The Half-Life of Marie Curie showing this weekend

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The Grand Marais Playhouse is very pleased to present The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson. The play opened Thursday, March 10 and will run one weekend only through March 13. Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday’s performances will be live streamed, and a video will be available on demand Friday […]

An option to purchase low-cost drugs is available from Mark Cuban

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A local county resident called to say she was alarmed when her prescription recently rose six times higher than what it used to cost when she had it filled here. That steep increase caused her to look around for a cheaper alternative, and she found one in Cost Plus Drugs, a company recently founded by Mark Cuban. “My cost went […]

Anglers reminded to remove ice shelters in advance of upcoming deadlines

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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers are reminding anglers about the upcoming deadline to remove their ice fishing shelters. In addition, anglers are reminded to do their part in keeping our lakes clean by picking up trash, even if it doesn’t belong to them. In the southern two-thirds of the state, structures must be off lakes by the end […]

Cook County Law Enforcement briefs

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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, February 8 2:51 a.m. Gunflint Trail LEC: Public Assistance. Man called to say that he […]

Conservation Officer Tales

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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 […]

2020 Census forces redistricting

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Commissioners heard from the census committee at the board’s March 8 County board meeting. Based on the 2020 census results, in all likelihood all five county commissioners will be up for reelection in 2022. Regardless of the census, commissioners in Districts 1, 3 and 5 are up for reelection in 2022. A committee made up of Auditor/Treasurer Braidy Powers, commissioners […]

Spring Break 2022!

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Spring Break 2022! They say it’s gonna be epic! But is it? Let us consider. Spring Break is a strangely named week in March wherein the schools, the same ones that were hitherto educating our children, for some inexplicable reason, set them free. So, this is a break… for the schools, I guess. Parents, however, are suddenly responsible for kids […]

Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes Water level update

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts that Lake Superiors outflow through the St. Mary’s River will be below average in March while forecasts show the outflow through the St. Clair River, Lake St. Claire’s outflow into Detroit, Lake Erie’s outflow into Niagara River, and Lake Ontario’s outflow through St. Lawrence River will be above average in March. Lake Superior […]