Lyle Saethre was almost done with his painting of the old Omar Ellquist log cabin on Maple Hill near County Road 60 and the Lindskog Road when he realized something was wrong. He had lilac bushes blooming, but the trees weren’t early summer trees. Back to the drawing board, or rather, the mural board on the south side of the... READ MORE >
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic’s new physician, Dr. Michael Sampson, took a little extra time getting here from Stowe, Vermont before he started his new job at the beginning of October. He took a detour down to Florida to play hockey with a group of fellow alumni from St. Olaf College. He described his group as a bunch of “fat, old, bald... READ MORE >
The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic staff contacted the Cook County News-Herald with updated information for the public on the H1N1 virus. Symptoms of H1N1 include fever, body aches, chills, fatigue, cough, headache, and sore throat. “If you develop flu-like symptoms,” said Chief Operating Officer Sue Nordman, “call Sawtooth Mountain Clinic at 387-2330. A nurse will speak with you, determine the urgency... READ MORE >
No one knows better than Highway Engineer Shae Kosmalski that you just can’t please everyone. After community and departmental complaints a year ago alleging that more qualified applicants were overlooked in the hiring of a Cook County Highway Department truck driver, Kosmalski tried a new tactic to avoid potential problems when hiring another new worker but met with disapproval from... READ MORE >
On October 27, 2009, the county board passed a motion to accept a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposal to expand its Myhr Creek Ridge Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) in Hovland. According to an October 20 DNR request for county board action, “Scientific and Natural Areas are established to preserve and perpetuate the ecological diversity of Minnesota’s natural... READ MORE >
The Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is not offering handouts anymore, and it has some other governmental boards talking. At the Tuesday, October 27, 2009 county board meeting, Cook County Schools Maintenance Director Mike Groth reported that the PUC would no longer be paying to water the district’s athletic fields. Groth watered the baseball field, multi-use field, and football... READ MORE >
Around 1:00 a.m. Friday, October 23, 2009, Mike Carlson of Grand Marais experienced a surprise awakening. He had spent the day clearing the Lonely Lake Trail with fellow members of the North Star Ski Club and was asleep in a duplex cabin on the east end of Gunflint Lodge property. “Fire! Evacuate!” is what woke Carlson up. He threw his... READ MORE >
On the heels of a county board decision to adopt revision of Lutsen’s town plan, county commissioners talked with a Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust (MCIT) attorney about the zoning of Lance Johnson’s Lutsen property. On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, the board passed a motion to adopt a revision of the Lutsen town plan as recommended by the Planning Commission. According... READ MORE >
On Friday, October 2, 2009, Cook County North Shore Hospital’s first H1N1 patient showed up in the emergency room. He was not a typical H1N1 patient – he was in his 80s, according to Head Nurse Bridget Sobieck. Sobieck told the hospital board Thursday, October 15 that the man had just returned from extensive travel abroad and also had pneumonia... READ MORE >
County Engineer Shae Kosmalski is ready to move ahead with site plans for a proposed multi-agency maintenance facility, but the county board isn’t so sure about the project. Kosmalski spoke to the commissioners Tuesday, October 13, 2009, saying that the primary site for the proposed facility is the current highway garage property. She proposed that the six agencies interested in... READ MORE >
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