Valerie Marasco, Office of Emergency Management and Public Information Director


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Canadian cyclist collapses on Mount Josephine

Cook County 911 dispatch received a call Monday, June 12, regarding a cyclist who collapsed during his ascent up Mount Josephine in Grand Portage. Robert Hemsworth, a 61-year-old resident of Thunder Bay, was riding from Thunder Bay to Grand Marais. A relative was following Hemsworth in a vehicle and with the assistance of Cook County dispatch, initiated CPR at the... READ MORE >