Almost a year after e acting an ATV ordinance allowing ATVs to ride on county gravel road shoulders, the county board considered reports from the Highway Department, the Sheriff ’s Department, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Tuesday, April 13, 2010 on how well the ordinance had been followed. “There wasn’t anything unusual compared to years past,” Sheriff Mark... READ MORE >
This summer, Cook County gravel roads will receive a 20% increase in calcium chloride application over last year to keep dust down and prevent erosion. Highway Department Maintenance Supervisor Russell Klegstad reworked department expenditures so that 60,000 gallons could be purchased rather than the 50,000 gallons that were budgeted. At the Tuesday, April 13, 2010 county board meeting, Klegstad said... READ MORE >
The City of Grand Marais might be gaining a new power source with a 10.56-kilowatt solar photovoltaic electrical system at the Gunflint Hills Municipal Golf Course, thanks in part to support from the county. On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, the county board voted to provide a $5,000 match for the $106,686 project, which would be possible through an Iron Range... READ MORE >
Cook County is eligible for up to $100,000 in grants that could help community members learn how to use fiber optic technology that is not even available yet to many Internet users, county information systems director Danna MacKenzie reported to the county board Tuesday, April 13, 2010. As reported previously in the Cook County News-Herald, the Blandin Foundation was awarded... READ MORE >
County Planning Director Tim Nelson went before the county board Tuesday, April 14, 2010 to request that property owners whose cabins had been destroyed in the 2007 Ham Lake fire be given another year to rebuild under non-conforming status. An April 6 memo from Nelson to the board states, “The state rules in effect at the time provided that any... READ MORE >
With low snowfall over the winter and a warm, dry spring, fire danger becoming very high. Superior National Forest District Ranger Dennis Neitzke reported to the Cook County Board of Commissioners Tuesday, April 13, 2010 that moisture content in the largest forest fire fuel – dead wood – is at a record low. It is even lower than the moisture... READ MORE >
In how many Cook County restaurants can you be served by three men wearing kilts and knee socks? How many places offer sandwiches with names like “Sir Thomas” and “The Willy Club” or soups with names like “Braveheart Chili” and “Hearty Celtic Stew?” How many eateries feature changing displays of artwork projected on electronic screens? How many places have owners... READ MORE >
This March turned out to be a whole lot easier on City of Grand Marais linemen than last March. On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Electric Superintendent Mike Taylor reminded the Public Utilities Commission of the conditions a year ago during his report on the work of the department in 2009. Transmission lines went down last March in a severe ice... READ MORE >
Not much was new news at the March 2, 2010 Grand Marais Park Board meeting, but projects and plans continue to develop as the park prepares for the summer season. Grants acquired through the Cook County Local Energy Project have brought in $12,500 of the $13,000-15,000 needed for a solar water heating system for bathhouse #4. Thesystem is likely to... READ MORE >
The kinds of housing and health care options one generation wants as it reaches its older years can be quite different from what the next generation wants. Two representatives of the consulting firm Wipfli presented this and other revealing facts to the North Shore Hospital board Friday, March 19, 2010. Last October, the hospital hired Wipfli to conduct an analysis... READ MORE >
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