City water table remains safe from abandoned fuel tanks
TheCity of Grand Marais continues to move toward earning a clean bill of health for the soil underneath the old power plant in the recreation area. City Administrator Mike Roth and Water Superintendent Tom Nelson recently toured the site with the city’s consultant, Environmental Troubleshooters. Full Story
ISD 166 considers four-day school week
Seventy people gathered at Cook County High School Thursday, May 20, 2010 to discuss the possibility of ISD 166 going to a four-day school week the fall of 2011. Another 30 or so had already met with district officials up the Gunflint Trail, in Hovland, and in the West End between May 10 and 18. Full Story
County board approves ATVs on paved road shoulders
If you see a Class I ATV driving along the right shoulder of a paved county road (other than the Gunflint Trail north of Devil Track Road), you don’t need to call the police—it’s legal. Full Story
Loving—and hating my job
I love that my job as editor of the Cook County News-Herald
brings such an assortment of activities. It is never, ever, boring. I never know what to expect. One minute I’m having a quiet interview with a new business owner or an interesting senior citizen—the next I’m dashing off to try to get a picture of an unusual bird in the park or a boat in the harbor. Full Story
Hidden in the fog
Who knew there were so many different kinds of fog? Fog can form in a number of ways, depending on how the cooling that caused the condensation occurred. There is radiation fog caused by the cooling of land after sunset. The cool ground produces condensation in the nearby air by heat conduction. 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 meeting. 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. 3/13tfn
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. 4-17tfn Full Story
Vikings beat the Bombers in final inning
The Cook County baseball team split a pair of games this past week to bring its overall season record to 5-10. On Tuesday May 18, the Vikings traveled to Albrook and lost in a high-scoring game, 16-12. In a great Polar League battle against the Barnum Bombers on Friday, May 21, the Vikings won in a dramatic seventh inning comeback, 5-4. Full Story
On the links with Erica Borson
Erica Borson is the lone female golfer competing for Cook County High School. Erica, daughter of Peter and Nichole Borson, will graduate this spring from Cook County. Her father was a standout athlete for Cook County where he starred in basketball and football for the Vikings in the mid 1980s. Full Story
Competitive spring for Cook County golfers
Sande takes first place in conference
In what could very well be the final season of golf at Cook County High School, the CCHS golf team has had a busy spring. Head Coach Scott Steinbach has done a terrific job of setting up a quality schedule and mentoring a young squad of quality golfers. Here is a look at the 2010 golf season to date.
Day One of the Polar
League Conference Meet
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