County board commits more 1 percent funding to YMCA building
After unsuccessfully asking the county board for $70,000 more in contingency funds from the county’s 1 percent recreation and infrastructure sales tax fund one week prior, Cook County Community YMCA Project Manager Wade Cole of ORB Management came back again on September 17, 2013 via a Skype session over the Internet to ask the board how they wanted him to […]
Gated driveways creating fire risk for Schroeder property owners
People with gates at the end of their driveways or private roads are not accessible to the local fire department if their houses catch on fire. This was a concern raised by Fire Chief Phil Bonin at the Schroeder Township Board meeting September 10, 2013. Bonin said he would not use a department truck to break a steel gate. Numerous […]
Longtime Gunflint fishing guide dies in boating accident
Gunflint Trail residents were stunned to hear the news that longtime Gunflint Lodge fishing guide Dennis Todd, 59, was missing and presumed dead after a boating accident on Northern Light Lake in Ontario, Canada at about 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, September 12. On Sunday, September 15, a Canadian dive team using side-scan sonar located and recovered Todd’s body near where […]
Two finalists for county administrator position
The Cook County Board of Commissioners interviewed six semi-finalists for the county administrator position on Friday, September 13. Each candidate was interviewed for one hour, and after a discussion the county board selected two finalists: Mike Roth, Grand Marais city administrator, and Jay Kieft, executive director of human services for Wright County in Buffalo, Minnesota. Roth has a Bachelor of […]
Charges filed for two involved in June rollover fatality
Two young men involved in a vehicle rollover on Pike Lake Road that resulted in the death of 14-year-old Dylan Alexander Richard Marshall of Grand Marais have been charged in the accident. Hearings are scheduled in Cook County next week for both parties. The accident was reported to the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office by a homeowner near the site […]
Privacy or protection?
Edward Snowden, the lowlevel government contractor who handed over secret information from the National Security Agency to The Guardian and the Washington Post in June 2013, seems to have disappeared from the news. I’m sorry about that because this is a news story I’m really interested in. I’m very torn about how I feel about this incident. Most news stories […]
Hats off to hard-working community businesses
Like many people in our community, I enjoy any opportunity to visit the Java Moose to have a fabulous coffee drink and look out at the harbor at the same time. It is a wonderful ritual to enjoy whether one is alone or with friends. On a recent visit I inadvertently left my purse with all my identification when I […]
Council on Aging careful with its funds
In regards to a proposed or required audit of the financial books of the Cook County Council on Aging, we do not have a problem with an independent audit. However, it should be noticed that the Council on Aging has reduced its dependence on county funds by over 27% in the past five years. If the county board is implying […]