Mama moose and her two calves look for a little lunch as they amble about just off a road located near the Gunflint Trail. It takes calves three to five years to reach maturity and when they reach adulthood, they can weigh from 800 to 1,800 pounds. That’s a lot of lunches they need to find as they grow up.

Carly Puch, CCHE Outreach Coordinator For 25 years Cook County Higher Education (CCHE) has served the North Shore of Cook County, Minnesota. In 1996, the non-profit was created to address four critical issues the community was facing: extreme isolation, skilled worker shortages, limited career advancement, and lack of higher education opportunities. In the last twenty-five years CCHE has worked hard […]

Jacob Warkentin, a field representative and veterans’ advocate who works for Congressman Pete Stauber came by last week to introduce himself and get familiar with the area. He had already spent the previous day in Grand Portage at the Tribal Council office and Grand Portage Monument. Earlier in the morning, he visited the Cook County Historical Museum and was off […]

A few months ago, when I first began reporting on topics in education, I had the privilege of speaking with Peter James. Mr. James has been the director of Great Expectations School (GES), which opened in the fall of 2003, for the past 16 years. It is a k-8 facility that enrolls roughly 110 students and employs 26 teachers and […]

Standing like friendly sentinels under the ribboned sky of dreamy pinks and blue and purple, the Gunflint Pines are a favorite greeter for most who traverse the Gunflint Trail.