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Popping up to take a looksee, this otter was in a playful mood. Few animals are as cute, curious or as playful as the North American River Otter. By using their webbed feet and tails, they can swim up to seven miles per hour and they can stay underwater from four to six minutes but usually stay submerged from one […]
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The dilapidated, yellow public works building in the Grand Marais Recreation Park was taken down on Thursday, July 15. Next, the dog pound will be removed. The area is undergoing a transformation because of the Parkside project that is developing a new marina, dock, and parking area in that corner of the harbor.
Minnesota network’s State Star is Pat Campanaro
Pat Campanaro, a business advisor with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) working through the Cook County Grand Marais EDA and the Northland SBDC, has been named by her peers as the Minnesota network’s 2020 State Star. Campanaro was nominated by the EDA leadership team and chosen in a statewide vote for her outstanding leadership, exemplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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Zipping in and out of flowers, this ruby-throated hummingbird gets a meal of nectar. These hummingbirds eat twice their weight per day. Their heart beats around 1,200 times per minute and wings whirr and blur about 53 times per second. A marvel of flying, they can zip off in any direction, even flying backwards. If you want these hummingbirds to […]
MDA Awards $95,000 to Combat Noxious Weeds
The Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District was one of twenty organizations that received a grant through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). All told, the MDA awarded $95,000 to combat noxious weeds across Minnesota through the 2021 Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant Grant. The money, awarded to cities, counties, townships, conservation districts, and tribal nations, will be used […]
BBB Scam Alert: Need a new driveway? Look out for asphalt paving scams
If your driveway needs paving or repairs, don’t trust just anyone to do the job. Historically, summer is a prime time of the year for unscrupulous contractors to trick homeowners with supposedly good deals that result in shoddy pavement or overpayment. How the Scam Works A contractor leaves a pamphlet or shows up at the door. They claim they’ve been […]
Accountability, not cancel culture
There has been much conversation lately around cancel culture. I think it’s crucial to make a distinction between being cancelled and being held accountable. There seems to be fear for white people about losing, resources being taken. Statistically there’s no evidence to support this. It’s been a fear that’s been incited by media. If you think about the people or […]
Integrated Vegetative Management Plan has two choices, but maybe should include one more option
Bob LaMettry’s letter to the editor in the July 17 edition of this paper brings to light what those of us living on or near the Gunflint Trail have learned, in bits and pieces, about Arrowhead Cooperative’s “Integrated Vegetative Management Plan” and the two choices presented to us, I expect this same program may be implemented over the rest of […]
New smartphone app
On the heels of the new smartphone COVIDExposure Warning Application, which enables your Public Health Authority (collectively defined as government or public health power brokers) to notify you of possible exposure to COVID-19, comes another ingenious smartphone app: The “Truth Exposure Warning Application.” This strictly progressive prompt enables the government or public media influence peddlers to warn you should you […]