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Staring at the wild somewhat hairless animal that’s out in the woods with something strange pressed to its face, this Canadian lynx seems to wonder “What’s going on?” Did you know that a Canadian lynx can run 50 mph? That there has never been any recorded attacks by a lynx on humans? And that a mama lynx usually has a […]
County Attorney Molly Hicken named to Rural Justice Collaborative Advisory Council
The Rural Justice Collaborative (RJC) announced it selected Cook County Attorney Molly Hicken to serve as a member of its Advisory Council. The new group is made up of America’s top rural criminal justice experts. They began meeting the last Friday in February to address justice inequalities in rural communities. Research shows rural Americans are more likely than urban residents […]
A Lasting Impression: After More Than 20 Years, North Shore Health Board Member Sharon Bloomquist hangs it up
Last month’s North Shore Health Board of Directors’ meeting was missing something — or someone, rather. The familiar face of Sharon Bloomquist wasn’t there as the longtime board member resigned at the end of the January meeting. She recently moved out of the county district she represented, District 1, after serving on the board for more than 20 years. In […]
Cook County Chamber fights for SF263 to pass
A bi-partisan tax relief bill introduced in January 2021 by Senator Tom Bakk with four supporting senators, Carla Nelson, R-Rochester; current Senate Tax Committee Ranking member and former House Tax Committee Chair Ann Rest; former Senate Tax Committee Chair Senator Roger Chamberlain, R-Lino Lakes and Senator David Tomassoni, D-Chisholm has picked up support from the Cook County Chamber of Commerce. […]
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Located about eight miles up the Gunflint Trail, the George Washington Pines are beautiful and pristine. They also offer some fine cross country ski trails, a tranquil place to take in nature while getting some exercise. You better hurry, the snow is going fast!
Begin the world over again
Part 2 Thomas Paine’s biographer Craig Nelson suggests, “Today we have almost no idea who he is. People may have known he said ‘these are the times that try men’s souls.’ They may know that he said ‘we have it in our power to begin the world over again.’ They may know that he wrote Common Sense but they don’t […]
Low turnout for township annual meetings
Midst a pandemic, Lutsen, Tofte, and Schroeder held their annual township meetings on March 9, and as expected, not a lot of people participated. Each township followed COVID-19 protocol with in-person voting. There were no hot button topics on any of the agendas and no contested races in the township elections, so voter turnout was low. Only Tofte held an […]
Cook County COVID-19 update
Cook County has had 121 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Three new cases were reported over the last few days. No deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in Cook County. Throughout Minnesota, there were 490,011 positive cases of COVID-19 with 6,550 deaths attributed to the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic through March 7, […]