Deschampe sworn in as District 1 commissioner
On Tuesday, June 13, Robert (Bobby) Deschampe was sworn in as the new Cook County District 1 commissioner. Kim Shepard, Deputy Court Administrator, conducted the Oath of Office. Deschampe defeated James (Jim) Vannet in a special election that ended June 6. Deschampe will serve one and one-half years, the remaining time left on the four-year term held by Frank Moe, […]
Canadian cyclist collapses on Mount Josephine
Cook County 911 dispatch received a call Monday, June 12, regarding a cyclist who collapsed during his ascent up Mount Josephine in Grand Portage. Robert Hemsworth, a 61-year-old resident of Thunder Bay, was riding from Thunder Bay to Grand Marais. A relative was following Hemsworth in a vehicle and with the assistance of Cook County dispatch, initiated CPR at the […]
Tofte supervisors table several decisions
Tofte supervisors tabled two of the biggest items on their agenda at the board’s monthly meeting on June 8. Supervisors held back a vote on the request to distribute $20,000 to Birch Grove Community School’s community education program. Also tabled for the second meeting in a row was a motion to dissolve the Tofte Schroeder Sanitary Sewer District Board which […]
Northland Foundation gathers information about community poverty
Tony Sertich, president of Northland Foundation and Erik Torch, director of grant making, spent most of the day in Cook County on Monday, June 5, meeting with a wide variety of people on several hot topics. About 40 people turned out for the lengthy meeting held at Grand Marais City Hall. “This is our fourth stop out of 10 listening […]
West End Madness Part 2
The head of the so-called Birch Grove “task force” has gone on WTIP and given a 13-plus minute rambling of a variation of his reality-based view of what no one/everyone wants. His view is one-sided at best. There are many on the West End who stand firm and disagree with his assessment. His “rambling “ and claims do not represent […]
Remember your father on Father’s Day
One hundred and seven years ago Sonora Louise Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington wanted to honor her dad. Her mother had died in childbirth leaving her husband, a farmer, and Civil War vet, alone to raise a newborn and five children. Sonora, age 27, thought of the idea after sitting in church during a Mother’s Day celebration. Mother’s Day began […]
Moose Management
There is any number of opinions as to why moose numbers are declining, and they’re all free for the taking. Just pick your particular preference and plop your posterior on a park bench somewhere in a pine forest and pontificate with your pals while you wait for the beast – with a penchant for palatable sprigs – to appear. The […]
