At its Tuesday, August 18 meeting, the county board awarded a County Road 6 contract to the lowest bidder, KGM Contractors. Thework will include ditch repair, aggregate surfacing, bituminous surfacing and culvert replacement on the bottom .6 miles of County Road 6. KGM’s bid, $193,046.98, was 6.06% under the county engineer’s estimate. Thedecision to pave the bottom of County Road […]
Hospital considers trends in long-term care
After listening to a Thursday, August 20, 2009 presentation from Tom Kooiman of Pope Associates, an architectural firm specializing in health and long-term care facilities and senior housing, the North Shore Hospital board voted to pursue a feasibility study on alternatives to the Care Center’s current operating model. Thestudy is expected to cost about $3,500. The trend in long-term care, […]
County agreeable to funding request from Gunflint Fire Department
Gunflint Trail volunteer firefighter Rick Johnson asked the county board on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 to designate $50,000 from Title III Secure Rural Schools (SRS) funding for communication upgrades for the Gunflint Trail Fire Department. The department has been making numerous capital improvements over the last year, Johnson said. Since 1967, Johnson said, 16 fires of over 100 acres each […]
Lutsen supports cemetery expansion
The Lutsen Fire Department moved two of its fire trucks out of the fire hall on Tuesday, August 18 so the August Township meeting, a continuation of the March annual meeting, could be held there. Almost 50 citizens turned out for the meeting, which focused primarily on the future of the Lutsen Cemetery. Lutsen Clerk Amity Goettl called the meeting […]
Hospital Auxiliary celebrates anniversary, honors doctors
The North Shore Hospital Auxiliary has a long history of answering needs for the North Shore Hospital and Care Center. The auxiliary was in existence a year before the hospital itself and members helped bring quality health care to Cook County. The organization has once again made a contribution to the hospital in honor of two physicians who also played […]
Cook County Fair 2009 sees entries from young and old
With entrants ranging in age from 18 months to 100-plus years, the Cook County Fair was deemed a success by all who attended. There were 71 exhibitors entering 505 items, up slightly from last year’s 496. The Fair Board awarded $1,100.50 in prizes and ribbons. School entries were amazingly the same as last year—in 2008 and 2009, the County Fair […]
Open House at Oshki Ogimaag
Oshki Ogimaag (School Of New Leaders) Charter School in Grand Portage invites families and the surrounding community to an open house and picnic on Monday, August 31 at the Grand Portage school from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. The open house is being held to give children and their parents the opportunity to meet the Oshki Ogimaag teachers— kindergarten teacher Erin […]
North Shore photography at Cross River Heritage Center
The photography of Larry and Linda Dunlap will be on display at the Cross River Heritage Center (CRHC) in Schroeder until October 3, 2009. The Dunlaps live in Northwestern Wisconsin near Pattison Park. They have been working in photography since 1968. They bring their love of Lake Superior and its many tributaries to their gallery display in the fireplace room […]
Bush Artist Program sets information meetings
The Bush Artist Program will host 11 information meetings for artists interested in applying for a Bush Artist fellowship or a Dakota Creative Connections grant. For 2010, artists may apply, depending on residency, to either or both initiatives in three categories: visual arts, media arts, and traditional and functional craft arts. Meetings in Minnesota will be held in Minneapolis on […]
Lundie in the city
The Schroeder Area Historical Society (SAHS) will be holding a fundraising tour and silent auction at the Delander House in St. Paul, MN on Sunday, Oct. 4. The large, formal Georgian style home was designed by Edwin Lundie in the late 1920s. Dale Mulfinger (cabinologist, architect and author), who has been guest speaker at the SAHS Lundie Tour of Homes […]