Be mindful and exercise caution when driving the back roads
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Good Nature Farm of Grand Marais recognized as a 2024 ‘U of M Farm Family’
The DeArruda Wharton family of Grand Marais has been named Cook County’s “2024 Farm Family of the Year” by the University of Minnesota. Good Nature Farm is an offgrid family farm located outside of Grand Marais.
Photo courtesy of Paul Sundberg
Most of us, I’m guessing, wouldn’t mind living in a cute house surrounded by purple Clematis filling our view when we poked our heads out of the door. .
Weekly Weather
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Rocky Times on the North Shore
The building of apartments for the Gunflint Vue project in Creechville has begun with tree removal, grading, and rock relocation. (More about the rocks below.) You can view the on-site live camera to watch the progress of the project as it happens. A map of the area accompanies this column.
Matters of Record
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 $150 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.
Mud plagues the Lutsen 69er
BRIAN LARSEN Due to recent storm damage on portions of the race course, Life Time Fitness race officials shortened the Lutsen 99er to the 69er course. And no Larsons were in any of the races for the first time.
Candidate Forum for District 3Aa solid success in political discourse
Rep. Skraba and Contender Droba showed mutual respect while discussing their differences KATYA GORDON Both similarities and differences in visions for Minnesota emerged on Friday night as House Representative Roger Skraba and DFL Candidate Harley Droba answered public-initiated questions at a forum at Reunion Hall in Silver Bay to a crowd of 40 people as well as radio listeners and livestreamers, with Cook County Herald Editor Brian Larson officiating.
A large crowd
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Outdoors
Each May the first my great-grandfather would drag the 55-gallon- drummed pontoon diving platform off the grassy shore – by hand - and onto the lake – by rowboat, and anchor it in about eleven feet of water in our little bay. It was about 35 yards out from our dock, which, when I was very small, was an impassable distance.