Sometimes situations come up such as unexpected medical bills, reduced work hours, or even unemployment. The Cook County Food Shelf is there to help out in these situations. If you are facing an unexpected budgetary crisis, the Food Shelf can supply a box that supplies three nutritious meals for three days. However, the Food Shelf is not intended to be... READ MORE >
Grand Marais resident and author Susan May Warren will join Mindy Starns Clark as a keynote speaker at the Oregon Christian Writers Summer Conference August 15 – 18 at Aldersgate Retreat Center in Turner, Oregon. An awardwinning author, Warren writes romance, historical novels, mysteries, nonfiction and short stories. Warren will also teach a three-day coaching class, The Heart of the... READ MORE >
A Grand Portage man, Dean Deschampe Jr., 36, was injured when the Jeep Grand Cherokee he was driving left the roadway at Highway 61 mile marker 132 at approximately 2:54 p.m. on Saturday, July 2. Cook County Law Enforcement received 911 calls from two nearby residences where passing motorists had pulled in to make emergency calls. From the preliminary call,... READ MORE >
It’s riding season and the Cook County ATV Club is offering another guided ride, this time in the Hovland area. ATV Club members and friends are invited to the fifth Tom Lake BBQ. In 2010, about 25 ATVers came out for the event and took part in a “Ride & Shoot” target shooting challenge led by ATV Club Vice-President John... READ MORE >
The Grand Marias Public Library has left its downtown site at 104 Second Avenue West and is settling in to its temporary space at Cook County High School. The library closed for one week and in that time managed to move books, computers, office equipment, and furniture to the former district office and Jane Mianowski Conference Center. Library Director Linda... READ MORE >
A free directory featuring Cook County volunteer and nonprofit groups is coming together, but more information is needed. Leaders of these groups are urged to contact Northern Wilds Media Inc. to participate in the directory and receive a form via e-mail to enter their organization’s information. So far about half of the county’s 100- plus nonprofit organizations have filled out... READ MORE >
To be celebrating 40 years since the inception of the Son’s Rays choir seems impossible to Dode Stoskopf, the director of this group, and it seems impossible to anyone who was in the Rays! No one knew the group that began with six scared seventhgrade girls gathered around the baptismal font in the back of Bethlehem Lutheran Church would be... READ MORE >
The Superior Hiking Trail Association is hosting a 4.9-mile hike in the Hovland area on Saturday, July 16. The hike will be from Judge Magney State Park to Camp 20 Road (County Road 70). The trail follows the Brule River for two miles and features the dramatic Devil’s Kettle Falls. Winding through nice forests, the trail climbs to a rocky... READ MORE >
Each spring, the very best hockey players from around the state compete for a chance to represent Minnesota at the USA Hockey National Youth Development Camp held at the ESL Centre in Rochester, New York. April 2011 began two grueling months of travel, tryouts and games to select the 19 skaters and two goalies to travel to New York in... READ MORE >
The Grand Marais Garden Club, the longest continuous serving organization in Cook County, will present its 77th annual flower show on Friday, July 15 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Community Center in Grand Marais. Enjoy strolling among the beautiful flower arrangements depicting our theme while listening to Ann McKenzie on the piano. Take time for refreshments at the... READ MORE >
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