A Grand Marais man escaped injury Oct. 19 when the cement truck he was driving tipped over at the intersection of County Road 7 and Highway 61 in Grand Marais. Craig Waver, 60, was traveling westbound on County Road 7 in a 2004 International cement truck carrying about a yard of cement (approximately 3,500 pounds). Waver told Cook County sheriff... READ MORE >
There are a number of events and special offers in Cook County to express appreciation to the veterans in our community on Veterans Day, November 11, 2015. . Veteran recognition in Grand Portage American Legion Post 2009, 8495 East Highway 61, Grand Portage, will be hosting a gathering. The event will begin with a drum ceremony at 10:30 a.m., a... READ MORE >
About 50 people gathered at the Hovland Town Hall on Wednesday, October 28 to learn more about a proposal to develop a Highway 61 wayside rest near the historic Chicago Bay dock. The meeting lasted over two hours and gave Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC) planners plenty to ponder. Hovland-area County Commissioner Frank Moe welcomed the crowd and said, “I’ve... READ MORE >
The nonprofits of Cook County are joining many organizations throughout the state to ask Minnesotans to leverage charitable donations by taking part in “Give to the Max Day” on Thursday, November 12. GiveMN.org makes it fun and easy to give to a variety of causes. Money donated to participating nonprofits directly benefits those organizations and in many cases, such as... READ MORE >
On four beautiful fall days in October, nearly 100 emergency services providers and officials gathered in Grand Portage for intensive training on how to deal with a cross-border emergency. Participants from the United States and Canada participated in the Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) held by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Management Training Institute. Cook County Emergency Management Director... READ MORE >
Multi-talented Mary Schliep of Grand Marais earned accolades at the 2015 Norsk Hostfest for her booth filled with exquisite rosemal pieces. Schliep received a lovely and fitting trophy—a bright red Scandinavian dala horse, about one-foot tall, painted with a distinctive rosemal pattern. Schliep has been attending the Scandinavian celebration in Minot, North Dakota for 20 years, first taking part with... READ MORE >
The Cook County Broadband Commission (CCBC) continues to work to find public access “hot” spots to establish co-working facilities for community members and visitors and to enable the use of teleconferencing in the county. The work to date has been funded by a Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities grant from the Blandin Foundation. At the Tuesday, October 27, county board meeting,... READ MORE >
Between now and Veterans Day, the American Legion Post 413 Auxiliary is once again collecting warm clothing for Help-A-Vet, a Minneapolis group formed to deal with the growing number of homeless veterans in the Twin Cities. Auxiliary member Nancy Backlund, who learned that the shelter system in the Twin Cities is chronically short of beds and that many veterans end... READ MORE >
I’ve written more than a few columns about the need for public involvement in government. Most recently, during “Sunshine Week” in March 2015, I noted that during that Cook County commissioners were reconsidering their policy for accepting public comments at county board meetings. I was delighted that commissioners were concerned about being open to feedback from the public. That is... READ MORE >
Planning and Zoning Director Tim Nelson came before the county board on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 with a request from one of the two septic inspectors who were contracted to perform Lakeshore Septic Compliance program inspections at Greenwood, McFarland and Tom lakes, as well as Lake Superior. Because of a recordkeeping error on his part, the contractor, Tom Rovinski, went... READ MORE >
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