School board hires new teachers
Independent School District (I.S.D. 166) school board members held a lengthy meeting on July 20, addressing several maintenance and summer building projects while also discussing educational goals for the coming school year. Tom Nelson, head of maintenance, said work would soon begin to take down the old school bus garage. Following the cleanup a new bus garage will be built […]
Leah Phifer around the 8th in 80 days
With $500 in her bank account and the back tire of her 2001 Yamaha Vstar motorcycle low on air, Leah Phifer rolled into Grand Marais looking more like a rebel rock star than a potential candidate for the 8th District congressional seat. That is until she took off her black leather jacket, removed her motorcycle helmet, and sat down to […]
County board accepts Beck’s resignation
A scant two week after the county highway engineer resigned, Cook County commissioners were faced with another departure of a department head at the board’s July 25 meeting. Cook County Board of Commissioners accepted the resignation of Joshua Beck, Cook County Health and Human Services, with regret. Beck has accepted a job in another county. Beck notified the county in […]
Moose Management: Epilogue
The mighty moose continues to inhabit Minnesota’s North Woods; however, that could change, if we are to believe an unknown source who recently divulged the gobsmacking revelation as to why moose numbers are shrinking in the state of Minnesota. It’s because the same thing is happening with the twig eater’s schnozzola. That’s right! The best available science suggests that big […]
Does anyone care when we shop locally?
The letter in the July 15 issue from Lee Hecimovich really touched upon a hot button issue with my husband and me. We, also, do not find many local businesses that welcoming or giving an appearance that they want your business. We read articles in the Cook County News- Herald complaining about the difficulties of maintaining a business in the […]
Open your eyes to the possibilities of Carbon Fee and Dividend
Olya Wright, 11, is the leader of the Nordic Nature Group, a collection of naturalists who are working hard to make our small world, and by extension, the great big world, a better place to live. In February, they delivered a climate action report card to the city of Grand Marais with some bad news: we had received a D+. […]
Increased media coverage of Cook County events and its hidden gems is not accidental
Since you don’t live in the Twin Cities, you may not realize that the buzz about Grand Marais down here has grown by 10-fold during the past few years. I do, however, hope you’ve noticed a corresponding increase in tourist traffic. In early 2014, my PR firm was hired by Visit Cook County (VCC) to expand the county’s media relations […]
