There won’t be a fourth annual Stars of the North Music Festival this summer, said Todd Miller, spokesperson for the Grand Marais Music Collaborative (GMMC), which puts the three day music festival on. The Stars of the North Music Festival is held the weekend before the Fisherman’s Picnic, which has also been canceled this summer. A bright spot in the […]
The Story of a Garden with an invitation to help tend the garden
Last spring and summer a small group of people worked together to draw up a plan for a special kind of garden on the North Shore Health campus. They named it Serenity Garden, which means, “a peaceful space in nature for reflection and healing.” Although the dream for transforming the barren courtyard located between a wing of the hospital and […]
Book about Hazel Belvo coming out in the fall
The University of Minnesota press has announced its fall 2020 list of publications and among them is an illustrated art biography of Hazel Belvo. In the short review of the book, the Minnesota Press noted, “Belvo’s art ranges from delicate, sensual pencil drawings to expressionistic paintings, most notably the Spirit Tree, an iconic cedar sacred to the Ojibwe along the […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Due to the Coronavirus, check before you plan to go. Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 5 – 6:30 p.m., $20 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church. You will be amazed at all the food you get at the Cook County Community Center. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus […]
CPB reminds public that non-essential travel restrictions prohibit recreational boating between the U.S. and Canada
As we kick off the unofficial start to the boating season along the northern international border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection would like to remind all pleasure boaters that crossing the U.S.-Canadian border is considered non-essential travel and is not permitted at this time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration imposed temporary limits on the travel of individuals from […]
While it seems most events are canceled, the forest remains open!
The State Fair is canceled. Fisherman’s Picnic is canceled. Bay Days is canceled. Bayfront Blues Festival is canceled. But, spring 2020 is still on, and it is noisy outside right now. Authors who write books about the “silent woods” or “hushed stillness” have never been in the north woods in spring. In the morning, a dawn chorus of birds – […]
Bakk files for re-election, seeks sixth term for state senate
Senator Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook) filed his candidacy affidavit for re-election Tuesday, May 19, the first-day candidates could file with the Secretary of State’s office. Bakk is seeking his sixth term as State Senator and has represented Cook, Koochiching, Lake, and the northern portion of St. Louis County for 26 years, first in the House and now in the Senate. “I […]
Brookies and buttons
It was my great-grandfather and none other who taught me to sew buttons. I’m not sure how he could do it, because he shook like an old, old man from whenever I can remember him. He was very big, German, with white hairs and his fingers were very, very big. I watched and listened while he shook like a willow […]
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 all […]
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. Tuesday, April 28 5:41 a.m. Trespass: cabin. Neighbor reported that a nearby cabinwas occupied when it was […]