A two-car collision near mile marker 97 in Lutsen at approximately 3:33 p.m. on Sunday, February 26, 2012, resulted in significant damage to both vehicles, but no serious injury. Tempers flared at the scene, however, and law enforcement was called not only to investigate the accident, but also to settle the dispute between drivers. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, […]

Two large commercial vehicles collided on the Cramer Road in Schroeder on February 21. Fortunately there were no injuries and little or no damage to the big rigs. Curtis LaBoda, 32, Hovland, was driving a 2001 Cook County Highway Department plow truck on the Cramer Road. At approximately 2:30 p.m., he reached the Cook – Lake County line, where his […]

Six Minnesota Chippewa tribes should soon know when they would receive a $28 million settlement from the U.S. government first awarded 13 years ago. The United States Court of Federal Claims awarded and appropriated $20 million to the Minnesota Chippewa tribes in 1999 after the government was found to have improperly de-valued native timber and took tribal lands under the […]

Minnesota Power is trying to be a good neighbor. It is working to reduce negative impacts to the environment at its coal-fired energy plant in Schroeder and evaluating its future in light of the State of Minnesota requiring energy facilities to move more toward environmentally friendly renewable resources, and it is attempting to keep Cook County informed in the process. […]

Will the shipping facility at Taconite Harbor that once transferred iron ore from trains coming from the Iron Range onto ships headed for steel plants around the world ever operate again? The county board held an impromptu discussion on this question at its February 28, 2012 meeting. Board Chair Jan Hall saw community member Lloyd Speck in the audience and […]