Gunflint Green Up volunteers have fun rehabbing the forest
Madeline McCormick and her little brother Finn were about an hour and a half into their Gunflint Green Up workday Saturday, May 8, 2010. They were busy releasing trees along the Kekekabic Trail from the threat of being crowded out by faster-growing species around them. The snow that had fallen the night before was starting to melt. It was 10:45 a.m. Full Story
School budget uncertain but some teachers keep jobs
The amount of funding that Cook County Schools will receive from the State of Minnesota for the 2010-11 school year is a big unknown. The school board tried to work on its budget anyway in a special meeting Wednesday, May 5. Full Story
MnDOT reps say road construction through Duluth is manageable
Two Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) representatives and one Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC) representative met with county commissioners Tuesday, May 11, 2010 to let them know the types of projects that will be undertaken on state roads over the next nine years. A big project for this summer may make trips to Cook County a little harder for tourists. Full Story
Filing period opens for county elections
Minnesota’s primary elections will be held the second Tuesday of August (the 10th) to give more time for military and overseas absentee ballots to be returned, Auditor- Treasurer Braidy Powers told the county board on May 11. Full Story
