Staff reports The Cook County Middle School Student Council will be hosting a food drive contest for sixth through eighth grades. The food drive started January 27. The class with the most items after two weeks wins a pizza party! Middle school students can drop off any canned or boxed food item in boxes for their class. Theboxes are located […]
Hope for Haiti — Cook County style!
On Monday, Feb. 15, from 6-10 p.m., you are invited to have fun for a great cause — Haiti relief. A number of musicians including Bump Blomberg, Eric Frost, The Pincushion Warblers, and The Cascade Mountain Syrup Lickers are donating their time and talents for this evening at the North House Folk School. Food will be provided by the community, […]
Nursing Assistant, Home Health training course begins Feb. 17
Staff reports Cook County Higher Education, in collaboration with Lake Superior College and the North Shore Care Center, will be offering the Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide training course beginning Wednesday, Feb. 17. The classes, taught by instructor Mark Abrahamson, will meet from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and two Saturdays beginning Feb. 20 from […]
Northern Gardening returns to WTIP
Staff reports WTIP’s popular Northern Gardening program returned on Thursday, February 4 at 4 pm. The first show’s topic was Planning this Year’s Vegetable Garden, focusing on vegetable varieties that work in our region. The Northwoods Foods Project and Cook County Extension are producing the program with WTIP, and hosts will include Diane Booth, Jeanne Wright, Melinda Spinler and Joan […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News- Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, Jan. 25 3:37 a.m., Grand Marais: Reports of two areas on the Gunflint Trail that […]
DFL straw poll picks Bakk
Forty-seven democrats attended the 2010 Cook County Democratic- Farm-Labor (DFL) caucus and Cook County convention at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts Tuesday, February 2. Theparty platform was not debated, but the group spent some time discussing whom the delegates to the 8th District and state conventions would support for governor. Cook County DFL chair Tim Kennedy read a letter […]
Republican caucus chooses Seifert for governor
The Cook County Community Center was a busy place before and during the Republican Party Caucus on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Local GOP party leaders had to wait for Tai Chi classes to end to set up chairs for the 22 citizens who came out to participate in grass roots government. Curlers in Tuesday night league went about their business […]
Council clarifies sidewalk snow removal policy
In an effort to maintain snow- and ice-free sidewalks, Grand Marais city councilors spent a good portion of their Jan. 13 meeting discussing the policies in place, and who (property owners or the city) is responsible for what. Although the discussion was prompted by complaints from downtown business owners at council’s prior meeting, there was nobody in attendance to present […]
EDA struggles, but housing program survives
Although the Cook County – Grand Marais Economic Development Authority is struggling to fund its operations, the EDA board is unanimous in its support of the housing program created in 2007. At the January 26, 2010 special meeting to discuss EDA finances, County Commissioner Bob Fenwick asked if the housing coordinator program is important and if it is self-sustaining. The […]