Eight entities in Cook County have found creative uses for $100,000 of Blandin Foundation grant funding. The money is intended to help the community figure out how it can make good use of high-speed Internet infrastructure coming down the pike through federal stimulus dollars. A memo to the county board from Cook County Information Systems Director Danna MacKenzie gives some […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · Feb. 19, 2001 The Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) met on Feb. 13 to discuss a number of important issues. Perhaps most important on the docket was the possible sale of the North Shore Business Incubator Building to the owners of Waters of Superior, the business currently housed in the building. The appraisal of […]
Small business awards nominations sought
The UMD Center for Economic Development announces the 19th annual Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Success Awards call for nominations. Celebrate entrepreneurial leadership and successes in the Twin Ports and Arrowhead Region by recognizing those entrepreneurs who have continued their dreams and taken on inordinate risks to forge ahead meeting the challenges of today’s economic reality. What business owner do you want […]
Flute Reed Partnership and Soil & Water move ahead
In December 2010, Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Supervisor Roger Haertel resigned, leaving a vacancy in Districe 5 on the SWCD board for the Hovland area. Four candidates interested in filling the vacancy were interviewed by the SWCD board at a special meeting on Monday, February 14, 2011. Speaking for the SWCD board, Kerrie Fabius, SWCD district […]
Hospital board workshop focuses on long-term planning
How can the Cook County North Shore Hospital better serve the community? Members of the hospital district’s board held their first workshop meeting Feb. 15 to begin work on finding an answer to that question, and one thing that became clear is that it’s going to take some time. In fact, Board Member Tom Spence suggested that in order to […]
Superior Hiking Trail Association needs board members
Superior Hiking Trail Association board elections will be held in May at the annual meeting, and applications are being sought from people interested in serving on the board. The board is made up of people with a lot of different skills, so people with varying interests or skills are invited to apply. In particular, SHTA is looking for younger people […]
Pool and park board busy even in winter
When you go to the Grand Marais Municipal Pool to go swimming, you might want to bring your pocketbook—and swim a few extra laps. On Tuesday, February 1, 2011, the park board gave Girl Scout leader Victoria Shaw the go-ahead to bring her troop to the pool to sell cookies through February 27. They have a young troop, Shaw explained, […]
A tradition of local music
The North Shore Music Association—now more than a quarter of a century old—presented another evening of amazing local musical talent on Saturday, February 12 at the Local Musicians Showcase—a tradition more than a decade old. Concert goers have come to expect a wonderful show at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts and the 2011 showcase did not disappoint. Taking the […]
A belated buggy Valentine
In September 1969, Dick and I began our year in the wilderness on the edge of the BWCWA in the Superior National Forest. Our small cabin had neither road access nor amenities. This is a reprint of one of many stories about our lives during that special year. I’ve received some memorable valentines in my life—a card from a fourth […]
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council seeks board members
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is currently accepting applications from individuals wishing to serve on its board of directors. There are currently openings for an at-large representative and a student ad-hoc representative. ARAC offers grant support and technical assistance to individual artists and non-profit arts organizations who reside in the seven counties which make up the Arrowhead Region: Aitkin, Carlton, […]