This week, Ulland Bros. is installing curb & gutter, sidewalk, and driveway approaches between MN 61 and 2nd St. This work will be complete early next week and followed by base course asphalt paving of the roadway late next week or early the following week. Base course paving will remain in place until the end of the project when the... READ MORE >
North Shore Health (NSH) in Grand Marais announced that they have successfully launched their new virtual hospitalist services with provider, Horizon Virtual. Until recently, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic (SMC) provided inpatient, swing bed and observation services to NSH patients. In April, SMC announced that their physicians would soon focus on clinic primary care and would discontinue providing the aforementioned services as... READ MORE >
The Grand Marais Farmers Market is introducing a new free kids program called the Power of Produce Club (PoP Club). This program was created at the Oregon City, Oregon, farmers market in 2011. Due to its success, it has spread to farmers markets all over the nation. The PoP Club has been in Minnesota since 2013 and is added to... READ MORE >
Artists will be selected to install works of art in designated public locations within North Shore Health September 1, 2023 – January 1, 2024. North Shore Health (NSH) has enjoyed a proud history of displaying the creative work of local artists in their facility’s public areas. During COVID, that activity was paused due to safety protocols that discouraged public gatherings.... READ MORE >
In March of 2023, we featured an article that welcomed several new employees to our Cook County Minnesota staff. Some grew up here, others came from afar. All had interesting stories to tell about what compelled them to come to Cook County and work with us. By sharing their profiles and photos, we felt that would be a nice way... READ MORE >
On Friday, June 16 Cook County Public Health presented data from the 2022 Minnesota Student Survey in relation to local youth mental health and substance use. The Minnesota Student Survey asks students questions about activities, opinions, behaviors, and experiences, including a variety of risk and protective factors. The presentation was recorded for future use. Additionally, Cook County Public Health is... READ MORE >
On Wednesday, May 31, immediately after the 8:00 a.m. bell and principal’s announcements, students in Emma Spoon’s ISD 166 Sixth Grade Safety Class were treated to an insightful and informative Emergency Management presentation by Mike Keyport, Cook County Emergency Management Director and Ann Sullivan, Cook County District 4 Commissioner. The session provided an overview of the Emergency Management programs in... READ MORE >
North Shore Health (NSH) is proud to announce that North Shore Living (Care Center) made it for over three years through the COVID-19 pandemic without a single case of COVID. The first American case of COVID-19 was reported on January 20, 2020, and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared the U.S. outbreak a Public... READ MORE >
Cook County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) issues a Request for Proposals (RFP) through the Public Health Fund. To be considered for the Public Health Fund, applicants should align their requests with goals identified through the Cook County Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan. Areas that align with these goals are: Access to specialty medical services Behavioral health Safe... READ MORE >
On May 14, at approximately 11:24 p.m. Cook County dispatch received a call of a missing person on Seagull Lake. Due to the time that the call came in, it was decided that search efforts would begin immediately the following day. Cook County Search and Rescue began to mobilize to include water, ground, and air searches of the area adjacent... READ MORE >
