Dawn Byholm is on a mission to make Grand Marais an easier place for people with physical disabilities to get around. Fortunately, she has found others who share her sentiments, and they’re doing something about it. For months now, a group of people including Byholm, ISD 166 parent Jeff Kern, school board member Mary Sanders, grant writer Cindy Pendergraft and... READ MORE >
What is the world’s saltiest body of water? What is Africa’s longest river? Which state, with a panhandle in its north, is a leading producer of potatoes? Which state is bordered by Lake Erie and Kentucky? If you know the answers to these questions, that’s great, but they were only the warm-ups for the 2010 Cook County Middle School... READ MORE >
The Grand Marais Recreation Park office was very busy on Monday, January 4, 2010, the first day people could reserve campsites for next summer and its mostdesired weekend, Fisherman’s Picnic. Four parties from as far away as the Twin Cities and Canada stood outside the park office waiting for it to open up at 8:00 a.m. April Johnson and a... READ MORE >
With the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) owing $100,000 each to Cook County and the City of Grand Marais that it doesn’t have the money to pay back, a glimmer of sunshine might be breaking over the horizon. The Cedar Grove Business Park, developed by the EDA, has 5.15 acres of wetland credits it might be able to... READ MORE >
A total of 24,288 visitations were made to the Grand Marais Municipal Pool in 2009, 49 more than the year before. Cash receipts were $65,688.27, up 8.5% over the year before. Walk-in income was $33,931, up $2,673 over 2008, and ticket sales were $7,980, up $1,158 over 2008. At a Tuesday, January 5, 2010 park board meeting, Head Lifeguard Charles... READ MORE >
Thecity streets are slick. Optimists might say the glare off the ice when the sun shines brightens our winter days. Others might be wondering where our public works departments are and why people are left to slide and fall across town. When asked about the City of Grand Marais’ policy on keeping streets and sidewalks clear, City Administrator Mike Roth... READ MORE >
How healthy are Cook County school lunches? ISD 166 School Nurse Kristin DeArruda Wharton is using State Health Improvement Program (SHIP) grant funds to make school lunches better. In a December 14, 2009 memo to the school board, DeArruda Wharton wrote, “Many support people in schools have felt minimized over the years; certainly our food service workers, or ‘lunch ladies,’... READ MORE >
What better way to cast away winter blues than to have a party? TheGrand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) supports you in that idea. The party the PUC is hoping you will do is quite likely a new breed: it’s the home energy audit party, and like most good Northland parties, it involves friends, coffee, and cookies. Thanks to a... READ MORE >
The Ours Resort in Lutsen, owned for decades by Ours Local 653, a meat cutters’ union, as a private retreat, has been zoned resort commercial/residential since 2007 when some changes to the property resulted in rezoning from residential. A year and a half later, neighbors still have concerns regarding the potential ramifications of the resort/commercial residential zoning status. Neighbors in... READ MORE >
TheCook County Board of Commissioners met in regular session 37 times in 2009. Following is a list of how many of those meetings each county commissioner attended. Absences were due to funerals, illness, vacations, and attendance on behalf of the county at out-of-town meetings. »»Bob Fenwick 33 »»Jan Hall 34 »»Jim Johnson 29 »»Bruce Martinson 37 »»Fritz Sobanja 37 (board... READ MORE >
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