After a couple of covid years, the J-1 summer workers are back in the county. That’s not only been good news to area employers but good news to the throngs of summer visitors who have been very patient the last two years when service— or hours of operation— was slow or cut back because there weren’t enough employees to meet... READ MORE >
Twin Metals Minnesota filed a lawsuit on Monday, August 23, in U.S. District Court to have once approved northeastern Minnesota federal mineral leases renewed. Last January, the U.S. Interior Department canceled those mineral leases following a review by the Biden administration that found the prospect of mining copper, nickel, cobalt and platinum metals near the Boundary Waters could imperil the... READ MORE >
Cases of COVID-19 continue to infect residences of Cook County at a high rate. Over a recent seven-day period there was a report of 53 new cases which brings the count to 1,290 from the start of the pandemic. As of August 18, the CDC COVID-19 Data Tracker listed Cook County as having a “high” level of COVID-19 cases in... READ MORE >
A marvelous group of energetic youngsters came to the Cook County News-Herald to ask questions about how news is gathered, formatted and printed on pages. Where does news come from? What types of stories do you cover? Does anyone ever try to have “fake” news printed? These very polite, courteous young ladies asked these and other interesting questions. Who are... READ MORE >
Forests in the 21st century could look very different than the forests we now have in northern Minnesota. That’s the news from a story recently published in Nature. In the coming years warming temperatures alone could cause nine northern conifers in Minnesota’s Northwoods and southern boreal forest running from eastern Canada to Alaska to be replaced by oaks and maples,... READ MORE >
With the start of school just around the corner some questions were posed to I.S.D. 166 school superintendent Chris Lindholm about the upcoming year. Chris, who was pinch hitting in the kitchen this week, took some time to answer the following questions. Q- Have you been able to hire enough staff? Teachers, bus drivers, maintenance workers, cooks, paras, subs, etc.?... READ MORE >
Getting qualified employees to work in the care center or hospital has been a tough proposition and there are multiple worker shortages in staffing. One way to combat those staffing shortages has been to start an On Track Nursing Assistant Program. “The On Track Nursing Assistant Program allows students to receive their education in Grand Marais and we have been... READ MORE >
On August 10 at 2:08:36 p.m., a call went out to Cook County Law Enforcement dispatch that driftwood was on fire at a residence about eight miles east of Grand Marais along Highway 61. The owner of the house has spent years collecting driftwood and stones from the shore of Lake Superior and used the natural elements to “decorate” his... READ MORE >
A man claiming to be lost for four days called Ryden’s Border Store in Grand Portage to say he was lost but he wouldn’t give them his phone number. He said his name was John Paul and he planned to keep following his compass North and he was going to start a campfire once the call ended. The caller said... READ MORE >
Grand Marais resident Butch Schulte took a picture of bug not often seen around these parts and he/we wondered what kind of bug it was. Turns out several of our readers could identify it. Lutsen’s Karen Kobey said, “The weird looking insect in the paper is a giant ichneumenon wasp! The long “stinger “is actually how she lays eggs in... READ MORE >
