Grand Portage family loses home to fire
A Grand Portage family escaped safely from a house fire but lost all of their possessions when the house burned. Two adults and four children were at home when a fire started in the basement of the house located on Store Road. Cook County Law Enforcement Center received a 9-1-1 call at 11:49 p.m. on Saturday, December 28, reporting the […]
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Monday, December 30 was a chance for the public to say hello to the new owners of White Pine North and say goodbye to Jim and Jackie Larsen, who sold the operation to Tyler and Jessica Dean after 45 good years in business. Many people know Tyler. He grew up in Grand Marais, graduating from Cook County High School in […]
N.S. Health participates in financial, operational overview
North Shore Health Director Kimber Wraalstad had some excellent news for the hospital board at their December 19 meeting. She informed the board that the North Shore Care Center was named to the Leading Age Minnesota Safe Care for Seniors Honor Roll Action Levelers. “North Shore Health (NSH) has completed our five-step Action Plan in a timely manner and is […]
Cook County assessor rules on classifying short-term rentals
When does a short-term cabin rental, VRBO or Airbnb become classified as commercial property? How will that be defined and what are the implications for an area like Cook County, which has more than 650 short-term places to stay? That’s been the $64 question for Cook County, which has seen a proliferation in the short-term rental market and has wrestled […]
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The Grand Opening for the warming house at the Cook County Community Center will be from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 5. Come see what 20 years of hard work, dedication and community determination has produced! The project includes a garage for the Zamboni, heated vault toilets, concession area, skate sharpener and rentals, lots of room to sit […]
’Twas the night before …
Seven years ago (2012), Lake County Board of Commissioners’ Chair Rich Sve wrote a spirited letter to Representative Raúl Grijalva (D-Arizona) in defense of federal funding for the three Minnesota counties that cradle the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW): Lake, Cook, and St. Louis counties. Grijalva, who has served on the House Natural Resources Committee since arriving in Congress […]
Writer recalls house fire, stolen chickens
Recently there were a couple articles in the News- Herald about the Alfred Saethre house burning and later 50 chickens were stolen. We moved to Olaf Berglund’s home on the Devil Track Road in June 1929. It was the homestead built by Peter Rindahl. The house burned Oct. 19, 1929 and our family lived at Andrew Hedstrom’s until their summer […]
The solution to climate control might be to send humans into space
Got a chuckle while reading a letter in the last edition. The thought was that capping population growth would have little impact on curbing climate change, as long as humans were to continue eating meat and using fossil fuels. Seems to me that neither MacTofu franchises nor electric Harleys for the Hell’s Angels would be an easy sell. I might […]
“Ask a Trooper”
Question: Can you provide some winter driving safety tips? Answer: Driving on the highway during the winter months requires more attention than ever. While summer months are the deadliest on Minnesota roads, wintertime leads to the most crashes and poses safety risks and hazards. Here are some winter driving tips: Avoid unnecessary travel if conditions are too poor. Buckle up, […]