County board moves forward with wage and benefit study
Meeting in the courtroom because the commissioner’s room was used for voting, the Cook County Commissioners had a lengthy conversation about the wage and benefit study that is in the formative stages. Commissioner David Mills gave the backdrop for the six or seven meetings that have taken place by a working committee. The committee is comprised of employees representing department […]
Cook County fall election filings and the race is on
Contests for school board and county board,Cook County November ballot complete
COOK COUNTY – County voters will have choices for the three school board seats and four of the five county commissioners on the ballot this year when they cast their votes in the November 8 general election. On the other hand, there are no contested races for four county officials, Grand Marais mayor and city council, the Soil & Water […]
School Traffic Safety
With the return of in-person schooling for the children of the community, we at the Cook County Sheriff ’s office want to take this time and offer some tips for school traffic safety. The current dropoff and pick-up areas for ISD 166 including Great Expectations are located on County Road 7, also known as 5th Street between the Gunflint Trail […]
Humans must learn to moderate their population
Virtually every one of the 8 billion humans currently living on Earth will be dead by 2122. Any children born during that same 100-year time period who do not survive until 2122, due to natural causes, accident, disease, warfare, murder or suicide, will add to the total count of the deceased. Should the birth rate of our species not soon […]
Scholars and Dollars
The Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation Prepares Students for College LifeAfter 14 years, 85 students and more than $775,000 in scholarships, the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation Scholarship Program is fulfilling a lifelong dream of its founder, Lloyd K. Johnson, to help Cook County High School students achieve their educational dreams. The program is unique in its personal one-to-one guidance, emphasis on students who are first generation college attendees, and its […]
Photo
Paul Sundberg captured this exquisite hummingbird in flight, a difficult task when considering these birds beat their wings 10 to more than 80 times per second!
Library’s 2022 Summer Reading Program ends on a high note
Library thanks community and partners for supporting readingGrand Marais Public Library is sending out a huge THANK YOU to the community for supporting the 2022 Summer Reading Program, a nationally coordinated library event recognized for improving the educational performance of its participants. It turned out to be quite a busy summer! The library gave out almost 200 reading logs for kids to track their reading and earn […]
