The Forest Service has completed its Federal Hardrock Mineral Prospecting Permits Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which analyzes environmental effects of prospecting for hardrock minerals owned by the federal government and located under national forest system lands within the Superior National Forest. No activities are proposed in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness or the Mining Protection Area of the […]
Heavy rains cause state of emergency in Thunder Bay
Heavy rains dumping about four inches of rain on Thunder Bay the last weekend in May left the city in a state of emergency. Roads were washed out or had water running across them and hundreds of basements flooded with water, requiring the municipal utility department to shut off electricity to some homes. The city’s sole sewage treatment facility was […]
Keeping the Poplar River healthy will involve partnership
Edwin E. Thoreson Inc. will be busy early this summer completing the latest large Poplar River erosion control project, called the “Ullr Tightline.” The intervention is designed to prevent excess sediment from entering the river that flows through Lutsen Mountains and Superior National at Lutsen golf course and empties into Lake Superior at Lutsen Resort. The Cook County Soil & […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoJune 7, 2002 With a common goal of protecting the forest ecosystem, about 30 people attended a Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness organizational meeting on Thursday, May 30 at the 4-H building on the Cook County fairgrounds in Grand Marais. The meeting took place in the evening following a dinner held next door in the community center for Green […]
Comedian coming to library June 19
The Arrowhead Library System (ALS) invites you to a high-energy, hilarious comedy act by Kenny Ahern at the Grand Marais Public Library at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 19. Ahern presents a comedy act unlike any other. With props, sound, and brilliant acting, this world-class entertainer will have you laughing in delight at his heartwarming antics. This show is appropriate for […]
Learn about ducks, horses and birds with 4-H
As an introduction to 4-H, several Learn about… programs will be held this summer for youths 5 – 8 years old. On Wednesday, June 13 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., kids are invited to Learn about Ducks. Sara Silence will provide an introduction to ducklings. Children will view and learn about raising ducks. Learn about Horses will be held Saturday, […]
Visitor services training offered June 13-14
Cook County mostly makes its living as a beautiful, rustic place visitors come to relax, recharge and have fun. But the attraction can be fragile: Provide visitors a great experience, and they probably will stay longer, spend more and come back; provide a miserable experience, and they probably won’t. Dr. Charles Metelka has made it his life’s work to understand […]
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 theTofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road.Lutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theLutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail.Schroeder Town MeetingsningHeld the second/10/2012Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, 124 CramerRoad, Schroeder.