20 YEARS AGO JULY 18, 2003 v The pristine cold clean waters of Lake Superior are among the region’s most important resources and serve as an important tourism magnet. However, some of Superior’s beaches have been shown in tests conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to be anything but pristine, at least part of the time.
July 2, 1990 NEW GROCERY STORE OPENING SOON The shelves are being stocked at the new Gene’s I.G.A. east of Grand Marais.
Last year was a banner year at the Grand Marais Rec Park but so far revenues are 10 percent higher this year than last June, reported Grand Marais Parks Director Dave Tersteeg, who added, “Yearto- date revenue is trending up about 12 percent over 2022.”
Weekly Weather Date High Low Precipitation From Josiah Avery, East County Road 14 July 11 74.3 45.9 0.00 0 July 12 73.2 48.0 0.00 0 July 13 70.2 48.2 0.00 0 July 14 74.8 54.1 0.07 0 July 15 73.8 55.2 0.04 0 July 16 65.5 48.4 0.17 0 July 17 68.0 54.0 0.07 0 The News Herald staff and readers wish to express their appreciation and gratitude to Dana Austin of Poplar Lake for providing weather reports these past many years. Dana's reports added interesting detail to the drama of Cook County weather.
Mixed Precipitation celebrates 15 years of outdoor summer fun, performing one of the most beloved and famous tragedies in the theatre tradition, Romeo and Juliet, adapted from Vincenzo Bellini’s 1830 opera, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues).
“Four Old Broads” A hilarious comedy by Leslie Kimbel opens this weekend. The Grand Marais playhouse is very proud to present the second show in our summer theater festival opening Friday July 21 at 7 p.m.
Private Andrew Jackson Scott, AKA Edwin G. Secor, the last Civil War veteran buried in Cook County, Minnesota will be honored in a ceremony at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 29th, 2023, at Saint John’s Catholic Cemetery at Grand Marais, Minnesota.
Todd Ford, CC Public Information Coordinator The Grand Marais Farmers Market is introducing a new free kids program called the Power of Produce Club (PoP Club). This program was created at the Oregon City, Oregon, farmers market in 2011.
The 2024 Cook County Budget The 2024 budget season began on April 11 when the county board approved the budget calendar. Preliminary department budgets were due on May 26 with the deadline for final department requests on June 29.
The first two innings told the tale of this game as Two Harbors scored three in the first and three in the second while holding the Vikings scoreless. Down 6-0, the Vikings scored one in the third and one in the fourth, but Two Harbors punched back with two in the fourth and went on to win 8-2.