Outdoors
Dress for the cold? It depends Going outside in the dark in the morning to do our business at -17°F that first time this winter was a real eye-opener. I won't try to explain the coldest cold.
January 2024
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Celebrate the joy of snowmobiling at the 19th annual Grand Portage Lodge and Casino Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids
Snowmobilers will hit the trails on February 10, 2024 for the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids. Once again, the Thunder Bay Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids will head south of the border to Grand Portage, only 45 minutes from Thunder Bay, attracting snowmobilers from across northwestern Ontario and Minnesota to enjoy some of the finest groomed trails in northern Minnesota.
Pet of the Week
Amadou Mustachio Lebowski (his real name) purrs like he has a motor! He loves to get pets from everyone and plays with ribbons and strings like a maniac. He's super smart and also super silly, and everyone loves to cuddle with him a lot, said Kitty Mayo, editor of the Lake County Press in Two Harbors.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., $25 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church.
Want to be in a play?
The Grand Marais Playhouse will hold an interest meeting Tuesday, January 30 at 7 p.m. at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts for anyone ( adult or High school age) who would be interested in acting in a community play beginning Feb.
Maple Syruping Workshop comes to Cook County
University of Minnesota Extension is offering a series of maple syruping workshops across the state this winter. The workshop in Cook County will take place on Monday February 19th from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Historical Reflections
Reprinted from the January 2, 1930 edition of the Cook County News-Herald. The Great Depression had begun and this ad is a reflection of the period of time.
James Block knows the weather
The Cook County News-Herald's newest Gunflint Trail weather reporter is James (Jim) Block, who lives on Seagull Lake with his wife, Rene. While relatively new to the area, he is familiar with collecting and disseminating weather-related data.
Book Signing at Drury Lane
Cary Griffith will be at Drury Lane Book Store on Friday, February 16, at 6 p.m. to discuss his latest book 'Gunflint Falling.' In these 280 pages, Griffith recounts the events that took place on July 4, 1999, when a wicked straight-line wind (a Derecho) came unexpectedly out of North Dakota and flattened an estimated 477,000 Acers of forest, approximately 370,000 Acers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Ares Wilderness, and uprooted or broke an estimated 25 million trees.
