In June 2009, about 50 Cook County outdoor enthusiasts rode their all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) into the Guinness Book of World Records. The folks on the four-wheelers were part of the All-Terrain Vehicle Association of Minnesota (ATVAM)’s successful attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the World’s Longest ATV Parade. Those 50 people were part of a record-breaking parade of... READ MORE >
I was saving and saving an idea for a column for Earth Day. Then Earth Day came and went and I forgot that I was going to write a column about an environmental pet peeve. So I’m writing a somewhat belated Earth Day Unorganized Territory this week, because if I don’t write it now, I won’t remember my complaint next... READ MORE >
Mike Ross graduated from Cook County High School in 1989, not sure what to do with his life. He knew he wasn’t ready for college and he was looking for some adventure. He found it by enlisting in the U.S. Army. Ross joined the Army in the fall of 1989 and served for four and a half years as a... READ MORE >
Since early 2011, when Grand Marais Fusion first opened its doors to serve healthy teas and shakes such as French vanilla cappuccino, chocolate caramel cheesecake or banana split, proprietors Paul and Kristin (Bursack) Norlander and Jack Bursack of Duluth and Carl and Beth (Larson) Foster of Grand Marais have promoted healthy nutrition—and an occasional weight loss challenge. The New Year... READ MORE >
The 5th annual Gunflint Green Up event will be held on Saturday, May 5 on the Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center grounds. Volunteers will focus on planting and releasing trees along the newly re-established Gneiss Lake Trail. The first Gunflint Green Up event was in the spring of 2008, when volunteers and officials from the U.S. Forest Service gathered to... READ MORE >
Kelly Shepard of North Shore Outdoor, a charter fishing captain and bear guide, grew up in Cook County, learning how to hunt, fish and enjoy time on the water at an early age. He feels fortunate to have had that experience and he wants to share it with the community. “I’ve been thinking about this for awhile,” Shepard told the... READ MORE >
A process begun in 2006 to create a travel management plan (TMP) to designate which forest roads and trails will be open to cars, trucks and off-highway vehicles in the Superior National Forest may be closer to becoming a reality—unless the three environmental groups opposed to the plan once again seek to overturn the Forest Service plan in the courts.... READ MORE >
Cook County is a great place to live. Our citizens are an interesting bunch. Always ready to argue about something—the community center, the golf course, property taxes, religion, or what lake is best for fishing. But also always ready to come to a neighbor’s aid when help is needed. Liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, if your car slides off... READ MORE >
Mike Ross of Lutsen, an instrument/lab/environmental specialist at the Minnesota Power Taconite Harbor Energy Center, is also a retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class. His last deployment with the U.S. Army Reserves was far from the North Shore in the desert of Afghanistan. He was away from his job in Schroeder from August 2010 to October 2011. On Wednesday, April... READ MORE >
The effort to include the Lake Superior-Poplar River Water District and pipeline project in upcoming bonding bills continues to move forward. Judith Erickson, government relations specialist for Lutsen Mountains, said when the Minnesota Legislature returned from its 10-day Easter/Passover break one of the remaining pieces of legislation pending was the 2012 Capitol bonding bill which includes funding in some form... READ MORE >
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