Seven months into her new job and Vera Schumann has found her position as director of finance for the Cook County North Shore Hospital & Care Center to be interesting and challenging. Of course health care with its ever-changing rules and regulations is always going to be challenging, no matter how much experience one has in the field. Schumann hit […]
Cook County Community Fund awards grants to local organizations
The Cook County Community Fund, an affiliate fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation created in 2003, is pleased to announce that six grants totaling $11,680.57 were awarded this year to nonprofit organizations serving the Cook County area. “The Cook County Community Fund is able to fund and encourage important projects and organizations in our community, from health care […]
Successful search for Lake Superior fisherman
Robert James, 31, of Grand Portage, headed out onto Lake Superior to set fishing nets at about 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 6, expecting to be back to his Bay Road residence early to midafternoon. When there was no sign of James by 10:48 p.m., his mother reported him as overdue. A search was launched. Participating in the search were […]
Lost hikers and hunters found safe
The month of September started out with three calls reporting hikers and hunters that were overdue and believed to be lost. Fortunately in all three incidents the missing people were found fairly quickly. The first individual was Jason Palm, who was bear hunting in the Hovland area, off the Shoe Lake Road. Cook County Law Enforcement was called to report […]
Caribou Lake property owners hold annual meeting
The Caribou Lake Property Owners Association (CLPOA) held its annual meeting at the Lutsen Town Hall on Saturday August 30. Association members heard information from a variety of speakers. District 5 County Commissioners Bruce Martinson gave a report on Cook County issues. Karen Evens of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) spoke on the monitoring of the Poplar River watershed. […]
PUC discusses cold weather rule
Full time residents of Grand Marais will receive cold weather notices with their September bills, and the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) would like people to spend some time and fill them out if they feel they can’t pay their winter electric bills, said PUC secretary Jan Smith. “We really are encouraging people to fill them out,” said Smith. […]
Nice weather for Sawtooth Challenge
Riding on a sunny, cool, crisp day with new single track trails greeting them, 49 mountain bike riders turned out to compete in one of three different races held on Pincushion Mountain trails on September 7. Thunder Bay’s Colin Pendziwol led all finishers across the line of the 21-mile expert class race at the Sawtooth Mountain Challenge, his winning time […]
Gum. Is. Sin.
My Great Uncle Duane died on August 24. I stopped saying “passed away” two years ago when my brother died. It might seem harsh, but I find it more truthful. After all we all will die at some point so why sugar coat it? I am not sure what “passed away” really means anyway. What did they pass? Many people […]
Superior National Forest given treasured artifacts
His obituary read, “Eldon P. Platcek, 71, of Two Harbors, died Friday, October 1, 2010 at Sunrise Nursing Home. He was born on March 9, 1939 to Arnie and Amelia (Lenertz) Platcek in Trimont, Mn. He was an avid artifact surface hunter and bottle collector. Eldon had a passion for living history, and especially a deep history of the Western […]
CCLEP plans Sept. 17 open house
Cook County Local Energy Project (CCLEP) and Cook County Higher Education (CCHE) will host an open house and celebration on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. CCLEP and Higher Ed utilized the energy audit feature of CCLEP’s Residential Energy Efficiency Program (REEP) to identify areas of energy need for CCHE’s […]