Watch what kinds of plastics you bring to the Cook County Recycling Center – Cook County has stopped accepting mixed plastics after its plastic recyclables broker stopped accepting mixed plastics about a month ago. Several large bundles of mixed plastics are sitting outside the Recycling Center waiting for a place to go. Cook County Planning & Zoning Director Tim Nelson, […]
Open house on Gunflint Trail roadwork
The Cook County Highway Department will be hosting an open house to discuss upcoming projects on the Gunflint Trail (County State Aid Highway 12). The open house will be held 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at the Gunflint Lodge Conference Center. Two Gunflint Trail projects are slated for 2014 and 2015. They consist of replacement of the portion of […]
Congressman Nolan fighting proposed border crossing fee
A budget request from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct a study on charging vehicles and pedestrians a fee to cross the border into the U.S. has been getting some opposition in Congress. On July 24, 2013, U.S. Congressman Rick Nolan responded to a letter Cook County Board Chair Jan Hall had written on behalf of the county board […]
County board moving closer to finding administrator
Thirty-six people have applied for Cook County’s new county administrator position. “I was tickled pink,” Consultant David Unmacht of Springstead Group told the county board on August 13, 2013. Unmacht said he knows 11 of the applicants. Another 10 live in Minnesota and the rest are from across the Midwest and beyond. At first glance, Unmacht said, he could see […]
Tofte votes to give fire departments/ rescue squads more money
The 2013 Tofte Township annual meeting continuation on Aug. 8 was brief, with only one item added before the 2014 township budget was approved and set at $183,197—$10,000 more than proposed at the March 2013 annual township meeting. Supervisor Jim King asked that the extra money be added onto the budgets of the fire department and rescue squad. “In order […]
King named to Governor’s Council for Minnesota Coastal Program
Governor Mark Dayton recently appointed Tofte resident Jim King to the Minnesota Lake Superior Coastal Program (MLSCP). King, a Tofte Township supervisor, joins Cook County resident Keck Melby on the 15-person council which was set up to make recommendations to the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on grant priorities, projects to receive grant funding, and the program’s […]
Grant official tours Poplar River sediment reduction projects
Gary Overmeier, senior project manager with the Great Lakes Commission (GLC), traveled from Ann Arbor, Michigan to take a tour of the work being done to reduce sediment in the Poplar River. His visit on August 6, 2013 was the first in a series of four visits to places that received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative […]
All-Stars on Legion baseball team
Colin Everson finished his 2013 American Legion season, and his baseball career at Cook County, going two for three at the plate with two RBIs and a stolen base, in a 2-14 playoff loss to Carlton, on July 26 in Cohasset. And then, when Joe Borud tired, Colin finished his career on the mound. It is fitting that Colin joined […]
My cup runneth over
I recently returned from a week-long mission trip to New York City with my son Jack. In many ways this trip was more difficult than the 21 days I spent in Africa. First was the 27-hour bus ride to get there. Thank you Greyhound for making this as comfortable as possible. I really appreciate that you now have Wi-Fi and […]
Busy summer of basketball for Gruber-Schulz
It’s been a busy summer of basketball for Cook County High School sophomore-to-be Lily Gruber-Schulz. Gruber-Schulz has been playing on a traveling team from Duluth, the Northern Lights 9th grade team. After qualifying for the Division I AAU State Championships in early May and after an 11th-place finish against the best competition in Minnesota in the Division I State Championships, […]