The Cook County Tennis Association (CCTA) held its fourth annual three-day tennis camp last week to a record number of youth. Travel Tennis Camps Inc, a Minnesota organization that specializes in putting on tennis camps in towns throughout Minnesota during the summer, again provided instruction. The camp is held at the Grand Marais courts and is open to both youth... READ MORE >
This year, 42 local third-grade students learned how to be safer, more confident bicyclists through the Third Grade In-School Bike Education program. After three years of the program, 135 students have participated through the schools in Grand Marais and Grand Portage. Students receive safety and skills instruction and practice in the classroom, gym, and on the street using a fleet... READ MORE >
This summer, local blood bank Memorial Blood Centers is facing a serious challenge in maintaining an adequate supply of O negative, A negative, and B negative blood types to meet the needs of our hospital partners in Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Every two seconds, someone needs blood. Please donate if you are: . In good health . Free of antibiotics... READ MORE >
Former Cook County I.S./ Communications Director Danna MacKenzie received some good news this week. On Monday, July 17 MacKenzie was notified by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) that she, now the executive director of the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development, was the recipient of the 2017 Community Broadband Hero of the Year Award. NATOA honors outstanding... READ MORE >
The USDA Rural Development agency in Virginia, Minnesota is now accepting applications from individuals who wish to purchase a home or make repairs to their existing home. Home purchase loans are available to low-income families who wish to buy homes located in rural communities with a population of 20,000 or less. Loans may be made for up to 100 percent... READ MORE >
North Shore Health Care Foundation recently received $5,000 to support improved access to oral health care for Cook County youth. Northland Foundation announced that 35 grants were approved between April 1 and June 30, 2017. The awards for the quarter, which concludes the Foundation’s fiscal year, totaled $342,700 and support an array of projects and programs that nurture children, youth,... READ MORE >
One Sunday in 2009, Rick Schubert and Dan Strayer had a church pew conversation about the need for international workers to have transportation. What came out of that conversation was Workers on Wheels (WOW), a program that loans bicycles to foreign workers for the summer. Now in its seventh year, WOW is supported in part by the Grand Marais First... READ MORE >
Northern Minnesota employers just got another health care company to consider when deciding who to purchase healthcare insurance from. Wilderness Health and PreferredOne recently partnered to create Wilderness Health ACO, offering a lower-priced employer health care plan to the area. Wilderness Health is a collaborative of independent providers working together to improve health care in northern Minnesota. It is headquartered... READ MORE >
Businesses along the Gunflint Trail (also known as County Road 12) will host the first annual Biggest Blueberry Contest beginning on Friday, July 21. Blueberries will be measured by weight, and must be picked fresh and not store bought. The weekly contest will have three rounds, with prize drawings occurring on the last day of each round: Friday, July 21... READ MORE >
The Grand Marais Garden Club invites you to its annual flower show entitled “Floral Fiesta” on Saturday, July 29 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Cook County Community Center, 317 W. 5th St. Monica Anderson is this year’s chairperson. The public is invited to bring floral arrangements to the Community Center from 9-11 Saturday morning. You don’t have to... READ MORE >
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