Amid the ongoing challenges of recruiting blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic, local nonprofit Memorial Blood Centers (MBC) is facing a shortage of blood and platelet donations. The need for blood is constant, but due to the pandemic, many drives have been canceled or postponed. To replenish supplies for Northland hospitals, trauma centers, and air ambulance bases, more healthy donors […]
Pets of the Week
Do you have a favorite pet photo you would like to share? Tell us a little about your pet and send pictures and contact information to ccnh@boreal.org or Cook County News Herald, PO Box 757, Grand Marais MN 55604. Thank you!
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While taking pictures up the Gunflint Trail, David Johnson came across this very cool, calm and collected bull moose who was soaking wet and covered in pine needles.
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Crews are putting in trees along the new stretch of Highway 61 through Grand Marais. Each day the drive through town gets more scenic as more and more trees are planted.
Vikings take 40-8 victory over the North Central Stars
Junior running back Ryan Christiansen had a big game against the North Central Stars. Ryan scored on a 65-yard run off the left side in the first quarter, a 17 yard run in the second quarter, and a 25-yard touchdown scamper in the third quarter to help lead the Vikings to a 40-8 victory over the North Central Stars last […]
DAV completes 2nd Annual Golf Scramble
The Carlton County DAV (Disabled American Veterans) concluded its golf scramble at the end of August at the Gunflint Hills Course. The event raised just under $ 3,000.00 in net proceeds. All monies will be dispersed in Cook County with the support of the County Veteran Affairs Officers, and other local Veteran entities. Event organizers would like to recognize the […]
Cross country running results at the Milaca Mega Meet
North Shore Storm cross country runners have been busy the last couple of weeks. Runners from Two Harbors, Silver Bay and Cook County make up the boys and girls teams. On September 25 the North Shore Storm traveled to the Milaca Mega meet, the largest high school cross country competition in the United States. How big is the meet? It […]
The trouble with referrals is…
We would be out, my old man and I, at a boat landing, or along a riverbank, along a fenceline, at a trailhead, and he’d bend over to pick up a discarded aluminum can – this being before plastic bottles were widely used and discarded – and he’d smile and shake his head, and say under his breath, “Sportsmen…,” so […]
A capful of mushrooms
(A recent gift of wild mushrooms brought back the following memory of 1969 and the year I spent on Tucker Lake.) Dick and I were crossing the portage on a sunny autumn day with Al, the eccentric bachelor from Gunflint Lake, on our way to the cabin. Suddenly Al, dropped to his knees and peered into the yellow underbrush. “Look […]
Blackstone II
Editor’s note: This story is based on written historical records, but it is also based on oral accounts passed down through the generations. As you may know, “Makade Asin,” Blackstone was the son of a British officer and chief ’s daughter. He had a tiny bit of hair on the side of his cheeks that showed he had some white […]