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After a slower than normal start, the leaves are finally turning color as evidenced by this exquisite picture taken by Paul Sundberg. That said, the peak color should be this week. Now is the time to take the fall color tour in the back country.
Cook County has a new veterinarian
Dr. Mari LaMoore and her husband Nick have been in Cook County for two weeks and have hit the ground running. Nick is a P.E. professional engineer who wants to design and build affordable, energy-efficient homes in the area, and the two have 40 acres of land they are hoping to build a greenhouse on and someday farm. And that’s […]
Bob Pratt Scholarship Awards
Bob Pratt was from Cook County, loved it and its people. He emboldened people to grow their knowledge, skills, and abilities to benefit themselves, their families, and make positive contributions to the Cook County community. He supported and encouraged people to do that through training, education, and critical thinking. When he died, Cook County lost an important and valuable asset. […]
North Shore Waste unveils multi-phase business plan to the public
In two to three years, your streetside garbage pick-up in the City of Grand Marais will most likely be made with an electric-powered garbage truck. That’s the hope for the owners of North Shore Waste, who unveiled a very ambitious business plan last Monday. Sometimes you look to the past to see the future. For example, when vehicles were first […]
Cook County Fiscal Year 2023 preliminary budget and levy
On Tuesday, September 13, 2022, the Cook County Board of Commissioners set the Fiscal Year 2023 preliminary levy at 5.5 percent. The preliminary levy establishes a budget ceiling for the fiscal year that begins January 1, 2023 and ends December 31, 2023. The County Board is scheduled to set the final budget and levy for 2023 at its December 13, […]
Writer thanks Cook County Search & Rescue volunteers
This is to thank the volunteers of the Cook County Search & Rescue (CCSAR) team for help on searching for a family member who had gotten turned around in the dense woods on our property and separated from a companion. After quite some time had passed with no success finding him, a call was made to the Cook County Search […]
Vote for Jen Schultz
As supporters of Jen Schultz throughout her 8 years in the Minnesota house, representing 7A (now 8B), we would like to share specifics as voters consider replacing Pete Stauber in the U.S. House (CD8). There’s a clear choice for voters. We value Jen’s professional expertise in health care economics. Affordable health care and insurance for all is essential; Jen supports […]
Writer expresses gratitude and thanks to local medical staff providers
I was very sick last winter with Covid and pneumonia. Grand Portage staff brought me by ambulance to the North Shore ER. When I arrived my oxygen level was very low and there were no beds available. They wanted to get me admitted to a hospital with an ICU right away. Kimber Wraalstad (CEO) personally called 14 hospitals in North […]
No to Stauber
Rep. Pete Stauber has failed us! He is one of the most extreme MAGA Trump Republicans in Congress right now. He turned his back on Minnesotans, embraced his billionaire donors, dishonored his office, broke his oath, and chose the pursuit of power over the rule of law. Pete Stauber’s views on abortion are so extreme that he recently signed on […]