After unsuccessfully asking the county board for $70,000 more in contingency funds from the county’s 1 percent recreation and infrastructure sales tax fund one week prior, Cook County Community YMCA Project Manager Wade Cole of ORB Management came back again on September 17, 2013 via a Skype session over the Internet to ask the board how they wanted him to... READ MORE >
A family of beavers continued to build their house on the Flute Reed River just south of North Road in Hovland this summer as large machines worked upstream across the road to create a better habitat for fish, and ultimately, beavers. In 2010, Flutereed Partnership, a group of concerned property owners, was successful in procuring a $540,603 Minnesota Pollution Control... READ MORE >
The first ISD 166 school board meeting of the new school year on September 5, 2013 was relatively short but covered a lot of ground. All district employees were asked to set a personal goal to improve school culture in the first quarter of the year. Superintendent Beth Schwarz reported that goals set by the faculty and staff included getting... READ MORE >
Cook County Community YMCA Project Manager Wade Cole of ORB Management asked the county board on September 10 for $70,000 of as-yet-uncommitted funds from the county’s 1 percent recreation and infrastructure sales tax budget in order to finish the project. He cited unexpected costs due to a contract dispute with The Meyer Group and re-design fees paid to JLG Architects... READ MORE >
The county board could have set its 2014 proposed levy 11.4 percent higher than this year’s levy to reflect anticipated cost increases and budget requests from departments, but it didn’t. The board set the proposed levy at its September 10 meeting since state law required that it be set by the 15th. The amount of its levy could be decreased... READ MORE >
East End residents are not happy about the new rumble strips recently installed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) on Highway 61 between Grand Marais and the Canadian border. The county board supported their opposition with a letter to Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Charles Zelle written September 4, 2013. On September 10, citizens were on hand to speak to the... READ MORE >
The ISD 166 superintendent’s facebook page was busy the first week of school. New policies and procedures were in place at Cook County High School. Some students and parents did not like them, while some parents defended them. Security at the Eagle doors Some of the facebook discussion regarded having to get buzzed into the inner set of Eagle doors... READ MORE >
With a number of very big decisions being made over the last couple of years, including decisions about construction of the Cook County Community YMCA, awarding funds for Superior National at Lutsen Golf Course improvements, broadband installation throughout the county, and creating a county administrator position, the county board has been under a lot of scrutiny. At the August 27,... READ MORE >
Protecting a patient’s right to privacy is a big deal for health care providers, including Cook County North Shore Hospital & Care Center. Employees sign a confidentiality agreement and receive training in HIPAA— the federal Health Information Portability & Accountability Act. Helping everyone stay in compliance is Teresa Hanson, the hospital’s privacy officer. On August 22, 2013, she briefed the... READ MORE >
My friend Ev Fuller died a few years ago, but she left some great things behind when she went. She left her husband Al, three grown children, several grandchildren, a dog named Charlie, and a book that she had written. Ev’s life wasn’t easy. When I started spending time with her, she was on oxygen and breathing was difficult. That... READ MORE >
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