On July 19 of last summer the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) completed its first-ever local renewable energy project, installing 144 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the rooftop of the city’s new public works building located near the site of the old Tomteboda Motel. The solar installation is rated at 51 kilowatts (kW) and is second in size within... READ MORE >
Cook County residents are invited to participate in one of three community listening sessions that will be held on February 20 and 21 at various sites in Grand Marais. Poet Julia Klatt Singer and composer Craig Carnahan will lead the sessions, which are free and open to the public. They are designed to provide an opportunity for residents to describe... READ MORE >
Want to take the edge off of a long winter? Gene’s Foods might just have the answer for you, your family, and your friends. Gene’s Foods is once again sponsoring a two-week family game night drawing. “We provide the pop, popcorn and game, and you provide the family and friends,” said storeowner Gene Lashinski. Drawings are Saturday, Feb. 22 and... READ MORE >
Mark your calendars, dads of Cook County girl scouts, because on Feb. 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the I.S.D. 166 school cafeteria you finally get a chance to show off your fancy dance moves to your daughter(s). You might not be able to do Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk, but within a minute (or two) of instruction you should... READ MORE >
Recently the weather was a chilly minus 40F. The ice froze, and then it melted at plus 40F on Saturday, Feb. 2, just when the debut show by Iceformance needed ice the most. Iceformance, a Minnesota-based professional figure skating performance troupe, was created in May 2018 by professional skaters Amy Berglund, Twin Cities and Debbie Mueller of Grand Marais, both... READ MORE >
A number of Cook County Chamber board members will travel to St. Paul next week for a series of meetings with legislators arranged by the Chamber’s St. Paul representative Judy Erickson. While in St. Paul, they also will participate in the Duluth Chamber’s Duluth & St. Louis County Days. The overriding purpose of their effort, according to Chamber Executive Director... READ MORE >
In an article submitted to the newspaper several weeks ago it was suggested that Cook County was named after a local family. But according to the late editor Ade Toftey, Cook County was named after Major Michael Cook of Faribault, a member of the Minnesota Senate during Civil War days, who lost his life in service. Cook County Historical Society... READ MORE >
Seeing green is what we expect from our North Shore forest. Unfortunately, this time of the year, when deer see green they have only one thing in mind – eating young white pine and white cedar tree seedlings. North Shore private landowners can now help solve the deer browsing issue with a reduced-price tree fencing program from the North Shore... READ MORE >
Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a landowner workshop on Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Cook County courthouse commissioners’ room. The workshop is designed to provide information on natural landscape design, trees/ forestry and small-scale stormwater management. Following these few presentations, attendees will have an informal opportunity to take a map of... READ MORE >
North Share Crafters is a new program being launched here in Cook County over the next month. It is for people who would like to make some extra money while working at home. Responding to a demand by local merchants from their shoppers—who want locally made gifts and ornaments—North Shore Crafters will train people to produce crafts and get them... READ MORE >
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