Activity ahead for Cedar Grove Business Park
Cook County-Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) Chair Mark Sandbo called the Tuesday, March 12, 2013 meeting to order and said the first order of business was a public hearing regarding the sale of a lot in the Cedar Grove Business Park. Sandbo said the purpose of the hearing was to give the public the opportunity to comment. The only […]
Fiber optic work springing back to life
Due to the initiative of the Cook County Broadband Commission and visionaries throughout the community, Cook County is making its way onto the communications superhighway. On March 26, 2013, Cook County Information Systems Director Danna MacKenzie brought a report to the county board, which chartered the Broadband Commission in 2009, on broadband projects in Cook County. Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. […]
Sound analysis for South Fowl snowmobile trail complete
For 10 years the U.S. Forest Service has been working to reestablish a snowmobile trail between McFarland and South Fowl lakes in the remote Hovland area. In March, another step was taken in the decade-long environmental and legal process surrounding the 2.2-mile trail reroute. The decision of whether or not the South Fowl snowmobile access should be constructed now rests […]
School returning to two principals but counselor position in question
Cook County Schools will go back to having two principals instead of one next fall, but this could have an impact on whether the district has a guidance counselor. At the March 21 ISD 166 school board meeting, Cook County Education Association representative Jana Larson informed the board that the teachers’ union was recommending that the district return to having […]
An accidental trip to Ely
I have to write one more column about snow. Apologies to my friend and co-worker Jane who is more than ready for the cold to go away, but I am still enamored with the white stuff. I was just about ready for winter to be over, but then another friend, Nancy from Ely, visited and set off a chain of […]
Math Counts calculations questioned
Congratulations Math Counts students! The sample problem in the March 23 article appears to be flawed. Given five odd integers – A, B, C, D and E (smallest to largest) The answer for A cannot be 6 – which is an even integer. If the editor meant to write a 9 for A, then E would be 23 as a […]
Research may be contributing to moose decline
After the first month of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource’s $1.6 million, six-year northeastern Minnesota moose mortality study, it seems that researchers are contributing to the moose population decline. Of the 111 moose that were radio-collared, five (4.5 percent) died during the first month of the study. Four animals succumbed to “captured-related” causes, while one was proposed to have […]