Valerie Marasco, Office of Emergency Management & Public Information Officer


Latest Articles:

PHHS gets grant to help support people with disabilities

Cook County’s Public Health & Human Services Department is one of a few public organizations to receive a new Small Innovation Grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) as part of a new program to support people with disabilities in the community. The small innovations grants program awards between $1,500 and $100,000 to individuals and organizations to work... READ MORE >

Road Work Ahead:

Cook County’s first construction project of this season is under way at Lutsen Mountains. Work to replace the timber bridge just past the Eagle Ridge Check-in near the end of Highway (Hwy) 5, began this week. Construction will occur Mondays through Fridays, and work will pause for the Lutsen 99er race, June 22-24. The new bridge will be wider for... READ MORE >

Routine traffic stop on Highway 61 ends in suicide

At approximately 9:15 a.m. on June 10, a Cook County sheriff ’s deputy attempted to pull a vehicle over for a speed violation east of Schroeder near the Temperance River. The vehicle pulled onto the shoulder and slowed. The vehicle continued to drive forward at a very low rate of speed. At approximately 9:17 a.m., as the vehicle was coming... READ MORE >