MPCA adds Flute Reed River to 2016 Impaired Waters List
Out of the 318 bodies of water the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) added to the state’s 2016 Impaired Waters List, Cook County only has one addition, the Flute Reed River, said Miranda Nichols, MPCA Impaired Waters List Coordinator. “The Flute Reed was listed for too much sediment,” said Nichols. Every two years MPCA creates a list of waters that […]
PUC forgives YMCA water loss
Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission board members voted unanimously to forgive the bill for more than 1 million gallons of water leaked from the Cook County Community YMCA swimming pool due to a rock stuck in a mechanical valve at the bottom of the pool. The leak occurred for about one month (from mid-May to mid-June) before being discovered during […]
County hires new Public Health and Human Services director
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, Joshua “Josh” Beck was offered and accepted the job to become Cook County’s Public Health and Human Services director. Beck, who comes from Maricopa, Arizona, will take over for current department head Sue Futterer whose last day on the job was July 8. When reached by phone, Beck said, “I am very excited to make […]
Yarn bomber had city assistance
Thank you! Thank you! To the city park cherry-picker crew— we couldn’t have yarn bombed without you. You helped dress the bears in Bear Tree Park with caps and scarfs. Thank you for your good nature, carefulness, and good ideas. Tamera AndersenGrand Marais 2016yarn bomber
Majority of police are diligent
Police actions in Ferguson, Missouri; New York City, Baltimore, Baton Rouge and Minnesota have been in the news, and a few police officers have been seen using excessive force and shooting people. I believe a small number of police officers use excessive force, and these officers should be held accountable for their actions. The vast majority of police officers diligently […]
Rural Minnesota leading the way on broadband
The momentum behind bringing broadband border-to-border is surging forward. It is built on a solid foundation of innovative, grassroots efforts—community work that has brought rural Minnesota from 52 percent coverage in 2010 to 80 percent coverage in 2016. Getting us to the last mile and the last 20 percent, though, will require leadership, investment and cooperation at all levels. At […]
WTIP talks to Commissioner Doo-Kirk
WTIP Community Radio offers a lot of interesting programming. There’s the North Shore Morning show with the pop quiz and the Friday evening Roadhouse with Dave Tersteeg and Dick Swanson. There’s Small Change Trivia and the Monday Night Mix. But did you know that WTIP is also a great source of information about what’s happening at the Cook County Board […]
Danger, danger!
For the folks who grew up in my era—the almost-hippie generation— the phrase “Danger, danger!” immediately brings to mind the ‘60s television program, Lost in Space. In that show a friendly robot assisted the Robinson family when it became stranded on its intergalactic adventure. Whenever the family—most often the gullible young Will Robinson—encountered extreme space weather or faced hostile alien […]
