The sky is darkening outside the window as the storm closes in from the west. A gorgeous, sunny day has taken on a new tone, darker, edgier, threatening. The peepers in the pond by the road have grown silent but the leaves on the Russian olive trees have not turned. They usually turn before a storm. I wonder if there […]
Robert (Bob) Brooks
Robert (Bob) Brooks passed away Sunday, June 11, 2017 at his home in Tofte. Bob was a well-known fixture at the Gunflint Landfill for many years, and then worked at the Recycle Center in Tofte. Funeral will be in Indiana this Saturday. In lieu of flowers, Bob and the family would appreciate donations to Animal Advocates in Grand Marais.
Daniel James Kehoe
Daniel James Kehoe, 89, passed away peacefully Feb. 16, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz. Dan was born April 7, 1927 to Joseph and Augusta Kehoe in Aitkin, Minn. He grew up there and shared so many happy memories of his childhood on the family’s dairy farm. He was the eighth of nine children and is preceded in death by all. After graduating […]
Doris Kreitlow
A long-lived, good life is over. Doris Kreitlow died June 11, 2017 at age 97. Doris was born to English immigrants in Minneapolis but spent part of her early childhood in England . . . cared for by her granny while her mother toured with the opera. She learned to speak with a strong Yorkshire accent! Once back in the […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOJUNE 15, 2007 The county board voted to give the go-ahead to construction of a long-awaited skateboard park at the Community Center. Although supporters of the project have already raised the funding needed for the facility, selection of a suitable location has remained in limbo. Local communications provider CenturyTel has 40 people working to bring phone service back […]
Carol Dolores Spencer
Carol Dolores Spencer, 89, died at Hope Hospice in Shell Point, Fort Myers, Fla. on June 7, 2017, surrounded by her loving husband and three sons. She was born April 19, 1928, in Fond du Lac, Wis. to the late Peter and Goldie Fox. As a child, Carol joyfully worked on her father’s dairy farm and rode her bike to […]
Make your voice smile
Our visitors travel to Cook County for many reasons. For several decades, we have been a premier vacation destination and a number of those once a year visitors seek to make northeastern Minnesota their home. Whether our visitors travel here to disconnect or to immerse themselves in art, culinary delights, a BWCAW paddle, or an athletic event, the customer experience […]
County board tables Strategic Plan decision
At the county board of commissioners’ June 13 meeting Valerie Marasco, chair—Communications Committee and director of Emergency Management & Public Information and Rena Rogers, director of MIS brought forth a draft of the county’s strategic plan that includes mission, vision, values, and key strategic pillars as a framework for the county board to consider. A group of county employees led […]
Work will start on school bus garage
Cook County School District I.S.D. 166 will be a busy place this summer with projects high and low needing to be completed before the next school year begins. Pending school board approval on Thursday, June 15, which is all but certain, the leaning and tattered school bus garage is finally going to be replaced. Four bids were opened on June […]