Bakk visits North Shore with jobs message
Senator Tom Bakk visited the North Shore a year ago, announcing his gubernatorial campaign and delivering bumper stickers declaring “Tom Bakk—Minnesota’s Next Governor.” He returned on Tuesday, October 27 with a new bumper sticker bearing the message that Bakk believes will get him elected in 2010—and will get the state’s economy back on track. Full Story
Election: sales tax yes, telephone system no
Thevotes in the 2009 election referendum have been tallied and the question of whether or not Cook County should enact a countywide 1% sales tax has been answered by voters, as has the second referendum question, asking if the county should establish a telecommunications system. The first question passed; the second failed. Full Story
Public restrooms, TV and holiday decorations on council agenda
Grand Marais city councilors dealt with a number of issues ranging from public restrooms and television to holiday parades and decorations during their October 28, 2009 meeting. Full Story
Should we celebrate?
When I came into the office on Monday, Andy Brostrom, our “ad guy,” reminded me that this week’s issue of the Cook County News-Herald
marks the anniversary of when our publishers, Hal and Deidre Kettunen, purchased the News-Herald.
We have been producing the News-
Herald
in its current guise for one year now. Full Story
Uprooted!
The path suddenly disappeared as I hiked up our spur from WindCradle to the Superior Hiking Trail. Where I had painstakingly cleared, spread sawdust, laid down birch edges…. nothing but a bunch of branches, twenty feet high. I scrambled around and found that a huge poplar had gone down lengthwise over the path, bringing down four or five other large trees. Full Story
Senior Center Menu & Events
November 2009
November 2 11:30 am Lunch: Macaroni and Cheese, Tropical Fruits
12:00 pm Afternoon Video: Travel Videos
1:30 pm Make Bagels
November 3 9:00 am Council on Aging Meeting
11:30 am Lunch: Pork Chow Mein, Vanilla Ice Cream
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Driver Safety Refresher Class
November 4 10:00 am Ex Full Story
Community Calendar
Cook County AA Meetings
Mondays:
Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meetings. Potluck at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:30).
Tuesdays:
Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Full Story
West End Calendar
Tofte Town Meeting
Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 4/18tfn
Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings
Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 3/22b-tfn Full Story
Viking volleyball advances in playoffs
With the Cook County Vikings volleyball team getting a No. 1 seed in the Section 7A playoffs, they had a first-round bye. In the second round of playoff action, the Vikings hosted the No. 8 seed Cotton Cardinals on Wednesday, October 28. The Cardinals had defeated No. 9 seed Tower-Soudan to advance to round two against Cook County. Full Story
Two quarters for Paul
It seems that our basement at home has become a glorified football field lately. All three of our boys have this insatiable desire to play catch, tackle, or any other kind of football they can think of. It has become more and more competitive as Adam (seven years old), Jacob (six years old), and Paul (four years old) constantly want my attention when I get home. Full Story
Almost a perfect run
We don’t believe there is such thing as a perfect race, and certainly not a perfect team race, but the Viking cross country team came about as close to perfect as they could at last week’s Section 7A meet in Cloquet. Full Story
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