Cook County scholars have shone recently in competitions like the National Geographic Geography Bee and Knowledge Bowl. On March 31, Cook County Middle School students once again showed their intellectual power at the History Day regional event at the University of Minnesota- Duluth. All of the students in Dorie Carlson and T.J. Super’s eighth-grade classes completed History Day projects on... READ MORE >
An exciting season for the Cook County Knowledge Bowl team wrapped up at the state meet on April 12 -13 at Cragun’s Resort in Brainerd. On April 12, the Knowledge Bowl students completed the written round—an intense 60-question multiple choice exam. When the scores were tallied, the Cook County team was tied for 11th place. On the morning of April... READ MORE >
About 40 people turned out for the Tuesday, April 10 public input meeting on the proposed Cook County Community Center—less than 1 percent of the county’s 5,176 permanent residents. Whether or not such a small sampling of the population can provide an adequate representation of the county’s overall opinion of the community center project may be questioned. But there was... READ MORE >
I.S.D. 166 school board members who were in attendance at the Cook County Community Center Steering Committee public input meeting on Tuesday, April 10 picked up the debate where it had been left off at a school board work session the next day. The discussion started with Steering Committee Chair Paul Sporn making an appeal to the school board to... READ MORE >
A recount of ballots cast in the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 2012 primary election showed a slightly different number of votes cast for the Reservation Tribal Council (RTC) committeeman seat, however, the difference was not enough to change the outcome of the election. Robert J. Hull and Marie Spry will go on to the general election on... READ MORE >
A couple of years ago, on Easter, my daughter-in-law Michele and the grandkids bought me a pair of mud boots. Not just any mud boots. These are a riotous, swirling, Easter Egg-patterned pair of mud boots. The kids thought I needed the boots because I was always complimenting them on their cool mud boots. I was always threatening to steal... READ MORE >
Ground was broken this week on an exciting new addition to historic Gunflint Lodge. Coming soon to the quiet back lots of the lodge property is the Towering Pines Canopy Tour. A canopy tour consists of a system of zip lines and platforms that allow visitors to soar from tree to tree to see the forest from a bird’s eye... READ MORE >
A Deep Haven, Minnesota man with a link to Cook County’s North Shore was charged in January 2010 with sexually abusing a 15-yearold boy. William Allan Jacobs, 68, a former captain of the Minneapolis Park Police, owns a cabin on Cascade Beach Road in Lutsen. More than two years after being charged, Williams was finally sentenced Monday, April 9, to... READ MORE >
Residents in the area of Third Avenue West in Grand Marais were awakened by a “screech and crash” at 3:00 a.m. on Monday, April 10. Cook County Law Enforcement received calls reporting that a white car had crashed into the embankment at the intersection of Third Avenue West and First Street. Sheriff deputies responded and found that the driver, Brian... READ MORE >
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa held its 2012 primary election on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 for Reservation Tribal Council chair and committeeman. When the polls closed and the votes had been counted, Tribal Chair Norman Deschampe had once again retained his council seat. However, none of the candidates running for the committeeman seat had a majority of... READ MORE >
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