The Cook County Local Energy Project (CCLEP) will celebrate its second birthday later this spring, and like a baby moose, it got up on its legs very quickly. With five working groups, it has accomplished a lot, but co-founder George Wilkes would like to see it gain momentum. “This is hard work,” Wilkes said at a January 21, 2010 informational... READ MORE >
The county board passed a motion on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 indicating its intent to participate in the state’s Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) communication system. Funding for the rather expensive changeover will be needed, but it will allow all public safety and governmental agencies to communicate with each other. Thistype of communication network would have made cooperation... READ MORE >
In an effort to deal with severe budget challenges, the governor’s office has proposed cutting funding for the Sentence-to-Serve (STS) program that puts nonviolent offenders to work on community projects as an alternative to serving time in long-term correctional facilities. Cook County crew leader Gary Jorgenson spoke with county commissioners on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 asking them to send a... READ MORE >
The county board is working on setting aside a sinking fund to pay for replacing Highway Department equipment in a systematic way. On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, Maintenance Supervisor Russell Klegstad talked with the board about options for financing capital purchases that have been identified in the Highway Department’s longrange plan. The board discussed using $600,000 of its reserves on... READ MORE >
State-mandated road bans went into effect at midnight Tuesday, March 9, 2010. This will postpone KGM Construction’s ability to finish the Highway 61 roadwork between Lutsen and Tofte. Theroad ban is a little early this year because of all the sunshine and warm weather. Once the ban is in effect, it is on for eight weeks. On March 9, the... READ MORE >
On a starry warm winter night with the moon almost full, a team of Belgian horses trots through the woods of Okontoe, halfway up the Gunflint Trail. The horses do, indeed, know the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow. The ride along the flat stretches is pretty tame, but each hill offers a little treat... READ MORE >
On Tuesday, March 10, 2010 Cook County Information Systems Director Danna MacKenzie updated the Cook County Board of Commissioners on new developments in efforts to bring fiber optic infrastructure to almost every doorstep in the county. The Cook County Fiber Optic Commission was notified at the end of February that the county’s stimulus grant application had been denied, MacKenzie said,... READ MORE >
The Schroeder Township 2010 annual meeting lasted until well after 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, but the 25 residents in attendance got a lot done with little dissension. The biggest question was probably who would win the supervisor seat to be vacated by Cathy Johnson, who did not run for re-election. Forty-four of Schroeder’s 123 registered voters cast ballots... READ MORE >
With the county on the cusp of several potential collaborative projects, representatives of various branches of local government are curious where the others stand. To find out, 23 people attended a quarterly meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, the Grand Marais City Council, the Grand Portage Tribal Council, and Independent School District 166 Thursday, February 25 at the... READ MORE >
On February 14, 2010, the Cook County ATV Club wrote a letter to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) office in Bountiful, Utah regarding development of a new forest management planning rule. The letter was supported by some of the Cook County commissioners on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Other groups with local interests also wrote the Forest Service regarding their visions... READ MORE >
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