A two-vehicle accident on Devil Track Road (County Road 8) on August 11, 2011 resulted in the death of a small dog and charges of inattentive driving and crossing the centerline for one driver. According to the law enforcement report of the accident, Hailey Rae Warzonek, 20, of Orr, MN, was traveling north in a 2008 Saturn Vue on Devil […]
No simple solutions for Otis Creek flooding problems
Three weeks after Hovland residents addressed the county board regarding flooding along Otis Creek alongside County Road 16, otherwise known as the Arrowhead Trail, County Highway Engineer David Betts presented a report to commissioners on options for dealing with the problem. Occasional heavy rains overwhelm an undersized culvert where the creek crosses the road, significantly affecting property owners further south […]
Local contractor gets Poplar River sediment project
A Poplar River sediment reduction project has been redesigned after bids came in over the amount budgeted in a Great Lakes Commission (GLC) grant. The project is called the Ullr Tightline and would disperse water flowing down Ullr Mountain, part of Lutsen Mountains Ski Area. At the August 1 meeting of the Poplar River Management Board (PRMB), Cook County Soil […]
Tweaking summer
I step out of the grocery store carrying a bag of nectarines and sense something in the air. I stop and sniff. The August day is warm and sunny, but a slight coolness floats on air currents and though the sun shines, the yellowness of the light has shifted slightly, paled a bit. If I look closely, I will see […]
Active Living means bike racks and more
In January 2011, the Grand Marais City Council passed a resolution supporting the city’s commitments to Active Living. Active Living is the idea that people of all ages and abilities have the opportunity to use their bodies in daily activities such as gardening, biking or walking to work or for recreation, shoveling snow, playing in parks. Kristin DeArruda Wharton, RN, […]
Arrowhead Pharmacy continues to expand services, personnel
Nate Chandler is the newest pharmacist at Arrowhead Pharmacy in Grand Marais. He joins George Badeaux behind the counter filling prescriptions and giving advice on how and when to take your medications. Coming from a small town in northern Wisconsin, Chandler saw firsthand how the demise of a small town pharmacy affected his grandparents, friends and family. “I grew up […]
County employee named to leadership institute
Cook County Information Systems Director Danna MacKenzie has been named a 2011-12 Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. A letter informing her of the decision from Center for the Study of Politics and Governance Director Lawrence Jacobs states, “This year we received a large number of applications from accomplished individuals across Minnesota […]
New incentives offered in plein air contest
The Grand Marais Art Colony invites artists to participate in the Plein Air Painting Competition & Exhibition, Aug. 26 through Sept. 2. “This festival gets participants out into our scenic back yard to paint while also giving them the opportunity to put their artwork on display,” said Art Colony Director Amy Demmer. Demmer said there are many new exciting features […]
Alice Powell – A Superior Life at Johnson Heritage Post
The community has long been proud of Alice Powell and her contribution to the world of art. In celebration of her more than 50 years creating art in Cook County, the Johnson Heritage Post is featuring her work through August 28, 2011. She was on hand for the opening of her show Friday, August 12. Powell arrived in Grand Marais […]
Community Calendar
Cook County AA MeetingsMondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais SeniorCenter (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 7PM and speaker at 7:30 PM.)Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM,First Congregational Church in Grand Marais.Wednesdays: 12 Step Study Meeting, 6:30 PM,Arrowhead Electric Co-op building, Lutsen.Wednesdays: at Trinity Lutheran in Hovland at 6:00 p.m.step meeting.Thursdays: Women’s […]