As the committee that has been working to update the Cook County Land Use Plan prepares to present the draft plan to the public, the consultant team hired to facilitate planning released more information on what to expect. Last updated in 1997 the Land Use Guide Plan provides direction to the Cook Board of Commissioners, planning commission, and staff. The […]

The Tuesday, September 8, 2015 meeting of the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) started off with good news and an optimistic tone, but ended on a sour note with frustration over a suggestion by two members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners that the EDA receive no levy monies at all. Business interest in business park Jack […]

Tim Nelson, Planning and Zoning Director, came before the county board on August 18 with three recommendations from the Septic Advisory Committee, which began meeting in April 2015. The first was to reassemble the low-interest septic loan committee so it could look at possibly expanding criteria so that a wider variety of projects would be eligible for the loan program. […]

Great Expectations School (GES) has been named a “Reward School” and Sawooth Elementary a “Celebration” school by the Minnesota Department of Education, which released its 2015 accountability results on September 1. The list included schools that receive Title 1, or federal poverty aid, and schools that made significant growth in closing their learning gaps. While Great Expectations was named at […]