Grand Marais State Bank helps secure more than $6.5 million for community through Paycheck Protection Program
Grand Marais State Bank, which has served Cook County for more than 100 years, has helped protect more than 1,000 paychecks for its customers along Minnesota’s North Shore. Since COVID-19 shook the economy in the spring, the bank has funneled more than $6.5 million to its community members. “We are committed to serving as a community banking partner our customers […]
Cook County/Grand Marais EDA announces grants for small businesses impacted by COVID-19, Round 2
The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act established a $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund for distribution to state and local government. Minnesota was allocated $853 million, from which Cook County has received $730,087.00. This funding must be used to support services and grants to businesses, hospitals and individuals impacted by the pandemic. Of the Cook County allocation, […]
Student numbers down at I.S.D. 166
As of September 4, the K-12 enrollment at I.S.D. 166 was 383. That’s down “about 40 or 50 kids” from last year at this time, reports Assistant Principal PK-12 Mitch Dorr. “We have had parents pull their kids out for online school, homeschooling, charter schools, etc.,” said Dorr. Some parents began searching for a new place to educate their kid’s […]
County board puts hold on Grand Jury plan
On Tuesday, September 8, Cook County Commissioners discussed a plan to move grand jury proceedings to the Carlton courthouse, but for now, tabled a motion until more can be learned about holding a grand jury in the county if space can be found. The plan, which the Minnesota Judicial sixth judicial district introduced, must be approved by all of the […]
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Kids involved with Minnesota Children’s Press have worked hard to create displays celebrating Minnesota Women’s Vote Week. To further the practice of inclusive civic engagement and city participation in the American vote, irrespective of party or write-in candidate, Minnesota Children’s Press has teamed up with Joan Drury and the Grand Marais Public Library over the last year to celebrate the […]
“See a sermon than hear one”
Ruby Flodin was a woman who lived her entire life “open-handed” toward others. Having settled in the small western Wisconsin community of Wood River, up until her passing in 2001 at the age of eighty-nine, Ruby was never distinguished as wealthy by worldly standards. She was, however, abundantly rich in grace and giving. Despite the notoriously sandy country up and […]