With a focus on hiring a local website designer, the Cook County-Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) has once again put feelers throughout the local community trying to entice someone with the right skills to offer a proposal to make a website for the agency. Under the EDA’s guidelines, a developer must also be able to maintain, update, and host […]
Business-boosting community engagement project proposed
Local resident Jim Boyd would like to see Cook County thrive. A key component of a thriving community is a healthy business climate. On December 13, 2011, Boyd introduced the county board to a tool that could be used to boost Cook County’s business climate and asked for their support in using that tool. University of Minnesota Extension has an […]
EDA discusses business retention and expansion program
How can Cook County keep its local businesses growing and thriving and how can Cook County attract new businesses to the area? These are just two questions the Cook County-Grand Marais Joint Economic Development Authority wrestles with all of the time. And in a stressful business climate positive answers are harder and harder to come by. At the Tuesday, December […]
Angel of a different type
When I was a child, I thought I saw an angel. The night was black and the air cold when a strange sensation woke me from a sound sleep. White lights moved on the ceiling and walls of my room. I decided the fluttering lights in my bedroom must be an angel. When they disappeared, I jumped from my bed […]
Grand Marais counts its birds in Christmas Bird Count 2011
Cook County birders awoke to heavy snowfall on Saturday, December 17, which was lovely—but not helpful for the 2011 Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). However, as the sky cleared, 24 birders had a great time completing the county circle and at the end of the day had a respectable list. CBC Compiler Jeremy Ridlbauer said, “We had 36 species on […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:00 PM.) Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: At Trinity Lutheran in Hovland at 6:00 p.m. Step meeting. Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, […]
WEST END CALENDAR
Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the TofteTown Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/12tfnLutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theLutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 4 17tfnSchroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, […]
Parker Quartet to visit Grand Marais Jan. 13-14
A Grammy Award-winning group is scheduled to visit Grand Marais next month. The North Shore Music Association will sponsor free after-school workshops with the Parker Quartet for K-5 students from all Cook County schools at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Friday, Jan. 13. These workshops are one of many educational activities the North Shore Music Association provides our […]