[caption id="attachment_996" align="alignleft" width="300"]Photo by Daryl Popkes A GunflintTrail traffic jam! Daryl Popkes of Birch Lake took this picture of a cow and twin calves who stopped trafficnear his mailbox near Birch Lake on the Gunflint Trail.[/caption]... READ MORE >
Buck’s Hardware Hank of Grand Marais is the recipient of the 2008 President’s Paint Award, which was presented in January at United Hardware Distributing Company’s Spring and Summer Buying Market in Minneapolis’s Convention Center. The President’s Paint Award is given to the top 100 Hardware Hank stores that excelled in paint sales and promotions during 2008. Shown receiving the award... READ MORE >
[caption id="attachment_1000" align="alignleft" width="300"]Above: The Summer Solstice Puppet Pageant was Ou est La Queen? (Where is the Queen?) presented by the Good Harbor Hill Players on Saturday, June 20. The pageant featured a variety of interesting animals, including the "Supreme Beaver." Middle: Every melodrama must have a villain, and in this program, it was the...... READ MORE >
Zoar Lutheran Church in Tofte and Zion Lutheran Church in Finland will host Pastor Kent Groethe on Sunday afternoon and evening on June 28. Pastor Groethe’s seminar is entitled Hearing God. Thisseminar is from 4:00 to 8:30 p.m. and will be held at Zoar Church in Tofte. A break time with a potluck supper is planned. All are welcome to... READ MORE >
An important event that takes place each Fisherman’s Picnic is the naming of the Cook County Citizen of the Year and Senior Citizen of the Year. A number of community notables have been honored on the Lion’s grandstand and with a chauffeured ride in the Fisherman’s Picnic parade. If you know someone who should be honored for the contribution they... READ MORE >
"Other than fire and police protection, what do these people receive for their tax dollars?" After considerable discussion and over the objections of County Highway Engineer Shae Kosmalski, the county board approved a motion Tuesday, June 23, 2009 to create a special taxing zone, or subordinate service district (SSD) for West Rosebush Lane off Highway 61 west of Grand Marais.... READ MORE >
Two of the three parties who met with the Cook County Board of Appeal and Equalization June 16, 2009 did not get what they asked for when the board reconvened Tuesday, June 23. The board had met for three hours the evening of June 22 as well but was not able to complete its business until it met for a... READ MORE >
"This is a good thing for the county, it removes debt." At the June 9, 2009 meeting of the Schroeder board of supervisors, Scott Harrison and Sally Nankivell of the Lutsen-Tofte Tourism Association (LTTA) asked Schroeder town supervisors Ross Willson, Catherine Johnson, and Bill McKeever to approve an amendment to a 2003 settlement agreement with the county regarding the collection... READ MORE >
Excitement is building in Grand Portage as staff is hired for Oshki Ogimaag, the School of New Leaders, which will open this fall as a K-6 public charter school. Cook County School District 166 closed its Grand Portage campus on the last day of school this June in order to make way for the charter school. Oshki Ogimaag will have... READ MORE >
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a request from Sheriff Mark Falk Tuesday, June 23, 2009 to outfit Sheriff ‘s Department vehicles with computers. The computers will allow officers to access information from the state directly without having to go through dispatchers. Theywill also be able to write a report at the scene of a call instead of waiting... READ MORE >
