Although he has been at Sawtooth Mountain Clinic since August 2011, Dr. Milan Schmidt is still considered the “new doc” by some. But this long-time visitor to the Arrowhead region has found a home at Sawtooth—and in the community. Dr. Schmidt attended medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina – Charleston, graduating in 1976. He completed his undergraduate... READ MORE >
As 2011 comes to a close, so does the U.S. Forest Service career of Jim Sanders, 58, supervisor of the Superior National Forest. Sanders announced his retirement in November, effective at the end of the year. Sanders had a 36-year career with the Forest Service, working in Idaho, Washington state, Washington D.C., and Montana before coming to the Superior National... READ MORE >
There is one very lucky deer traveling in the Colvill area. The buck may be short an antler, but it is free, thanks to two local men who came to its aid. Matthew Brown of Colvill was taking a leisurely after-holiday stroll around his property at about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27 when he heard a commotion near a... READ MORE >
Karen Lohn, a local educator, psychologist and author, recently asked the community to join her in the challenge of knitting 100 baby booties by December 28. The woman who wrote Peace Fibres: Living Peace in Tumultuous Times, created a little chaos in her home over the holidays, all for a great cause called “Knitting for Nutrition.” On December 26, Lohn... READ MORE >
Thanks to a grant from the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, some Grand Portage residents are a bit warmer this winter. In November, with the help from the foundation, the Grand Portage Housing Authority (GPHA) was able to purchase a Krendl 475 insulation-blowing machine. The machine cost $5,795.67 and the foundation grant was $5,000, said GPHA Director Gale Carlson. The housing... READ MORE >
Senator Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, hosted a 5th annual hunger relief fund drive with special guests Governor Mark Dayton and the Vikings’ Jared Allen at The Liffey Irish Pub in St. Paul on December 7. This annual “Stock the Shelves” event raises proceeds dedicated to Arrowhead regional food. Senator Bakk works with Hunger Solutions Minnesota on this event. He said, “Due... READ MORE >
On December 19, at St. Louis County District Court, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced the charges related to a shooting at the Cook County courthouse on Thursday, December 15. Daniel Sidney Schlienz, 42, of Grand Marais has been charged with two counts of premeditated attempted first-degree murder. Additional charges filed were one count of assault in the fourth degree,... READ MORE >
The victims of the shooting at the Cook County courthouse will bear the scars of the incident forever. But so will the people who feared for their lives—the emergency responders, the courthouse staff—and members of the jury. The Cook County News-Herald spoke with two jurors who shared the details of their frightening ordeal. The shooting took place just after the... READ MORE >
The day after the shooting at the Cook County courthouse, the Cook County News-Herald sat down with the family of the man ultimately charged with the crime. On Friday, December 16, Daniel Schlienz’s mother, father, aunts, sister and nieces shared their heartbreak over the event. On December 19, Schlienz was charged with two counts of premeditated attempted murder, but the... READ MORE >
I left the News-Herald office a little early last Thursday. We weren’t completely finished packaging pages and transmitting them via the Internet to our printer. But that’s okay. I occasionally duck out before the paper is finished “sending.” Our ad designer, Laurie, handles that aspect of the paper quite well without me peering over her shoulder. I left early to... READ MORE >
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