Wallpaper removal weekend
This week’s paper includes our spring Home Improvement special section. We always have fun putting it together. Whenever our home improvement issue comes around—in the spring and the fall—I stop and think about the projects that have been done by my family. Not by me. I will do just about anything to get out of any form of construction and I really hate painting. Full Story
Hey! How ya been?
Wow! It seems like forever since we’ve had a chance to just sit down and talk like this. How have you been? I’m sure so much has happened in your life since we met last. I know I’ve been busy. Full Story
Historical Reflections
Do you have an old picture or a
story from years gone by that you
would like to share with Cook County
News-Herald readers? Give us a call,
or stop by our Grand Marais office.
We’d love to hear your Historical
Reflections. Full Story
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago ยท
May 1, 2000
• If his friends in Washington get what they want, Eagle Mountain, the highest point in Cook County and the state of Minnesota, will be renamed to honor retiring Congressman Bruce Vento. Full Story
Coffee bar and cow mazes
May has snuck up on us while we have been wishing for rain and watching for fires. It is time to take a last deep breath before our busy summer starts. Full Story
Coming Out of My RV Closet
“There it is!” I pointed to the sign.
We turned down the driveway of the R Campground in Charles City, Iowa.
I was about to spend my first night in an RV park and had no idea whether I’d like it or not.
Would we be parked next to a Cousin Eddie straight out of National Lampoon’s
Christmas Vacation?
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Predator and prey
We live in a world that does not always seem fair. The poor walleyes are struggling to spawn in a trickle of a river while being attacked overhead by bald eagles. Therocky shorelines of the Seagull River are littered with the remains of “would be spawning” walleyes, and painted with eagle droppings. Full Story
