Three candidates running for the same committee person at large (1) seat on the Grand Portage Reservation Council vied for votes in an April 5 primary. Under tribal rules, if more than two candidates are running for a council position, a primary must be held to winnow the race to two. Voting polls opened at the Old Log Community Building […]
Grand Marais Rec Park getting set for spring opening
Although there is still plenty of snow on the ground plans to open the Grand Marais Rec Park for May are coming into focus. Members of the Grand Marais Park and Recreation Boar met on Tuesday, April 5 to discuss those plans. On Aril 1st reservations opened for October, the last month to make reservations for the Rec Park and […]
Pet 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!
Hedstrom Lumber saws trees from Greenwood fire for North House Folk School
The forest fires that burned through the area last summer destroyed a lot of trees, but not all of that lumber need go wasted. The U.S. Forest Service issued a contract to have red and white pine thinned from the burnt over area above Finland, Minnesota, and Hedstrom Lumber Company got the bid, hiring logger Greg Tibbetts to cut the […]
Track workouts prepare athletes for the upcoming season
This past Monday, a large contingent of middle and long-distance high school and junior high school runners were out training for the upcoming high school track season as snowflakes fell. Despite the less-than-perfect conditions, the kids were (mostly) smiling and enjoying the run. They are, after all, Viking tough. This spring, Viking Head Track and Field Coach April Wahlstrom greeted […]
After 20 years, Lonnie Dupre will return to Greenland
“Our objective is to create a film that will pay homage to the Polar Inuit, humble people that carve out special lives in a land of snow and ice. Their innovation through trial and error and their creative ways of improvising have always amazed me.” Lonnie Dupre. It’s been two decades since Lonnie Dupre and fellow explorer John Hoelscher completed […]
A painter’s tale
It was spring outside today and I wrote a story in memory of the Ukrainian and Russian masters of old. Once upon a time there lived a painter. There are different sorts of painter, and in different times in his life he was each. When he was a younger man, in the first half of his career, he was an […]
Man versus Golf
You know how sometimes you go to visit your parents, but you don’t want to stay with them because, you know, they’re your parents? So, you decide to stay nearby, but not that nearby because, well, they’re your parents? But it’s also spring break for the kiddos so you dish out a little more scratch than usual and stay not […]
Pity those too “poor” to get richer
Today we put aside Jesus’ warning about how a rich man needs to go through the eye of a needle with his camel to get to heaven. Instead, we consider the “plight” of those who are too “poor” to invest and too rich to complain. Much like the Missouri River being too thick to drink and too thin to plow. […]
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 […]