Tuesday, Sept. 17 community panel held about youth vaping. Increasing […]
Cook County Tennis Association holds annual meeting
The Cook County Tennis Association (CCTA) held its annual meeting/ dinner at the Poplar Haus Restaurant, located 30 miles up the Gunflint Trail, on September 11, 2019. Thirty-five of its 120 members attended the annual meeting/dinner, enjoying the food, fellowship and program. The evening began with some social time where members had an opportunity to mingle and visit with one […]
North Shore Storm girls win, boys take third place in the Eveleth Invitational
On September 12 the North Shore Storm boys’ and girls’ cross country team traveled to Eveleth to compete against 13 other schools in the Eveleth Invitational on a day that was windy, rainy, and cool, with temps in the mid-50s. Girls win The North Shore Storm girls’ team won their second Class A meet in a row, finishing with a […]
Good Girl Moonshine
Until recently it had been years since I heard about moonshine. Moonshine was originally a slang term for spirits that were usually made without government authorization. It is a homemade whiskey that is not aged, and therefore it is clear. After the Revolutionary War, whiskey was among the items taxed to pay for the war. For this reason, poor farmers […]
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Readers of the Cook County News-Herald are very familiar with columnist Sandy Holthaus’s “A Taste of Home” column. It’s funny, heartwarming and filled with great recipes on top of that. Recently her daughter Zoe fostered a Balinese street puppy while visiting Indonesia. Through a rescue program the puppy was brought to the United States and adopted by Zoe. Zoe named […]
Who owns your grocery store?
New book about consumer owned grocery stores pulls back the curtain on the grocery giants Jon Steinman, author of Grocery Story, will be at Cook County Whole Foods Co-op to discuss his new book on September 25 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. For many of us fortunate enough to be able to purchase our food from a grocery […]
LUNAFEST fundraising traveling film festival coming here Sept. 28
LUNAFEST will be hosted by Violence Prevention Center at Arrowhead Center for the Arts (ACA) in Grand Marais on Saturday, September 28 at 7 p.m. The film festival this year features eight short films by filmmakers with roots in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Philippines, Singapore and the United States. The films range from animation to fictional drama and […]