Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoFeb. 20, 2004 Potential loss of funding for the county’s recycling and other waste management programs was a topic of discussion Tuesday as planning director Tim Nelson appeared before the county board to update the commissioners on the looming changes in state government. Nelson explained that state administrators have been discussing a merger of the Minnesota Pollution Control […]
County’s 1 percent and lodging taxes up over last year
In the third year of being collected, the 2013 Cook County 1 percent local option sales tax, sometimes referred to as the recreation and infrastructure tax or simply the “1 percent tax,” is up 9.5 percent over 2012. This marks the second year the sales tax has jumped over 9 percent from the previous year. In 2013 local businesses collected […]
Wise words to live by
The last time I wrote this column, I shared some of the jewels from a book my friend Ev Fuller wrote before she died a few years ago. Ev struggled with physical and mental health issues most of her life, but her spirit was triumphant. Her book is chock-full of wisdom and good advice. Here are more of the valuable […]
We’re on our way
The education legislation passed last summer requires every public school district in Minnesota – traditional districts and charter schools alike – to develop comprehensive long range plans and to report on their progress at public meetings next fall. The plans must meet specific criteria, and the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has developed checklists and training to help schools complete […]
CCHS ready for Robotic competition
It’s Robotics time at Cook County High School. The local robotics team— Ice Storm—has been busy building and programming this year’s robot. By press time the robot—named “Potato Salad”—will be completed and boxed up for the trip to the DECC in Duluth for the March 6 – 8 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition. There, Ice […]
County supports emergency trail markers and Lutsen water district
If a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) grant for emergency trail markers is awarded as expected, Cook County search and rescue workers and law enforcement personnel will have an easier time locating lost or injured people on Cook County’s recreational trails once the devices are installed. On February 18, 2014 the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a motion […]
Semi hits ditch in Schroeder
A tractor-trailer driven by Justin Luczak, 21, of Duluth, ran off the road near Schroeder at about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 13. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Luczak was traveling east and had successfully driven past the difficult corners near mile marker 75 when his 2006 Freightliner apparently got too far over on the shoulder, hit the soft […]
Car and truck collide on Highway 61 in Lutsen
A two-vehicle accident on Highway 61 near the Lutsen Sea Villas sent one man to the hospital on Saturday, February 15 and tied up traffic on Highway 61 for nearly an hour. The accident occurred when a white 2000 Ford F-150 pick-up, owned by Lutsen Resort and driven by Joseph Hopf, 42, of Lutsen, attempted to make a left turn […]
Thunder Bay woman injured in two-car crash in Lutsen
Two cars collided on Highway 61 when one vehicle slowed to pass another car already in the ditch in Lutsen on Thursday, February 13, resulting in serious injuries to a passenger in one of the vehicles. The first vehicle, which was not involved in the crash, was a 2003 Crown Victoria, owned by Louise Abelon of Lutsen. Abelon’s car slid […]