Watching the seagulls hover over the final event of Fisherman’s Picnic— the fish toss on Sunday afternoon, just before the drawing for the grand prize of $10,000—I was reminded of how omnipresent seagulls are in our North Shore life. They are always around when there is food, of course, and they are probably quite puzzled during Fisherman’s Picnic by the... READ MORE >
For eons, religious leaders have been using metaphors to try to describe God. In Dogspell – The Gospel According to Dog, priest and author Mary Ellen Ashcroft adds a unique twist to this theme. God as “king,” quips Ashcroft, means little to her as she meets so little royalty. She does, however, have intimate knowledge of the love of a... READ MORE >
The primary election contests that perhaps most interest Cook County voters are the local races to narrow the field for county commissioner and judicial seats. Citizens watching the county websitesite on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 had to wait a little longer this year because the procedure for counting absentee ballots has been changed since the 2008 election recount in the... READ MORE >
We’ve had some exceptionally busy weeks at the Cook County News-Herald. We are always busy. Some businesses slow down at some point during the year, but in the newspaper business, there isn’t a “shoulder season.” Just because there are fewer cars on the road or shoppers in the stores, there isn’t a slow down in the news. In fact, during... READ MORE >
North Shore Dragon Boat Festival Overall Race Results Place T eam Home Town Heat #1 Heat #2 T otal Time 1 A Better Dragon T hunder Bay, ONT 0:01:42.0 0:01:38.6 0:03:20.6 2 Team Gunflint G rand Marais 0:01:52.8 0:01:48.2 0:03:41.0 3 No. Lights Timber Frame Minneapolis 0:01:54.0 0:01:50.3 0:03:44.3 4 Hungry Jack Outfitters G unflintTrail 0:01:54.9 0:01:49.9 0:03:44.8 5 Fired... READ MORE >
Former Cook County Commissioner and long-time Cook County News-Herald columnist Frank Hansen, 89, died at the Cook County North Shore Hospital on Tuesday, August 3 after a brief illness— and a long life of service and friendship. The community was saddened in mid-July when it was discovered that Frank had leukemia. It was hoped that the friendships that began in... READ MORE >
The 2010 Primary Election will officially be held on Tuesday, August 10, however much of Cook County will have already voted by mail-in ballot. TheCook County Auditor’s officeadvised that ballots be placed in return mail at least five days before the primary. Voters who have missed that deadline can still vote, however. Ballots can be hand-delivered to the auditor’s office... READ MORE >
Teamwork between emergency responders in Cook and Lake counties was called for on Monday, July 19 after Lake County Law Enforcement received a report of a 15-yearold male who had fallen on the Superior Hiking Trail and suffered a head injury. Lake County contacted Cook County Law Enforcement at 12:50 p.m. informing Cook County that the Finland Rescue Squad would... READ MORE >
A Hovland youth was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Marcell, MN on Sunday, July 25. Nicholas Paul Wiegele, 13, was riding behind Austin Michael Weber, 14, of Zimmerman when the ATV left the roadway and struck a tree, throwing both boys off of the machine. Both were airlifted to St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth. Nicholas is... READ MORE >
A truck became stuck on a Colvill back road and caused a fire recently, but it wasn’t someone out on a joyride through the brush—it was US Forest Service-contract employees conducting a sensitive plant survey who accidentally took a wrong turn. Cook County Law Enforcement received a “scratchy cell phone call” at 12:06 p.m. on Tuesday, July 13 from Dylan... READ MORE >
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