At its annual meeting in August, Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association announced that Andrea Peterson of Grand Marais is this year’s recipient of the Tombolo Award. The association established the Tombolo Award in 2006 for the purpose of recognizing an individual or organization each year who has significantly contributed to the Sugarloaf mission – inspiring the preservation and restoration... READ MORE >
Why don’t they make it a law that drivers should have their headlights on at all times? According to the Minnesota State Patrol, back around 1985 there was an effort to gain support for a bill mandating the use of headlights at all times. Legislators at that time said that the manufacturers would soon be making their vehicles so the... READ MORE >
Healthy Steps resumed Sept. 5 in the lower level conference room of the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic. Healthy Steps is a support group that provides accountability and freedom to pursue good health. Come join weekly group discussions on weight loss/maintenance strategies, ideas for starting or increasing activity, goal setting for healthy living and identifying behaviors that sabotage efforts to live a... READ MORE >
Members of the Great Lakes conservation community gathered at Lake Erie Bluffs to announce 34 ecological restoration projects selected to receive $8.2 million in grant funding through the Sustain Our Great Lakes program. Sugarloaf Cove in Schroeder is one of the grant recipients. With a focus on improving the quality and connectivity of tributary, wetland and coastal habitats, the Sustain... READ MORE >
Bear hunters may only register their harvest at an authorized registration station that has tooth envelopes. A revised list of these authorized bear registration stations is online at www.mndnr.gov/bear. Bear hunting regulations require that a tooth be submitted from all harvested bears. Registration stations that do not have the envelopes cannot register a harvested animal. In Cook County, registration sites... READ MORE >
Hunters participating in Minnesota’s bear season are reminded to avoid shooting radio-collared research bears, which are marked with large colorful ear tags or colorful streamers. Hunters are likely to find collared bears in and near Thief Lake Wildlife Management Area; the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge; the Chippewa National Forest; Camp Ripley; the Cloquet Forestry Station; Voyageurs National Park; and northern... READ MORE >
Cook County youth program representatives are happy to announce some great opportunities for kids—the Out of School Adventures program and an expanded Incredible Exchange program. Out of School Adventures Out of School Adventures for grades 1-8 will be starting Monday, September 10. Sessions will be held Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:35 – 5:15 p.m. Out of School Adventures will... READ MORE >
What do a tomato fight, the Timberwolves, and the Salted Nut Roll bar have in common? They were all major topics presented to BestPrep’s 32nd annual Minnesota Business Venture (MBV). “My experience at MBV has been unique and insanely beneficial,” Cook County Senior High School student Cecilia Schnobrich said. “I learned how to pitch a product to investors, start investing,... READ MORE >
The 10th annual plein air competition and exhibition will be held Sept. 14 – 30 at the Grand Marais Art Colony. This wonderful event offers something for artists and art lovers alike. Although participants in the Plein Air competition will be painting around the community beginning on September 7, the event kicks off for the general public with an opening... READ MORE >
The Minnesota Department of Resources (DNR) Invasive Species Program recently made several confirmations of new aquatic invasive species (AIS) infestations in lakes around the state. The DNR urges people who think they may have discovered an aquatic invasive species to contact the DNR immediately or bring it to a local DNR office for verification. “If people have a true concern... READ MORE >
