Deschampe graduates University of Minnesota School of Law Christina ‘Tina’ Deschampe has graduated from University of Minnesota School of Law with a Juris Doctorate degree. Graduation ceremony was held on May 15, 2010 at the University of Minnesota. Tina received her bachelors degree in 2007 in Criminal Justice from Hamline University. Tina is the daughter of Norman and Debbie Deschampe […]
Conservation Officer Tales
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) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]
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, June 14 1:37 a.m., Grand Marais: Deputies checked on a 911 hangup call from North House […]
Drizzle doesn’t dampen Boat Show attendance
It’s hard to count the number of visitors to the North House Folk School campus during the Wooden Boat Show and Summer Solstice Pageant because people come and go—they come to look at the beautiful wooden boats on display. They come to visit with crafters displaying their wares or to take part in a workshop. They come to sail on […]
Pulse Broadband breaks connection
Arrowhead Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI) Manager Don Stead dropped a bombshell at the cooperative’s annual meeting on Saturday, June 19. For months, AECI has been working with Pulse Broadband to bring internet, telephone, and television services to Cook County. The two entities jointly applied for a stimulus grant from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS). At the membership meeting, Stead said […]
New design for courthouse rain garden in the works
The courthouse rain garden is getting a makeover. The June 15 county board meeting brought a storm of criticism for the conservation project that was meant to be a showpiece of environmental responsibility. The rain garden, installed last year and still getting its roots into the ground, ended up being bigger and closer to the Veteran’s Memorial than some of […]
Superior National advocates appeal to county board
Twenty-eight people gathered in the Commissioners’ Room Tuesday, June 22, 2010 during a presentation on the potential future of Superior National at Lutsen golf course. Thegroup included employees and board members of the Cook County/ Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA), the Cook County Visitors Bureau (CCVB), West End business people, and city councilors: Sally Nankivell, Mark Sandbo, Hal Greenwood, […]
Inadvertent Open Meeting Law violation by EDA
Members of the Cook County– Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) may have inadvertently violated Minnesota’s Open Meeting law when four of the seven EDA board members attended the Cook County commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 to discuss the future of Superior National at Lutsen golf course. The EDA, like other governmental bodies, is required to post any […]
PUC recognizes new journeyman Jeff Eliasen
Grand Marais Public Utility Commission (PUC) workers took a break on Thursday, June 17, 2010 to celebrate a colleague’s accomplishment—the completion of lineworker apprenticeship by Jeff Eliasen. Eliasen is now a Journeyman Power Lineworker. ” Electrical Superintendent Mike Taylor announced that Eliasen had completed all the requirements of the State of Minnesota power delivery program through Northwest Lineman College. He […]
Hospital continues to search for new administrator
Thesearch continues for a replacement for North Shore Hospital Administrator Diane Pearson, who will be retiring in the near future. So far, the hospital board and officials from the hospital’s management partner, St. Luke’s of Duluth, have interviewed two candidates, but neither of them were offered the job. According to St. Luke’s Vice President of Clinics Sandra Barkley in a […]