Representative Rick Nolan look out. A Two Harbors native and national security expert is setting out on her Yamaha Vstar to spend 80 days visiting and listening to the residents of Minnesota’s 8th District, taking the pulse of a very large diverse community. “After nearly a decade in positions throughout the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of […]
Is tomorrow guaranteed?
My wife loves to shop for crafting supplies at JoAnn Fabrics in Duluth. Inks, markers, materials, paper, dies, embossing plates all seem to make their way in abundance from the second row side shelves to storage bins at our house. I say, “What would you like to do in Duluth today?” She says, “Well, maybe we can go by JoAnn […]
Wilmer “Sweeney” Croft
Wilmer “Sweeney” Croft passed away Sunday, July 16, 2017 in the North Shore Care Center at the age of 96. He was one of 10 children raised in Croftville. Wilmer was an Army veteran of World War II, serving with the First Armored Division Corps of Engineers. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening. Many locals tried […]
Jean Ann Johnson,
Jean Ann Jean Ann 83, died at the Cook County Care Center in Grand Marais on June 30, 2017. Her sons Wayne and Timmy were at her side. She was born in Duluth on Aug. 8, 1933 to Richard and Katherine Berg. She graduated from the high school in Grand Marais in 1951. After graduation she worked for N.W. Bell […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOJULY 20, 2007 A head-on collision on Highway 61 near Tofte left one woman dead and four injured on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The state Highway Patrol reported that, for unknown reasons, one of the vehicles crossed the center line near Good Neighbor Hill and eventually collided with the second vehicle. The Grand Portage Tribal Council plans to […]
County census data in
Preliminary 2016 population and household estimates for Cook County showed slight population growth over 2010. Census estimates conducted by the Minnesota state demographer placed 5,264 people living in Cook County. The United States Census Bureau showed 5,176 people living here as of July 1, 2010. In Grand Marais, 1,397 people live in either 695 households or 42 group quarters. The […]
Cook County residents might be eligible for single-family housing loans and grants
The USDA Rural Development agency in Virginia, Minnesota is now accepting applications from individuals who wish to purchase a home or make repairs to their existing home. Home purchase loans are available to low-income families who wish to buy homes located in rural communities with a population of 20,000 or less. Loans may be made for up to 100 percent […]
North Shore Health Care Foundation receives grant for oral health care
North Shore Health Care Foundation recently received $5,000 to support improved access to oral health care for Cook County youth. Northland Foundation announced that 35 grants were approved between April 1 and June 30, 2017. The awards for the quarter, which concludes the Foundation’s fiscal year, totaled $342,700 and support an array of projects and programs that nurture children, youth, […]