George Drouillard passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. He was born to William Drouillard and Margaret Morrison Drouillard in Chippewa City, MN on March 17, 1929. George was a member of the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa, enrolled at Grand Portage. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. He worked a variety of jobs […]
Funding crisis for parent-child visitation and exchange center
Children need to feel safe and be comfortable when visiting with a noncustodial parent or being transferred from one parent to another. Finding an environment for that to take place is proving to be difficult for families along the North Shore. On April 15, 2012, Wendy Hansen of Cook County’s guardian ad litem office requested funding from the county board […]
Safe Routes to School receives MN/DOT funding to keep rolling
The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced the recipients of $768,000 in federal funding for Safe Routes to School on May 9. The grants will support Safe Routes to School plans at 70 schools in 35 communities and implementation grants at 22 schools in nine communities. Receiving an implementation grant of $27,000 is Cook County Schools. According to the funding notification, […]
Resignation agreement ends teacher’s employment
On April 9, 2012, the ISD 166 school board met to consider one agenda item, the approval of a resignation agreement between ISD 166 and faculty member Dan Viren, effective June 30, 2012. A resignation agreement was distributed and reviewed. School Board Member Jeanne Anderson said the school’s attorney and the Minnesota Education Association attorney had worked together on the […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoMay 17, 2002 A DNR field directive sent from St. Paul last week seems to indicate the agency is taking steps to more closely manage the use of Off-Highway Vehicles (OHVs) on state forests and other state-owned land. “We want the field staff to move forward with an environmentally sound, well-managed trail system,” said DNR spokesman Brad Moore. […]
Lutsen weighs in on proposed community center
Cook County Commissioner Bruce Martinson presented the gLutsen town board with the latest drawing for the proposed Cook County Community Center at the board’s May 15 meeting. Martinson said the new plan showed the community center attached to the school. Plans include tearing down the old gym and rebuilding it with a walking track around it, adding a pool, using […]
Park board looks ahead with summer right around the corner
On May 1, the Grand Marais Park Board made a list of capital improvement priorities as it does each spring. Top on the list were site upgrades to high-value sites, the Community Connection pedestrian entrance into the park, a new office/bathhouse complex, adding toddler equipment to the playground, and paving roads. Park Manager Dave Tersteeg said the park continues to […]
Mother’s Day gift to my children
If I could pluck up the best parts of my life, wrap them in a package and hand them over to my children and grandchildren, this is what I would give: The taste of fresh peach ice cream on a hot August day; hand churned, made with treeripened peaches and rich thick cream taken from the fresh milk of grass-fed […]
Northcountry CPR hopes to save lives
Kelly and Paul Dahl, both RNs and EMTs, have seen firsthand how early interventions with first aid or CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) can save lives. As American Heart Association CPR and first aid instructors, they both have a desire to reach out to the community to teach basic life-saving skills. Inspired by the recent successful resuscitation of a 54-year-old Minnesota man […]