Located 57 miles up the Gunflint Trail, the Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center will open to the public on May 28, a day to celebrate. But the next day the museum will also have a big day when it hosts a ceremony accepting the state record walleye mount as a permanent feature of the museum. The public is invited to […]
Free opportunity to learn about Pride Month
Grand Marais Public Library and Cook County Higher Education are hosting a free community program designed to welcome everyone into the many Pride celebrations happening in Cook County this June. Led by Matt Lewellyn-Otten of OutFront Minnesota, the Cultivating Your LGBTQ+ Pride workshop aims to reveal the deep significance of Pride month by providing LGBTQ+ 101 and a brief history […]
Hwy 61 Stewart River and Silver Creek blasting work to start May 24
Construction on Hwy 61 at the Stewart River bridge and Silver Creek bridge north of Two Harbors will require blasting work starting on May 24. Operations will start at the Stewart River, and once they are completed will move to Silver Creek. Motorists should anticipate stoppages of traffic of up to 15 minutes during blasting operations, which will be limited […]
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 […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the punishment exceeds $150 and/ or ten days in jail and/or includes one year of supervised adult probation. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will […]
A tree from a boy’s dream
The cabin was on a good slope and the slope fell down to the wild mint growing this side of the rocks at the lake shore. Down at the lake, though, it rarely smelled of mint but smelled of huge dead and bloated carp that would wash up here and there throughout the summer, and as my childhood progressed there […]
Is it the taste or the texture? Asking for a friend
Are you someone who enjoys guacamole but can’t eat an avocado? Or like my dad, who LOVES ketchup on everything, even the kitchen sink, but can’t look at a tomato? I can snack on nuts all day long but don’t think of putting them in my ice cream….who does that? I wonder about these food combinations and what makes them […]
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signs bill to aid veterans
Legislation aims to end veterans homelessness, fund veterans homes and veterans cemeteries, and provide service bonuses to veterans and Gold Star families On Tuesday, May 10 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz today signed into law a comprehensive veterans bill that will move the state toward ending and preventing veteran homelessness, provide service bonuses to veterans and Gold Star families, and fund […]
Older American Month
Through no fault of my own, it has come to my attention that May is Older American Month. This gave me pause. Let me see if I have this straight. May is a month. I get that. For Older Americans. Um, what the what?! Since, for some inexplicable reason, Older American Month is an actual, real thing, I have requested […]
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The last couple of weeks the woods have sounded like they are filled with Ringo Starr wannabes. That’s the sound of male ruffed grouse drumming in an attempt to attract a mate, or, maybe they are trying to catch on with a really good boreal rock band.