As Lance Armstrong proved, micro-dosing performance enhancing drugs led to tremendous improvements in his athletic performance. But what about taking in incredibly small amounts of chemicals that could cause potential harm to plants, animals and humans? What are the long-term implications of those micro pollutant to the environment? Grand Portage Wildlife Biologist Dr. Seth Moore is head of the biology […]
Hospital prepares for transition to new care center model
A lively discussion ensued at the Cook County North Shore Hospital’s board of directors’ October 22 meeting when it came time to talk about plans being made to transition from an institutional care center to a household model. The change will occur when the new construction is completed and residents move into spaces that have been designed to be more […]
Public Health & Human Services looks at changes in health insurance
With 1,364 Cook County residents under age 65 enrolled in UCare, changes in that program are causing concern for those people affected and staff at Cook County Public Health & Human Services (PHHS) who assist many of these folks. Despite 55 of Minnesota’s 87 county’s recommending UCare, last August the state pulled 70 percent of the health plan’s business. According […]
Leave the Lion
Throughout the course of our lives, all of us experience some type of stress or trauma. The effects of stress and trauma can cause a variety of problems from chronic illness, to feeling overwhelmed or apathetic, to becoming hypervigilant and anxious. These feelings are a natural result of our innate response to danger, in which our body prepares itself to […]
EDA agrees to sell another Cedar Grove Business Park lot
The Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) had to hold a special meeting to do so, but the EDA reached agreement with a potential buyer on the purchase of a lot in the Cedar Grove Business Park this week. Realtor Tim Kennedy came before the EDA at its October 13 meeting with a purchase offer for Lot 2, Block […]
County says no to cost overrun on septic inspections
Planning and Zoning Director Tim Nelson came before the county board on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 with a request from one of the two septic inspectors who were contracted to perform Lakeshore Septic Compliance program inspections at Greenwood, McFarland and Tom lakes, as well as Lake Superior. Because of a recordkeeping error on his part, the contractor, Tom Rovinski, went […]
Vikings fall to Timberwolves in Section Championships
Cook County knew its defense had improved since the last time it played Ely at home on September 11—a 50-21 loss to the unbeaten Timberwolves— but few took into account how much Ely’s defense had also improved. That was the story of the Section 7 nineman championship game played at Esko on Friday, October 23. Ely recorded its sixth shutout […]
Murder, mystery and Jolly Old St. Nick
Birch Bay is a quiet, picturesque town located in northern Minnesota, but the town is shook to its core when the popular, rich visitor Tony Harrington is found dead in his car with gunshot wounds to his head and back. Who killed Tony and why? In Grand Marais resident Andie Peterson’s third Laura Kjelstad mystery, her heroine, the beautiful, widowed, […]
The pack in the back
I woke up from a deep sleep, the hair on the back of my neck standing on end. What was that eerie noise? Then it struck me. I was listening to a pack of howling wolves. “Dick!” I hissed. “Do you hear that?” But he was already on his feet, moving towards the bedroom window. “They’re close.” He answered. “Really […]
A successful summer and exciting changes at Visit Cook County
The dust is settling on another successful Moose Madness and all of us at Visit Cook County can take a small breather. In this business called tourism, the effects of weather, economy, marketing initiatives, etc. all play a role in our measurements for success. That said and by all accounts, the summer of 2015 is one for the record books. […]