Before leaving the area upon completion of Highway 61 roadwork, KGM Construction patched some potholes along the Sawbill Trail at the request of the Cook County Highway Department. The holes were transformed into mounds, however, but the road is better than it was before, Maintenance Supervisor Russell Klegstad reported to the county board Tuesday, July 13, 2010. He does not... READ MORE >
An idea has been simmering at Blue Water Café—what Gene Erickson termed “the headquarters of Grand Marais”—that would honor a deeply loved community member and invite opportunities for others to be honored as well. Erickson and Park Johnson asked the Grand Marais Park Board Tuesday, July 6, 2010 to consider allowing the Blue Water coffee club to erect a high-quality... READ MORE >
Sex offender treatment was the order of the day for Lee Sorenson, a 54-year-old Twin Cities man with property in Cook County who pled guilty to peeping into the windows of a Cook County family a year ago. Under a plea agreement, Sorenson’s conviction was reduced from a gross misdemeanor to a misdemeanor. In court on July 7, 2010, Cook... READ MORE >
Benoit Morin, 29, of Drummondville, Quebec might be more careful about his directions next time he travels the Trans Canada Highway. On June 29, 2010, he and a female friend unknowingly went the wrong way off the Trans Canada Highway and ended up crossing the U.S.-Canadian border at Pigeon River. That wouldn’t have been so bad had he not been... READ MORE >
From conflict to collaboration. From natural disaster to community triumph. That is the story of the Gunflint Trail, the U.S. Forest Service, and the people who have loved this wild northern route to eastern Minnesota’s Canadian border lakes. About 350 people gathered on July 4, 2010 to celebrate the history of the Gunflint Trail at the grand opening of the... READ MORE >
TheMaple Hill Church was filled with sunshine, music, and about 50 happy faces on June 27, 2010 as the Spirit of the Wilderness Episcopal Church officially became a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, its first mission in over 20 years. This is the first Episcopal church ever in Cook County, leaving only one other county in Minnesota without... READ MORE >
“Beekeeping is very fun and cool!” That’s the word from Mark Ditmanson, one of a group of about a dozen and a half Cook County Hobby Beekeepers. The club started up last fall, and it has a mission, a rather big mission: help keep the honey bee alive and well so the worldwide food chain can continue to keep us... READ MORE >
ISD 166 Superintendent Beth Schwarz and K-12 Principal Gwen Carman summarized the year for the school board at its regular meeting Wednesday, June 16, 2010. “I’m really proud of the year that we had,” said Carman. “I’m proud of the education the kids received.” Enrollment dropped by five students from 493 on October 15 to 488 on June 8. In... READ MORE >
County Commissioner Fritz Sobanja appealed to the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for a waiver of the $1,300 fee to hook up water to a fountain near the tennis courts in Grand Marais, on property formerly owned by the school but now owned by the county. The water could be piped from the school, but after the land trade... READ MORE >
Thecounty board met in a special session Tuesday, June 29, 2010 to approve awarding a pavement overlay job on the Sawbill Trail in Tofteto KGM Construction. The$24,150 of work, to include eight patches and matching some seams so snowplows can proceed smoothly, will be done before KGM leaves the county with the equipment it has been using to reconstruct portions... READ MORE >
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