Community Center group meets with YMCA
Chris Francis, CEO of the Duluth Area YMCA, knows a lot about how to get a YMCA community center going. At a February 29 meeting of the Cook County Community Center Steering Committee, he explained how the YMCA operates. The steering committee has been investigating the possibility of the YMCA operating a community center facility built and owned by the […]
Elections for township boards Tuesday, March 13
In the last two issues of the Cook County News-Herald, candidates for the Lutsen, Tofte and Schroeder town board were introduced. Now it is time for citizens to head to the polls and vote for the person they want representing them. Polls for all three townships open at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. Polls close at 8 p.m. and […]
Zipping toward annexation and rezoning
Grand Marais city councilors have set April 11 as the day on which a public hearing will be held to consider an annexation request which, if approved, may pave the way for construction of a zip line at the city’s west entrance. The site in question is a 21-acre parcel at 1800 W. Highway 61 (near the Grand Marais Inn, […]
Community Connection plan shaping up while cost stays down
Plans for a pathway leading from the sidewalk on Highway 61 into the east end of the Grand Marais Recreation Area—called the Community Connection—are under way. Park Manager Dave Tersteeg reported to the park board on March 6, 2012 that he had obtained quotes from two local contractors – Edwin E. Thoreson Inc. and Winchester Higgins — on materials and […]
Serious silliness in unorganized territory
I’m a little distracted as I write this Unorganized Territory. I’m thinking about the upcoming weekend— March 9-10—and my trek into unorganized territory, the Gunflint Trail. According to my Cook County tax statement, I live in unorganized territory. But I actually only live about a mile outside of the City of Grand Marais. I can walk to town if I […]
Wolves not to blame for moose decline
Regarding the March 3, 2012 article News-Herald article, Minnesota moose population continues downward fall, I believe it is important to add this. Despite suggestions from the public that wolves or hunters are to blame, Lenarz said his research shows those factors definitely aren’t driving the downward trend. “When we started the project in 2002, our first mortality was a wolf […]
Road clearing is necessary
Regarding the March 3 article Commissioner questions Chicago Bay rightof way trimming about the complaints about the road brusher clearing the side of the road. I drove around and looked and wasn’t offended. It is a road after all. The snowplow and emergency vehicles need to get around it. Go look, many of the big trees are actually growing out […]