Saturday morning, June 8, was busy at the Cook County High School cafeteria as the Cook County High School softball team fed about 175 people gathered for the 60th annual Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) meeting hosted by co-op employees and its board of directors. When breakfast was done everyone headed to the Arrowhead Center for the Arts auditorium where […]
Operation Round Up grants
One of the highlights of the AECI meeting was the announcement of Operation Round Up grants to 12 different Cook County nonprofit groups. Since its inception, Operation Round Up has donated $195,000, spread throughout the county. When members join the program, their bill is rounded, for example, from $72.68 to $73, and the change is donated to the Round Up […]
EDA housing administrator questions AEOA development fees
Nancy Grabko of Community Fundraising Solutions (CFS) gave a housing report to the Cook County-Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) at the Tuesday, June 11 EDA meeting. CFS provides housing program administration for the EDA, and Grabko questioned the recent Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA) proposal for a housing project in Cook County. Tofte senior housing still on the table […]
County board to hear from MDA on proposed lumber products quarantine
Sometimes a little mistake becomes a big mistake. In 1869, L. Trouvelot brought gypsy moths to Boston from Europe in the hope that he could breed a hardier silkworm. Turns out he couldn’t. And he also couldn’t keep the gypsy moths contained. Twenty years later they were causing problems in Massachusetts. Since then, despite multiple approaches to slow their spread, […]
Historical Reflections
The devil's trackThis is part of a series about the tales of Cook County history that were shared at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on March 9, 2013. The event was called “Stories you’ve never heard – and good ones to hear again!”
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOJUNE 13, 2003 Following a public hearing, the county board tabled a decision to change the name of Fall River to Rosebush Creek. Board members believed more time was necessary to try to find out the true historical name of the area in question. “It’s kind of goofy,” remarked Commissioner Gene Erickson. “It [name] was wrong to start […]
Consultant promises to help find “the right fit” for county administrator
Someone is going to have a new job in Cook County. On June 11, 2013, the county board passed a motion to enter into a contract (upon approval by the county attorney’s office) with Springsted, a public sector advisory firm, to help with the search process for a county administrator. The board had met by Skype (over the Internet) on […]
County considers late bid due to postal delay
The county board had a tough decision to make on June 11, 2013 after being presented with only one bid on some summer road maintenance work and finding out that another bid had been delayed because of a problem with the mail. Two bidders vied for summer maintenance of the Evergreeen Road, Mile-O-Pine, and Voyageur’s Point special service tax districts, […]
Warren sets school record at state track championships
We headed down to the Minnesota High School League State Track and Field Championships on Friday, June 7 at Hamline University in St. Paul. As reported last week, senior sprinter Peter Warren had qualified for the 100-meter and 400-meter dashes at the Section 7A finals. It has been two years since Viking stars Ailee Larson, Kieran Scannell and Molly Zafft […]
Lars Scannell finishes strong at State
Cook County High School sophomore Lars Scannell participated in the Minnesota State Class A Individual Tennis Tournament on Thursday and Friday, June 6-7, at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis. Lars qualified for this tournament by winning the Section 7A Individual Tennis Tournament, held in Virginia, Minnesota on May 22. Lars’ first-round opponent was Nathan Huber, a senior from […]