Unorganized Territory (UT) Roads
You may be wondering, “What’s with all the new UT signs in Cook County?” T.here are numerous road designations in our county, including trunk highway (TH), US Forest Service/ Forest Service (USFS/FS), MN Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and private. County roads comprise county state-aid highways (CSAH), county roads (CR) and now unorganized territory (UT) roads. Each of the above-mentioned […]
Stephen Williams
Stephen Williams, a former resident of Grand Marais, passed away peacefully in his home on September 26, 2021, after a courageous battle against pancreatic cancer. Stephen was born July 20, 1948 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Jack and Mary (Behrens) Williams. His early years were spent in Racine, Wisconsin. He loved the outdoors and thrived on playing on the banks of […]
Dennis Hovde Jr.
Dennis Wayne Hovde Jr. (DJ), 39, of Glenwood, Minnesota, passed away on September 24, 2021, after a motor vehicle accident. On March 21, 1982, Dennis was born to Dennis Sr. and Cheryl Hovde of Fargo, North Dakota. After graduating from Cook County High School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, Dennis went to Normandale Community College and graduated with an Associate of […]
Historical Reflections
MINERAL CENTER STATION 1951 Jeannette Spry (Phyllis’ Mom) ran the gas station for the Grand Portage Tribe from the 1950s until Highway 61 was re-routed in 1963.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOOCTOBER 1, 2001 The possibility that the county may form an Economic Development Authority of its own, separate from the joint city/county EDA, was floated at the September 18 commissioners’ meeting. County Attorney Bill Hennessy said the only way the county can sell land for less than market value is to create a housing agency. “The county has […]
Booster doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be offered locally
Cook County Public Health and Sawtooth Mountain Clinic are planning to offer booster doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with new CDC recommendations. The new recommendation is for certain high-risk individuals to receive a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine six months after the second dose. Booster shots will help increase protection for individuals in these high-risk groups. […]
Cook County ISD 166 has first case of COVID-19
Cook County ISD 166 superintendent Chris Lindholm said that on Monday, September 27 one student tested positive for COVID-19. So far that is the only student who has tested positive, but as Lindholm noted, “the first known case resulted in quarantining several students. “All districts around us have numerous positive cases so we’ve been very fortunate up to this point.” […]
COVID-19 cases in Cook County
Cook County has recorded 220 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Four new cases were reported last week. Some 3,662 Cook County residents have been fully vaccinated so far. To date, no one in Cook County has died from COVID-19. Lake County has reported 975 cases since the start of the pandemic. As of September 28, Minnesota […]