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Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing the sun to look like a red fireball at sunrise and sunset. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre stated on Tuesday, May 16 that the number of fires for this time of year is “somewhat above average and nearly 10 times the average for area burned for this time of year.” The Minnesota Pollution […]
Jess and Julie Koski plan to walk across the country
A Grand Portage couple is planning an ambitious journey. If all goes as hoped, Jess and Julie Koski will spend six months walking across America, dedicating their journey to the war on drugs. When asked if this journey was on the couple’s “bucket list,” Jes replied, “Aside from just fulfilling a life-long desire to do a walk/run like this, we […]
Odyssey Resorts purchases Minnesota’s oldest resort
Stepping away from the North Shore, Odyssey Resorts last week announced the purchase of Ruttger’s Bay Lake Resort in Deerwood, Minnesota, Minnesota’s oldest resort. Founded in 1898, Ruttger’s Bay Lake Resort is located on 500-acres. It has about 150 rooms, cabins, and features lakeside cottages and villas, five pine lodges, two golf courses, indoor and outdoor pools, a marina with […]
A new home management business comes to the county
Ashleigh Olsker has started a licensed home management company offering in-home support for those with special needs, elder care, childcare, and will be providing respite for existing caregivers. She calls her company Sage Care. “My hope is that my new business can reach as many people as possible so I can help those in need in a professional capacity,” Olsker […]
Cook County E-911 Addressing System
The Office of Emergency Management manages the county-wide emergency 911 (E-911) addressing system, the role of which is to provide the public with competent, timely and effective emergency and nonemergency public safety services. 911 is the telephone number that provides direct access to police, fire and medical assistance and initiates a coordinated response using this system. Simply put, your E-911 […]
Lutsen man found dead after a kayaking incident
A 20-year-old man’s life was tragically cut short in a Lake County River accident on Friday, May 12. Saunder Strong, originally from Minneapolis, lived and worked in Lutsen when his body was found shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday. The Lake County Sheriff ’s office received a call just before noon on Friday about an empty red kayak floating down […]
Missing Person on Seagull Lake found deceased
On May 14, at approximately 11:24 p.m. Cook County dispatch received a call of a missing person on Seagull Lake. Due to the time that the call came in, it was decided that search efforts would begin immediately the following day. Cook County Search and Rescue began to mobilize to include water, ground, and air searches of the area adjacent […]
Should we go all in with electric vehicles? Maybe not
Hey Charles, I thought that dark money was a GOP “talking point”. Apparently the left has assumed an attempt at truth. Grant Hauschild has said he opposes everything north. He wants me to drive an EV, after I pulled 3 Prius’s out of a snowbank with my 4 WD pickup. Common sense needs to prevail! Grant Hauschild needs to demand […]
Minnesota Deer Hunters Association not to participate in 2023 Governor’s Deer Opener: Seeks more action on behalf of deer and deer hunters
Since its inception in 2002, the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, along with the DNR and Explore Minnesota, has been an organizing partner of the Governor’s Deer Opener. While this is a great event, designed to celebrate the pastime that we all love and cherish, MDHA will not be participating this year. In a unanimous decision, our Executive Board voted not […]