Tax Day Tea Party at courthouse
For the second year in a row, Cook County citizens gathered on the courthouse steps on tax day, April 15, to add their voices to thousands across the nation who spoke up at Tax Day Tea Parties with their opinions on the financial, political, and, to a certain extent, moral direction of America. Full Story
Housing program gets funding boost
Cook - Lake County Housing Coordinator Nancy Grabko of Community Fundraising Solutions (CFS) had good news for the Cook County-Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) at its April 13 meeting. A major piece of funding for Cook County housing rehabilitation projects lost in December 2009 had been reinstated. Full Story
Increased fire restrictions April 23
Continued lack of rain, warm temperatures, and wind are creating very high fire danger across northern Minnesota. To reduce the potential for human-caused wildfires, the Forest Service and Department of Natural Resources have increased fire restrictions that will begin on April 23, 2010. Full Story
More city rain gardens?
Tristan Beaster of Cook County Soil & Water visited Grand Marais city councilors April 14 to talk about the agency’s ongoing effort to improve the city’s storm water runoff design. Specifically, Beaster raised the notion of creating more rain gardens around town—this time on privately owned land with the consent and financial contribution of the property owners. Full Story
NESC works to bring fiber optic to “last mile”
The race for federal stimulus funds to bring fiber optic technology to Cook County is on. With the county’s first-round grant application denied, Arrowhead Electric, in partnership with Pulse Broadband, and Qwest are vying for second-round dollars to bring a fiber optic network to Cook County, but they are not the only ones. Full Story
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