Saying her new job at the Cook County Law Enforcement Center was taking up more of her time than expected, Lutsen Town Clerk Amity Goettl presented the board with a letter of resignation at the board’s meeting on August 16. The board asked Assistant Clerk Jenny Kartes if she was interested in filling the clerk’s duties and she said, “I... READ MORE >
Nate Chandler is the newest pharmacist at Arrowhead Pharmacy in Grand Marais. He joins George Badeaux behind the counter filling prescriptions and giving advice on how and when to take your medications. Coming from a small town in northern Wisconsin, Chandler saw firsthand how the demise of a small town pharmacy affected his grandparents, friends and family. “I grew up... READ MORE >
Nancy Grabko, Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) housing director, came before the EDA on Tuesday, August 9 with a proposal from a private company to build a 30-bed senior living facility in Grand Marais. Merle Sampson, owner of Spectrum Community Health, has developed 16 similar facilities in Minnesota, many of them located in the northeastern part of the... READ MORE >
World Champion Girls’ U10 winner Lucy Shaw won her division in the Fisherman’s Picnic logrolling contest, but it wasn’t easy. Lucy had to roll against Alicia Diethert of Somerset, Wis. in the final and she had to work hard to defend her state championship title. Paige Everson of the North Shore Rollers finished third in the contest. Lucy also won... READ MORE >
The underground construction for the Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) broadband project began on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Darrin Peterson, operations manager for MasTec North America, Inc. is in charge of about a dozen workers and he said the job would take about two years to complete. His crews started digging about three miles up the Caribou Trail where the... READ MORE >
In a year or two Jessica Berg-Collman will enter either the professional logrolling competitions or—at the very least—compete in the semi-pro division. Jessica won first place in the U17 age group at the Namekagon River Roll-offs on Sunday, July 23. The event is largely used as a tuneup for the World Championships, which will be held this weekend at the... READ MORE >
Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho are two weeks ahead of schedule as they paddle their canoe from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, a trip of 2,250 miles. If successful, they will become the first women to complete this voyage first made famous by Eric Severeid and Walter Port. Severeid’s account of this journey was chronicled in 1930 in a book called... READ MORE >
This is the last story in a three-part series that takes a look at what is causing the decline in numbers of moose in Minnesota. In the last 10 years moose have been dying at an alarming rate throughout the state, and they have all but disappeared in northwestern Minnesota. Scientists and Minnesota DNR wildlife biologists are compiling information that... READ MORE >
When Lake County and Cook County formed a joint powers agreement to pursue government grants for housing, it was just the sort of collaboration that municipal granting agencies were looking for. But, according to Nancy Grabko of Community Funding Solutions (CFS), that partnership is now in danger because of one contentious Lake County official who serves on the Lake County... READ MORE >
Superior National Grounds Superintendent Mike Davies came before the Cook County-Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) on Tuesday, July 12 and gave an update about the conditions of the Lutsen golf course. Challenges at the course “We feel like the greens are on schedule, but we are struggling with 6-8 fairways. They suffer from winter damage. We seeded them all,... READ MORE >
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