Life Time welcomed more than 2,000 cyclists to Minnesota’s North Shore for the 2025 Life Time Lutsen 99er presented by Visit Cook County on Saturday, June 28. The fourteenth annual event saw ...

Photo courtesy of David Johnson It was a glorious day when David Johnson discovered this colorful field of wildflowers nestled between evergreens, situated under fluffy white clouds with patches of ...

On Monday, June 30, at 2 p.m. Wendy Ford’s last day of owning the South of the Border Café (SOB) ended and Mark Johnson (L) and Eugene Eliasen became owners of the popular breakfast and lunch café ...

Heidi Kampitz, Director of the Cook County and Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA), submitted her resignation to the EDA board on June 19.

After weeks of secrecy, the two campers found dead on the remote Isle Royale, the 206 square mile National park that lies 17 miles off the coast of Grand Portage in Lake Superior, are now identified ...

The Citizen of the Year award is for an individual or couple whose volunteerism and service to the community has made Cook County a better place to live. In choosing a recipient, consideration will be ...

Commissioners approved two updates of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Emergency shelter operations, one with ISD 166 and the other for the YMCA.

Work on the 36-unit apartment building“The Heights ...

The North House Wooden Boat Show and Summer Solstice Puppet Pageant were once again a big hit with locals and visitors to our area. Bright sunshine on both Friday and Saturday meant the North House ...

Fifteen deserving non-profit organizations are awarded a total of $56,199 in grants for projects to strengthen the Cook County community.

William Ralph Dupont, 67, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, was cited for driving 73 mph in a 60 mph speed zone, and he was fined $135.00.

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) ...