Grand Marais, MN, January 9, 2024 - Historic Cook County is pleased to announce the release of the new book titled Chasing the North Wind, a Memoir of One Woman’s Lifelong Love Affair Flying a Vintage 1941 Piper J-3 Cub Aircraft and Growing up in Minnesota’s Famed Arrowhead Region, by Kathryn Krotz-Finn, with Richard C. Struck, forward by Wolfgang Greiner, and edited by Rose Arrowsmith.
The I.S.D. 166 school board will hold a special meeting on January 17 from noon to 5 p.m.
Snow, not just dusting, is finally on the ground, six inches in some places, half a foot of skiable, snowmobiling, sliding white stuff, and more to come. Cold is also creeping into the region.
The Center for Rural Policy and Development released its 2024 report for rural Minnesota and there are quite a few interesting pieces of information in the document. Below are some of those findings.
On January 4, 2024 the students at Oshki Ogimaag Charter School celebrated National Ribbon Skirt Day by wearing their beautiful ribbon skirts to school! Pictured are: Lilliana Lien, Teresta Standing Cloud, Alexandra Spry, Jazzebelle Brown, Hailey Brady, Alice Brady, Odayiin Braman, Jordyn Riddell, Jasper Vogel, Keyon Record. .
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all to be safe and to follow the rules!
Grand Portage Head Start invites you to an evening with best-selling author Today Show Parent, creator of ' Finding Cooper's Voice,' and special needs parent/advocate Kate Swenson. Kate will candidly share her family's journey navigating the world of special needs. She will make you laugh, inspire, and empower you. If you or anyone you know is touched by the world of special needs, this is the night for you.
Over the past year, the Art Colony has implemented new programs in our ceramics studio, with the goal of offering more people the opportunity to work with clay. In addition to offering many multi-week classes, workshops, and demonstrations for both beginner and advanced students, we now have opportunities for studio access that are more flexible, and geared towards artists with varying levels of studio needs and experience.
When a subsidiary of what would become Twin Metals was drilling to explore copper and nickel in 2011 near Birch Lake near Ely and Babbitt, it found Helium instead. Lots of Helium.
Cook County Public Health and Human Services has announced an update to their affiliation with the Steve Rummler Network as an official Naloxone Access Point. The Steve Rummler Network’s mission is to “heighten awareness of the opioid crisis, address its impact on the physical and emotion burdens of addiction and chronic pain, and improve the associated care process.” The free harm reduction supplies are now available in a labeled cabinet in the PHHS office lobby. For more information, visit: https://steverummlerhopenetwork.org/.