The county board has approved a conditional use permit (CUP) for the Town of Tofte to stockpile 30,000 cubic yards of rock on its unused airport runway. The rock, which belongs to KGM Construction, came from the area along Highway 61 between Lutsen and Tofte where the company is improving the road. Instead of paying rent for use of the... READ MORE >
The county survived a communications breakdown with the outside world Tuesday, January 26, 2010, but proponents of countywide fiber optic infrastructure believe the event is an example of the need for a better system. For about 12 hours that day, a break in Qwest’s fiber optic line to Cook County left residents, businesses, government offices, and emergency systems without long-distance... READ MORE >
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at the end of a threemonth trial period, the county board approved an “alternative work site” (AWS) agreement with Cook County Public Health and Human Services Director Sue Futterer – but not unanimously. Last fall, Futterer requested that she be permitted to carry out some of her work duties from Virginia, Minnesota, where her husband... READ MORE >
While Cook County Planning & Zoning staff have been revising a septic ordinance draft to reflect public opinions expressed in a November 2009 public hearing, nothing further will be done at this time to implement it. Planning & Zoning Director Tim Nelson told the county board Tuesday, January 19, 2010 that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is making changes... READ MORE >
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and Surfside Development of Tofte have reached an agreement resolving the company’s alleged failure to follow permit and storm water management requirements related to the planned unit development. Surfside will pay a $14,250 penalty, but the stipulation agreement between the company and the MPCA states that the agreement does not necessarily mean Surfside agrees... READ MORE >
After uncertainty regarding whether a Schroeder resident in the Tofte-Schroeder Sanitary Sewer District (TSSSD) board could be found to replace outgoing board member Rick Anderson, Charlie Muggley stepped up to the plate. Schroeder continues its process of trying to withdraw from the district because a municipal sewer system would be too costly. Schroeder Town Supervisor Roger “Bill” McKeever said at... READ MORE >
What could Sawtooth Elementary third graders teach people at the Cook County Senior Center that they don’t already know? In what kinds of sports could the two groups fairly (and safely) compete against one another? The answers to those questions will be known at the end of a fundraiser this month that calls for reading – lots of reading. It... READ MORE >
A dozen and a half students – six of them from Silver Bay – and two teachers, including Cook County High School industrial arts teacher Eli Hill, returned energized from a trip to the Twin Cities for the January 9 kickoff of the 2010 FIRST— “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”— competition. This will be Cook County’s second... READ MORE >
Forty-seven democrats attended the 2010 Cook County Democratic- Farm-Labor (DFL) caucus and Cook County convention at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts Tuesday, February 2. Theparty platform was not debated, but the group spent some time discussing whom the delegates to the 8th District and state conventions would support for governor. Cook County DFL chair Tim Kennedy read a letter... READ MORE >
The county board continues to consider an “Alternative Work Site” (AWS) agreement with Public Health & Human Services Director Sue Futterer, who was given permission in October to spend part of her workweek at her home office in Virginia, MN, where her husband has taken a school superintendent position. Thearrangement is in a three-month trial period extending mid-November to mid-February.... READ MORE >
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