Grand Marais Businesses and residents featured in PBS’ Craft in America HOME episode
Several Cook County residents and businesses will be featured in an episode of the Peabody Award-winning series Craft in America, premiering December 16 on PBS stations nationwide. The soon-to-be released episode is titled HOME, and features Hedstrom Lumber, North House Folk School, and multiple instructors and students. “Through the artists and stories represented in this episode, HOME honors the significance […]
St. Scholastica DNP Students Present Research on Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care through Telehealth in Rural Minnesota
The College of St. Scholastica’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Students, Madison Mack, RN, BSN and Rachel Barger, RN, BSN, presented their research on “Implementing a Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration Model into Telehealth Visits in Rural Minnesota” to the Wilderness Health Telehealth Committee on December 8th. Mack and Barger’s research follows previous studies done by […]
Photo
The power of Lake Superior is on full display here. Taken a while ago, Paul Sundberg captured a giant wave crashing into the lighthouse. Sundberg said he was photographing large waves for about two hours. When this one hit, Paul noted, “Commercial fishermen talk about the three sisters when referring to waves and this one came in as the third […]
County board sets 2023 levy
After a somewhat rancorous debate Cook County Commissioners voted 5-0 to set the 2023 levy at 5.5 percent over last year’s levy. This is a $604,541 increase over the 2022 levy. The vote came at the board’s Tuesday, December 13 meeting. Mills called for a motion to set the 2023 levy at 6 percent based on the compensation study that […]
Adult Protective Services
In the state of Minnesota, anyone can make a report of concern about a vulnerable adult by calling the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center (MAARC) tollfree at 844-880-1574. MAARC has operators available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to document reports of concern and route them to the appropriate lead agency. Reports of suspected maltreatment of a vulnerable […]
Art Colony gives thanks
The Grand Marais Art Colony would like to extend its gratitude to the Cook County Home Center for its generous donation of primer and paint for the exteriors of Studio 17 and Studio 21. We are especially grateful to the Cook County Home Center for its cheerleading and support through the long slog of getting our buildings renovated and operational […]
Speaker Hortman issues statement about Rep. Rob Ecklund following recount
Speaker Melissa Hortman issued the following statement about Rep. Rob Ecklund after the conclusion of a recount in the election for state representative in district 3A. “The people and communities of Northern Minnesota have always been able to count on Rob Ecklund to have their back. Rob has poured his heart and soul into working on behalf of his constituents, […]
A comment on the Lutsen Spur snowmobile trail
The gate is down; it never should have been put up. And why are we having this discussion anyway? 27 years of legal use is significant plus another 30 years of historic use says a lot. You chose to come to this area. Did you get the feeling of where you plan to live? Do you understand community? Did you […]