Cost to local taxpayers for North Shore Health is growing too fast

Concerning North Shore Health, how much longer is the county going to continue dumping money into the local hospital? $200,000 more needed next year ($1.3 million projected) . . .how much after that? It is not going to get any better and the year over year trend is bleak. Doing a little math from the numbers provided in the Cook […]

Wasn’t Edsel Ford very well known?

In his never ending effort to bash Cook County government and its employees editorialist Garry Gamble made the implausible stretch to compare county government to Ford Motor Company’s marketing and introduction of the Edsel automobile. In an attempt to describe how the car got its name he wrote, “…the car was named after one of the little known Ford family […]

Should electric car owners be allowed to charge their vehicles for free?

Arrowhead Cooperative has turned their “faucet of philanthropy” up another notch. (read News-Herald 9/14 page A9) Besides all their typical feel good handouts, they are now installing electric vehicle charging stations at $10,000 to $15,000 a pop. Partnering with Great River Energy, the City of Grand Marais and SEF Energy, these charging stations will be free to all comers…nonmembers, tourists […]

Ada Hill gets a hole-in-one!


On Friday, September 6, Ada Hill and her golf partner Kathy Nevers were nearing the end of their 18-hole game on Superior National golf course when Ada got the surprise of her life. “It was about 7 p.m. and it was a beautiful evening when we got to No. 17 on Canyon,” said Ada. “The Poplar River runs around the […]

Weekly Weather

Sometimes the greatest strength is in surrender


“Tomorrow’s freedom istoday’s surrender,we come before You layour burdens down.We look to You as ourhearts remember,You are the only God.You are our only God.”Stu Garrard and DavidLeonard. This is the chorus from a worship song that has been stuck in my mind because the words are powerfully true and moving. First, there is very little of real value for our […]

Katherine “Cassie” Rothrock Gamble

Katherine “Cassie” Rothrock Gamble, age 84, died peacefully in her home on Saturday, September 7, 2019 with loving family at her side. Cassie was born in Bethlehem, Pa. to Dr. Henry (Harry) and Katherine (Kay) Rothrock. She received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Mount Holyoke College in 1956. She and her beloved husband, Bill, were blessed with 60 years […]

Schnobrich marries Meyerson

Wedding Announcement

Cecilia Aurora Schnobrich, the daughter of Randy and Monica Schnobrich of Grand Marais, Minn., was married on September 1, 2019 to Thomas Abraham Meyerson, a son of Adam Meyerson and Nina Shea of Washington, D.C. The Rev. Fr. Jon Schnobrich, a cousin of the bride, performed the ceremony at St. John’s Catholic Church. The couple sailed on the Hjordis to […]

Historical Reflections

The annual Piano Recital was held on June 11, 1972 and Mrs. Ruby Bade Carlson (piano instructor) presented awards to her students for their achievements during the school year. Receiving the first place award is Lisa Savonen of Taconite Harbor. Other award winners that year were, from left, Kristi Livdahl, Tofte; Colleen Lamb, Schroeder; and Cheryl Hall, Lutsen.

As I See It

War and Peace

As we look down the annals of history, we see how war and peace come and go like waves at the beach. Some times in gentle ripples, other times in violent destructive movements. Since the destructive wave of World War Two, we have seen a wave of peace washing the beaches of the Earth. Granted, there have been skirmishes at […]