Cook County Housing and Redevelopment Authority has offered a job to hire an Executive Director and wants to provide insurance benefits to the candidate, but there is one problem. Because there will only be one employee in the HRA, the county’s HRA can’t secure benefits from the Northeast Service Cooperative, which administers the county’s employee benefit program. With that, County... READ MORE >
How can we make drivers slow down when they race through downtown Lutsen? That was the question on people’s minds when they attended the Lutsen annual meeting held March 8. The current 40 mph zone near Lockport, Clearview and Arrowhead Cooperative works to slow traffic, but needs to be extended, said the voters. After some discussion it was decided to... READ MORE >
Dave Saari’s fifth golf-themed mystery novel is set on the North Shore, taking place mainly in Grand Marais with a bit of back and forth between the Twin Cities and a golf course near Thunder Bay, Ontario. It’s a page-turner. The story centers around a mystery involving a potentially murdered young man who years before was living in a trailer... READ MORE >
Grand Marais City councilors had a short but productive meeting on March 9. A question posed from Cook County Administrator James Joerke to the council was to ask if the city would contribute to funding a proposed dog pound/shelter? Joerke sent his request via email to Grand Marais City Administrator Mike Roth, who relayed it to the council. The county... READ MORE >
Cook County has gypsy moths. Or used to. Now we have spongy moths, or, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) the moths will now be called by their Latin name Lymantria dispar. It’s a temporary name change, says the DNR. Why the name change? The Minnesota DNR is following the lead of the Entomological Society of America... READ MORE >
Over the course of seven days from March 3 to March 10 Cook County received just one new case of COVID-19. That brings the total to 822 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Cook County Public health reported that as of March 10 some 4,403 Cook County residents have been fully vaccinated. To date, Cook County has had four... READ MORE >
The Vikings’ boys’ basketball team ended its playoff run with an 85-28 loss to Northwoods in a game played last Thursday, March 10. With the win Northwoods upped its record to 18-4 and moved on in the Section 7A play-offs. The Vikings ended their season with five wins and 17 losses. After the game Viking Head Coach Andy Feddema summed... READ MORE >
Two local mushers raced their sled dog teams in the Calumet, Michigan Copper Dog 150-mile sled dog race held March 4 and March 5, and both teams placed nicely in a deep field filled with excellent dog teams and mushers. Grand Marais sled dog musher Joanna Oberg placed third, and Rita Wehseler, Tofte, sixth in the race won by JR... READ MORE >
The Cook County High School girls’ basketball team bowed out of the playoffs with an 86-33 loss to the Cherry Tigers. The game was played March 2. Earlier in the season, in December 10, the Vikings fell 67-17 to the Tigers. With the loss the Vikings record fell to 5-14 while Cherry upped its record to 14-10. The Vikings lose... READ MORE >
Lonnie Dupre’s three months return trip to Greenland has been going well. After reuniting with old friends, Lonnie has been assembling a dogsled team, and training the dogs for the next big adventure. Dupre and his crew of film makers and adventurers have been busy. Now they are counting on Butch, Scout, Charley ll, Midnight, Jumpy, Blacky, Fritz, Jack, Max,... READ MORE >
