With a brisk wind off the lake the bugs stayed away, but the racers and watchers came out in great numbers. Several hundred friends, neighbors and guests on the Gunflint Trail were at Gunflint Lodge on the shore of Gunflint Lake on July 17th for the 2024 Gunflint Trail Canoe Races.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, with help from Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Reinvest in Minnesota, recently acquired and designated 25 acres in Cook County as the new Icelandite Coastal Fen Scientific and Natural Area. This new SNA has very old and rare geologic and wetland features that provide a unique experience for visitors of any interest.
nd Rocky Wall Productions is pleased to announce that Joyanne Parker and her band will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 26th at City Center Park in downtown Silver Bay as part of the Silver Bay Music in the Park - Free Live Music Concert Series. “Parker has been tagged as a blues and rhythmand- blues singer, but her music is so much more and is best described by the broader Americana label. Her versatility and expansive range and influences moves from southern rock into funk and rhythm-and-blues and then on to Latin flavor.” said Rocky Wall Productions President Nelson French.
6/12/2024 – Cameron Trey Hadden – Grand Marais, MN, Kimberlee Dawn Dossey – Grand Marais, MN 6/12/2024 – Claire Theresa Nalezny - Grand Marais, MN, Jeffrey Michael Stoddard - Grand Marais, MN 6/24/2024 – Jacob Abbott Kiel – Wyoming, MN, Mackenzie Grace Crumb – Wyoming, MN 6/24/2024 – Stacy Kay Paolo – Lutsen, MN, Thomas Scheiblauer – Lutsen, MN 6/26/2024 – James Robert Benjamin Sheppard – Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, Lisa Elizabeth Mayor – Gatineau, Quebec, Canada 6/28/2024 - Daniel Brian Everson – Grand Marais, MN, Jennifer Lynn Dowden - Grand Marais, MN 7/12/2024 - Ross William Mowery Sherman – Tofte, MN, Nicole Marie Fiske – Tofte, MN 7/17/2024 - Jessica Alice Burks – Grand Marais, MN, Nicholas Logan Cullen Honer - Grand Marais, MN 7/17/2024 - Albert Reinold VanBeck – Grand Marais, MN, Annette Kimberly Dunsmoor - Grand Marais, MN .
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the punishment exceeds $125 and/or ten days in jail and/or includes one year of supervised adult probation. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.
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!
Bear hunters who enter the lottery for bear hunting licenses should watch their mail to see if they were selected for a license, as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has mailed postcards to lottery winners. Hunters can also look on the Minnesota DNR website to see if they were selected. The deadline to purchase a lottery bear license is Thursday, Aug. 1.
Shark Week I don’t know how much you think about sharks but I used to think I think about sharks the regular amount. Which is to say: I don’t think about sharks.
his new novel for review. It came with the stipulation that the book be donated to the Grand Marais Public Library. So you can likely find it there in paperback as well as online https://icecubepress.com/2024/03/30/ emmi-2/.