August 2010 31 Teacher Workshop September 2010 1 – 2 Teacher Workshop 2 6th Grade & New MS/HS Student Orientation 4:30 pm @ ACA 6 Labor Day – No School 7 Students’ First Day 15 School Board Regular Meeting 5:30 pm 16 Cook County Schools Open House 4:30-6:30 pm 23 Parents’ Night – Volleyball 24 Middle School Fall Hike 12:30-3 […]
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, Aug. 16 10:23 a.m., Grand Marais: Residential burglar alarm, determined to be unfounded. 11:20 a.m., Grand […]
Webinar helps parents make progress
If you are a parent of a child with disabilities you may want to register for a free webinar from Pacer. You will be able to participate from your own home. Entitled How will I Know My Child is Making Progress? the onehour webinar will be presented at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31. Space is limited. Parents of children with […]
Want to learn more about accessibility standards?
As the Cook County News-Herald reported a few weeks ago, on the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), many Cook County businesses have a long way to go to be completely welcoming to Americans with disabilities. The Department of Justice is hosting an online workshop (webinar) series to help citizens and business owners understand the updated ADA […]
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 […]
Sheriff’s Office investigating dog attack
The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office is investigating a report of a 19-year-old Grand Marais woman being attacked by a stray dog near the Pincushion Trail system. The attack occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24. Thewoman was walking alone on the trail that leads to the old dump. She heard a noise behind her, and when she turned […]
County declines request to own Superior National
Proponents of a proposal to transfer ownership of Superior National at Lutsen golf course from the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) to the county left the August 24, 2010 county board meeting quite unsatisfied. The discussion went on for over an hour and a half and ended with a rather heated discourse. Numerous people supporting the proposal were […]
Grand Portage Trading Post robber sentenced
A Shakopee man who pled guilty to robbing the Grand Portage Trading Post at gunpoint last fall may be spending the next four years in a state prison. Edwin Olaf Vick, 74, was sentenced in Cook County court Aug. 18 on felony charges of first-degree aggravated robbery, to which he pled guilty July 27. Judge Kenneth Sandvik dismissed additional charges […]