Head Lifeguard Charles Christiansen reported that the pool had 2,000 visitors in February, significantly more than the 1,612 visitors of last February. Kayla Gotchie’s water fitness class has 42 regular attendees with about eight students attending each class. By request, she has added classes on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. Income from the program is covering costs. “It exceeded our […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago • March 26, 2001 A rapid response by local firefighters and police limited the damage caused by a fire at the North House Folk School that began about 4:10 p.m. on March 19. Staff noticed smoke seeping out of the roof at the base of the chimney and noticed the inside of the Red Building was filled […]
County board debates position on increasing publicly owned land
Should the county board resolve not to allow any gain in the percentage of publicly owned land in Cook County? The question came up when a representative of the Association of Minnesota Counties queried Auditor-Treasurer Braidy Powers to find out if the county has ever passed or plans to pass a resolution calling for no net gain of public land. […]
Sag Lake boundary commission a no-go
Should Cook County establish a boundary commission to clean up discrepancies in property lines along Sag Lake Trail near the end of the Gunflint Trail? The peninsula is riddled with problems, and last month, surveyor Wayne Hensche, who has contracted with the county for other large surveys, suggested that the county hire him to tackle this new area. Establishing a […]
Fairness at issue in Magney area property survey
Four Judge Magney-area property owners attended a February 22, 2011 public hearing with the county board regarding assessments for a survey of eight sections of land conducted by Wayne Hensche on behalf of Cook County. Three of them took issue with the survey and the assessment. Unfortunately, Hensche got stuck at the airport in Chicago due to weather and couldn’t […]
Sick and tired of being sick and tired
Usually I try to be a glass half full kind of gal but seriously having a cold for 10-plus days can really dampen a person’s spirits. And how do Tylenol Cold tablets know exactly when four hours have passed? I swear I could set my clock by my cold medicine wearing off—2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. to be specific. My […]
Food safety workshop scheduled April 19-20
You find a recipe to can pumpkin on a food preserver’s blog. Your grandma gives you her favorite pickle recipe. Are these credible and safe canning recipes? Find out by attending one of the Preserving Food Safely: Exploring the Options workshops on Tuesday, April 19 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Grand Portage Community Center or Wednesday, April 20 […]
Sustainable business practices is topic of March 30 luncheon
Barb LaVigne and George Wilkes, owners of the Angry Trout Café, will present Sustainable Business Practices: An Effective Business Strategy for the North Shore Marketplace at the next Cook County Business Network luncheon on Wednesday, March 30. Having caught the sustainability “bug” in the early 1990s, Barb and George have worked ever since to incorporate this concept into the cafe’s […]
Theater Sports provides plenty of laughs
Green beer might make you laugh, but not as hard as the high school seniors who entertained a packed house at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Twenty-two Cook County High School seniors participated in the 6th annual College in the Schools Theater Sports competition and they brought the entire ACA audience to gales […]