A 19-year-old man from Louisville, Kentucky, Andrew Bearden Williams, was arrested on May 29, 2013 and charged with six counts of criminal sexual conduct after a 15-year-old Grand Marais girl reported a sexual assault that occurred on May 25, 2013. Williams was charged with two counts of felony criminal sexual conduct in the 3rd degree with a victim aged 13-15 […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoApril 23, 2004 The Cook County School Board members decided to table a vote on whether to pay for a second teacher at Birch Grove School at its regular meeting Monday. Instead, it agreed to send representatives to a special meeting with people from the Birch Grove Foundation and the three townships. The purpose of that meeting is […]
Hospital revenues continue to slide
Hospital board members were told that the proposed plans for a biomass district heating system were being put on hold, at least for this year. “Bids received from contractors were significantly over budget. Especially in the trenching for the pipes,” said Hospital/Care Center Administrator Kimber Wraalstad to the board at its April 17 meeting. “Just to be clear, if they […]
County okays expenditures for IT department
Rena Rogers, IS/ Communication Director came before the county board on April 22 with three requests. Rogers’ first asked the board to approve spending $899.10 ($179.82 per person) to purchase an eLearning license from a State of Minnesota Master Contract. The contract will run one year and provide more than 3,000 online classes for her and her staff covering IT, […]
How we self-medicate
Many of us who suffer with stress, undiagnosed depression or anxiety reach for something to calm our nerves or relieve them of emotional pain. In other words, we self-medicate. Rather than seek out some help in managing their fears, worries, depression, or anxiety we seek our own solution. Some solutions make for great short-and long-term coping strategies like the feeling […]
Community to consider GreenStep City program
On April 14, 2014, a group of 22 community leaders gathered at the Cook County Community Center to learn about the GreenStep Cities program. The meeting focused on identifying actions already accomplished and possible others to pursue. The group included government representatives from Grand Marais, Cook County, and U.S. Forest Service, Grand Marais businesses and nonprofits, and the Cook County […]
Odds, ends and affordable housing on EDA agenda
The April 8 meeting of the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority included discussion of topics the EDA would like to consider at every meeting— introduction of a new business in the city of Grand Marais and citizens with ideas for affordable housing in the county. Oddz & Endz business incubator Sharon Bloomquist, Arvis Thompson, Lisa Bloomquist and Jay Arrowsmith […]
Local Alpine skiers end season at Junior Nationals
Reilly Wahlers, Will Lamb, and brother and sister Sela and Logan Backstrom ended a great year of downhill skiing by qualifying for and competing in the Junior Olympic ski meets held in Colorado. To get to nationals each had to qualify at an 11-state regional meet held in Marquette, Michigan. Both Logan Backstrom and Will Lamb competed in the U16 […]
More than bunnies and chicks
Sometimes it’s easy to let the commercialism of a holiday carry us away and we lose the true meaning of the season. Easter is no exception. Don’t get me wrong, I love bunnies and baby chicks but I was taught a deeper meaning of Easter through the creative teachers I had and a child at Zoar Lutheran Church in Tofte. […]