After Jes Rodne pegged 14, all her partner Jeremy Wagner had to do was have any points in his hand to win the game and play one more game to see who would be crowned champions of the Bob Pratt Scholarship Cribbage tournament. Sadly, Jeremy came up empty—which is almost unheard of—in his hand, and the father and son team […]
Devil Track Road Reconditioning project meeting
The Cook County Highway Department announced that they will hold their first public meeting for the Devil Track Road Reconditioning Project on Thursday, May 11, 2023, from 6:00 -7:00 p.m. in the Commissioner’s Room at the Cook County MN Courthouse. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. The purpose of the meeting will be to gather input from the […]
Cook County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on HRA/EDA merger
Should the newly formed Cook County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) be dissolved with all its duties and assets transferred to the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA)? That will be the central question Cook County commissioners will want the public to weigh in on at the May 9 commissioners meeting. The public forum will be held at 8:45 […]
Janice Lee Toftey
Janice Lee Toftey, age 80, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, passed away Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. She was born July 28, 1942, in Duluth, Minnesota to Norman and Evelyn Toftey. Jan grew up in Grand Marais and also lived in Minneapolis and Chicago. Jan was very proud of her North Shore roots. She always said her first job was […]
Highlights of the Cook County Commissioners’ April 25 meeting
The Cook County Commissioners met on Tuesday, April 25, for a lengthy meeting. The big ticket on the agenda was the lengthy annual report from the Cook County Highway Department. That will be featured in next week’s paper. In further business: • LaBoda Grading, Inc. was awarded the summer maintenance Subordinate Governmental Service District (SGSD) contracts for the following SGSD […]
Fire claims house on Wesley Lane
A man is homeless after his house burned on April 24, 2023. The Maple Hill Fire Department, Grand Marais Fire Department, Cook County Ambulance, and Cook County Sheriff ’s Deputy Christopher Schrupp responded to the fire. Harlon Schwab told Deputy Schrupp that he had cleaned the ash from his fireplace and placed the ash inside a bin on his porch. […]
Historical Reflections
This photo is from Butch Schulte’s mother’s scrapbook. She was from the east end, so this may be the Hovland area in the 1920s. The people gathered around seem to be wearing their Sunday best with hats, ties, vests, suit coats, dresses, and knickers.
Mental Health First Aid Training in Cook County
One recent day in April, with the threat of a spring ice storm bearing down on northeastern Minnesota and the school district already calling for a subsequent E-learning day, a committed group of Cook County residents gathered to become certified in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). This was the second cohort to gather in as many months—the first focused on […]