Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project, an initiative of the Duluth Superior Community Foundation, believes the best way to determine what a community wants is to listen to what its people have to say – a fundamental principle of democracy. Disagreements can lead to healthy debate, which brings new information and ideas to light. When a particular issue strikes at... READ MORE >
Eight local community organizations have been selected to receive Public Health Community Fund grants in 2019 – a combined total of $130,017. Members of the Public Health and Human Services Advisory Committee convened in September to review requests for funding from the Public Health Community Fund (previously known as Discretionary Funds). In previous years, requests for funding were directed to... READ MORE >
On Thursday, September 24 the United States Forest Service Superior National Forest and Cook County Minnesota completed a land exchange at the Cook County courthouse in Grand Marais – an initiative that began in the 1990s. Cook County and the Superior National Forest have been working together for nearly two decades to develop the proposal and complete all of the... READ MORE >
On Friday, September 21, at 12:21 p.m., the owner of the car wash at NAPA in Grand Marais, reported that the coin box was broken into. Coins were stolen, and the coin box was broken beyond repair. Suspects have been identified, and the case is currently under investigation. If you have any more information about this incident, please contact Sheriff... READ MORE >
At approximately 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 14, a call came in to Cook County 911 Dispatch from a passerby reporting visible smoke and a residential structure engulfed in flame at 4 County Road 34 (Rollins Creek Road) in Lutsen Township. Lutsen and Tofte fire departments along with Lutsen EMS and the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office were dispatched and... READ MORE >
Pat Scully moved to the Grand Marais area in 1975. He has been associated with the Grand Marais Fire Department as a member since 2010, has spent the last 36 years as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) on the North Shore ambulance crew, and with Cook County Search & Rescue. He was a founding member of the Medical First Response... READ MORE >
The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office and Cook County Search & Rescue responded to a water emergency July 10 involving a capsized canoe on Sawbill Lake near the portage to Kelso Lake, located about 25 miles north of Tofte in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA). Niles Richard Schulz, 75, of Minneapolis, was on the lake paddling his canoe,... READ MORE >
Cook County Public Health & Human Services (PHHS) is accepting applications for programs and services that serve the community through the Public Health Community Fund. In previous budget years, funding was granted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to local service providers through the County’s “discretionary” or “non-mandated levy fund”. Approximately $130,000 in funding was granted in 2018, to... READ MORE >
An initial autopsy confirms the cause of death of the 46-year-old man found Wednesday morning, June 27 on the shore of Lake Superior east of Grand Marais, to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The deceased was from Woodbury, Minn. Family has been notified. For cases involving mental health issues or suicide, identities will not be released. “Our thoughts are with... READ MORE >
The body of a 46-yearold male from the Twin Cities metro area was located on the beach of Lake Superior near mile marker 123 off Highway 61, early June 27. The deceased’s body was discovered by a woman walking on the beach and reported to the Sheriff’s Office. The man’s vehicle was parked near where he was located. Identification is... READ MORE >
