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A picture of peace: a fluffy red fox naps comfortably on a soft bed of blue and white snow with a bright blue sky ushering in the warming sun in the distance.
Recreation Park Board making plans for summer
Looks like it will be another banner summer in the Grand Marais Recreation Park. February 1, 2022, was hectic for the small Recreation Park staff. “We had a busy day for reservations with August arrival dates,” said Grand Marais Parks and Rec Director Dave Tersteeg adding that roughly 400 reservations were taken online and on the phone. Tersteeg said there […]
Grand Portage sets record destination distance from McDonald’s
We know we are remote in Cook County. The school bus route is either the first or second-longest in the contiguous United States. The nearest movie theater is in Thunder Bay, and it is 85 miles away from Grand Marais, but who can cross the border to see a movie? And if you are having a baby, plan, plan, plan […]
Representative Ecklund supports extension of COVID-19 workers’ compensation presumption for public safety and health care workers
On Thursday, February 3, the Minnesota House approved legislation extending the COVID- 19 presumption for workers’ compensation. The law provides a presumption that if public safety or health care workers contract COVID- 19, they did so during the course of their employment and are covered by workers’ compensation. “Extending the workers’ compensation presumption for our first responders and health care […]
Equipment grants available for access to healthy foods
Good Food Access Program Grant applications due by March 17, 2022 Funding for equipment that increases availability and access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food to underserved communities is now available. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Good Food Access Program (GFAP) Equipment and Physical Improvement Grants. A total of $320,750 is […]
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Mother Nature gave Paul Sundberg a not-so-subtle reminder that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.
Grant funding available for local events and programs
Funding support for the Gunflint Mail Run, U.S. Forest Service Summer Naturalist programs, Radio Waves Music Festival and so much more will be considered in the coming weeks. In 2008, an additional 1 percent lodging tax was established for all Cook County lodging tax districts to specifically fund local events and programs. This 1 percent lodging tax is in addition […]
Picture of a Chickadee? Nope
The photo on page A3 of the January 15, 2022, Cook County News Herald of a bird on a foot, appears to be a photograph of a Redbreasted Nuthatch, not a Chickadee. Both birds are frequent visitors to my deer stand where they will eat out of my hand. Dana Dickson,Schroeder
Letter to the editor “Nones” seeking diversity in Spiritual Reflections column
I religiously read, sometimes thoroughly enjoy, and occasionally extract a nugget of wisdom or inspiration from the Cook County News-Herald’s Spiritual Reflections column. That said, I’m wondering why these weekly columns can’t also at times be authored by one of the significant number of “Nones” in our community. Nones – people of no particular religious affiliation – including theists, deists, […]