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The temperature was 50 degrees during Grand Marais’ 2009 Christmas parade Tuesday, November 24. Full Story
County moving slowly on 1% projects
Two Grand Marais groups have notified the county board they are ready to help implement the projects to be funded through the county’s new 1% sales and use tax, but in an effort to be more methodical, county commissioners have reined them in. Full Story
Culverts for cars and creatures
While County Engineer Shae Kosmalski works to maintain quality roads for Cook County residents and visitors, the Cook County Soil & Water staff is working to maintain quality routes for aquatic organisms. Sometimes the two goals are met in the same projects. Full Story
Historic friendships
For many years, I’ve had a standing lunch appointment on the first Tuesday of each month with my former classmates. There is a core group of five women from the Cook County Class of ’75 that meet, although the invitation is open to all of our high school friends. When a classmate is home visiting, we try to get them to join us so we can get caught up on one another’s lives. Full Story
Supercomputer simulates how cat’s brain works.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret,
Intricately woven in the depths of the earth. (Psalm 139:14) Full Story
COMMUNITY CALEN DAR
Cook County AA Meetings
Mondays:
Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meetings. Potluck at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:30).
Tuesdays:
Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Full Story
WE ST END CALE N DAR
Tofte Town Meeting
Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 4/18tfn
Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings
Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 3/22b-tfn Full Story
Boys’ basketball season starts Friday
The Cook County boys’ basketball team started practice on Monday, November 23. It was a tough week to start the season, with Thanksgiving break interrupting the team’s earlyseason physical conditioning. The Vikings practiced for three days and then had much of the team out of town for the four-day Thanksgiving break. Full Story
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John Twiest of Colvill had a nice entry in the Buck's Hardware Big Buck Contest. His buck was 200 pounds and had a 21 ½-inch rack. Full Story
Fish & Wildlife Service funds Great Lake projects
On December 1, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced $590,190 in federal funding for fish and wildlife restoration projects in the Great Lakes Basin. The projects will be matched by $309,949 in partner contributions and will focus on the rehabilitation of sustainable populations of native fish and wildlife and their habitats. Full Story
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