Schroeder Fire Chief Bonin told township supervisors at their November 13 meeting that Minnesota Power wants to show the Schroeder Fire Department whatever is necessary to enable them to help the plant avoid another coal explosion like the one that happened at its Taconite Harbor facility this fall. Supervisor Roger “Bill” McKeever said he had stated two years ago that […]

On Sunday, November 25, not one but two vehicles slid off the slippery Pike Lake Road, plummeting into the ravine on the south side of the road by Cascade River. An emergency call was received from Kristen Brune of Grand Marais, at 6:30 p.m. reporting that her vehicle had gone in the ditch. Fortunately Brune was shaken but uninjured as […]

A single vehicle accident on Highway 61 on Friday, November 29 resulted in a Grand Marais woman being extracted from her car with the Jaws of Life. Lynsey Smith, 30, was traveling west on the highway near Five Mile Rock at about 9:16 a.m. when her Chevy Tahoe left the roadway and crashed into a tree. Minnesota State Patrol Trooper […]

At the November 28 meeting of the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) board, the commissioners approved an expenditure of roughly $11,000 for a new load management controller. The device, which Water/Wastewater Superintendent Tom Nelson described as somewhat bigger than a breadbox, monitors load conditions and turns off electrical appliances in buildings on dual fuel and off-peak programs. Inside the […]

The Cook County Salvation Army reminds residents that in order to be eligible for heat and/or utility assistance this winter, they are required to have completed a financial planning/budgeting class before the request can be honored. This is a change from the policy used in previous years! Proof of attendance, which will be provided upon completion of the program, is […]

Representatives of the environmental consulting firm Dovetail Partners Inc. will present a report to the public on the results of phase II of the Cook County Biomass Energy Study at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 in the commissioners’ room at the Cook County courthouse. This second phase of the two-year study is titled Supporting Community-Driven Sustainable Bioenergy Projects and was funded […]

On November 13, Cook County commissioners agreed to commit $3.1 million of the county’s 1 percent recreation and infrastructure sales tax revenue to improvements at Superior National at Lutsen (SNL) golf course. However, the motion to earmark that amount for the golf course did not pass unanimously and there were some questions about the future management of the course. At […]