After nearly a century of heavy use, traffic, and unforgiving Minnesota winters, the historic stone bridge in Grand Portage is in need of repair. Work will begin later this month to rehabilitate the bridge masonry using craftspeople and volunteers highly skilled in historic preservation techniques. The craftspeople will also document, disassemble, and then rebuild the bridge parapets (walls above the... READ MORE >
Five citizens were picked to work with the county board chair, vice chair, and Auditor/Treasurer Braidy Powers and administrator Jeff Cadwell on the 2019 county budget. Selected to the Cook County budget committee were Arvis Thompson, District 1; Mike Carlson, District 2; Jim Boyd, District 3; Nick Burger, District 4; and Liz Wagner, District 5. Commissioners voted to add these... READ MORE >
Professional juggler Sean Emery will be coming to the Grand Marais Public Library on Saturday, July 14 at 10:30 a.m. With his talent and an uncanny ability to read people, Emery scoops up the audience and embraces them with his circus-y skills, comedy, and showmanship. Emery is an eccentric and talented entertainer, wowing the crowd with jaw-dropping juggling stunts that... READ MORE >
The annual Take A Kid Fishing day held Saturday, June 9 at Mink Lake turned out great for the 30 people who attended. The event takes place during the annual Take A Kid Fishing Weekend hosted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR). In Cook County, it is a collaborative effort with the United States Forest Service (USFS), Minnesota... READ MORE >
William Loew-Blosser, 65, is one speedy race walker. A Twin Cities native who recently moved full time to Grand Marais, Blosser won the USA Track & Field metric mile race walking championships in the 65- to 69-year-old age group at the 2018 National Masters Indoor Championships on March 16 in Washington, D.C. Blosser, who competes for the Twin Cities Race... READ MORE >
The Kakabeka Falls Legion half marathon and 8K races will be held on Sunday, August 19. The course for the half marathon will be the same as last year. Participants start at the Kakabeka Falls Legion – then head east along a closed Trans Canada Highway – turning south down a closed Highway 588. Just before the Kaministiquia River Bridge... READ MORE >
Groups aiming to get more people to hunt and fish have until 2 p.m. Thursday, June 28, to apply for grants that are available from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The grants are a response to an ongoing issue: While anglers still cast lines and hunters head to deer camp each year, the percentage of Minnesotans who hunt or... READ MORE >
Despite extraordinary hard work by a great many people, the Cook County Chamber’s 2018 effort at the Minnesota Legislature produced decidedly mixed results, Jim Boyd, Cook County Chamber executive director reports. “Everyone worked very hard,” Boyd said, “but our efforts were overwhelmed by the Big Politics that dominated St. Paul this year. Not only is it an election year, but... READ MORE >
On Tuesday, May 5, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Rick Nolan’s bipartisan North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act (H.R. 1026). The measure revises the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail – extending it to the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and modifying the route in northeastern Minnesota. Specifically this legislation will officially incorporate about... READ MORE >
Campers and other visitors planning to have campfires at state parks, state forests and other public lands managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources need to be aware of new firewood rules beginning this year. New rules were needed, because quarantine boundaries instituted for gypsy moth and emerald ash borer made the former rules problematic. Under the new rules,... READ MORE >
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