WTIP North Shore Community Radio is pleased to welcome back birding expert Molly Hoffman’s Field Notes. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning beginning March 11, WTIP listeners will be able to join Molly on a guided walk through the North Woods. “It’s the perfect location for a bird walk,” says Hoffman. “The Superior National Forest is part of an area […]
Are you up for the Census Bureau challenge?
During each Decennial Census, the Census Bureau undertakes the count of every person residing in the United States, as mandated by Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. To encourage everyone to take 10 minutes to answer the 10 simple questions on the 2010 Census form, the bureau is launching the “Take 10” campaign. Through “Take 10,” you can […]
Local officials meet with legislators
Joan Farnam, supervisor for Cook County Soil and Water, and Cindy Gentz, Cook County Water Plan coordinator, attended a legislative briefing and met with legislators at the state capitol Feb. 17-18. They went to St. Paul to talk to legislators about successful SWCD projects in the county and plans for the future, as did Soil and Water Conservation officials and […]
Diverse comments on Forest Service Planning Rule
On February 14, 2010, the Cook County ATV Club wrote a letter to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) office in Bountiful, Utah regarding development of a new forest management planning rule. The letter was supported by some of the Cook County commissioners on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Other groups with local interests also wrote the Forest Service regarding their visions […]
Hospital to join Health Information Exchange Program
Hospital Controller Yvonne Gennrich updated the Cook County North Shore Hospital Board at its February 18 meeting on the progress of the Health Information Exchange Program, a database being created with federal stimulus dollars to facilitate the transfer of patient records. The program would allow a medical provider to access patient records held by other providers, enabling a physician, for […]
Rural asthma study launching in the Midwest
This month, Madisonbased Reciprocal Sciences, with funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is launching a study to learn more about the problem of rural asthma in the Midwest. The study follows a recent report by the CDC that rates of asthma in rural areas have been underestimated. “Our analyses of national survey data suggest that asthma […]
Wilma Liebsch—still teasing at 100 years
As the day of the party celebrating her 100th birthday neared, Wilma Liebsch was nervous. At least according to her friends. After the special day spent with her children Ted Liebsch of Grand Marais and Hope Bennett of Milwaukee, as well as dozens of friends from Grand Marais and as far away as California, Wilma relaxed and settled back into […]
Spring is in the air at Care Center
March came in like a lamb, and many residents at North Shore Care Center are thinking green—not because spring is in the air—but for St. Patrick’s Day festivities. There will be plenty of Irish merriment going on with music and food before the 17th. Themusic begins with Monica Houglum’s Name That Irish Tune on March 11, followed by the “heavy […]
“Saplings” receives $5,000 grant
TheSaplings preschool program, located in Tofte at the Birch Grove Community Center, has received a $5,000 grant from the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation. “This program, unlike most preschools, runs on participation fees alone. This has been a challenging year for the program and this grant came just in time! We are thankful that the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation board believes […]