Fuels reduction stimulus grant for Tait Lake community
On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, the county board passed a motion accepting a $120,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) grant to reduce understory fuels on 150 acres of private property around Tait Lake. Full Story
County board discusses resort boats on public landings
Should the county allow a resort to keep a boat at a public landing for occasional use by its guests? Cook County commissioners wrestled with this question posed by County Assessor Mary Black on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. It came up when a cabin owner complained about noise at Leo Lake landing that they attributed to people using boats left there by area businesses. Full Story
Forest Service begins hazardous tree removal along Gunflint Trail
Motorists traveling along the Gunflint Trail are advised that contract equipment will be working in the road right-of-way to remove trees killed as a result of the Ham Lake Fire. Crews will be working at various locations along the route for the next two to five weeks. Full Story
Grand Portage dock renovation leads to archaeological finds
Grand Portage, Minnesota’s oldest community, was recently the site of an important archaeology find.
Bob Walker, an excavator hired to replace the Grand Portage National Park Service dock, dumped a bucket of sludge on his barge, hosed it off and noticed a glint of copper in the muck. Full Story
Booster club pinch hitting for school district during financial hard times
The Cook County High School Athletic Booster Club contributed $16,750.25 to ISD 166 for school sports this year. “I’m certainly impressed with all the hard work they’ve done,” said board chair Bill Huggins at a May 19, 2010 school board meeting. The board passed a motion thanking the booster club for its contributions. Full Story
Summer events approved at Schroeder May meeting
After sharing a treat of delicious potato donuts—“spudnuts”—baked by Marion McKeever of Satellite’s Country Inn, the Schroeder Town Board got down to business on May 11, 2010, considering citizen requests for summer events. Full Story
Incumbent county commissioners face challenges
As the deadline nears for candidates to file to run for office, the race for county commissioner seats is getting interesting, with candidates challenging each of the three commissioners and setting the wheels in motion for a primary election in district 3. Full Story
New viewing spots for Tofte Fourth of July fireworks
After some of Tofte’s Fourth of July fireworks blew up in the town park last year, the Independence Day fireworks will never be quite the same. Full Story
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Twenty-one county commissioners from seven northeast Minnesota counties gathered at Island View Restaurant in Grand Portage on Friday, May 21, 2010 for an Association of Minnesota Counties district me Full Story
Zinter, Thrivent earn accolades
Gary Zinter of Silver Bay, a financial associate with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, has earned membership in the prestigious 2010 Million Dollar Round Table. Zinter qualified for this honor based on his sales excellence, outstanding client service, ethical conduct and professional knowledge in 2009. Full Story
Healthy decisions encouraged at DARE graduation
The 2010 Cook County D.A.R.E. graduation was held on Friday, May 21 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Chief Deputy Leif Lunde congratulated the students for completing the DARE curriculum and announced some exciting news about the DARE poster contest. Entry in the poster contest is voluntary, but all 52 of this year’s DARE students entered. Full Story
Emma Smith is finalist in PBS Writers Contest
WDSE PBS-8 saw a record number of entries in its 2010 writing contest. Thisyear 5,112 children from 40 area schools submitted entries in the PBS
Kids Go! Writers
Contest.
In mid- April the finalists were announced. Among them was Sawtooth thirdgrader Emma Smith with her story Greg
and the Race!
Full Story
Free books for kids stress positive traits
Local six-year-olds have recently received a beautifully bound gift book about positive character-building traits entitled My Favorite Book.
The illustrated book is full-color and organized into multiple stories concerned with teaching positive citizenship values to youngsters. Full Story
Small wind rebates for homeowners now available
Rebates of up to $10,000 are now available from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Office of Energy Security (OES) for Minnesota homeowners who install qualifying small wind turbine systems. Reservations are available on a firstcome, first-served basis. Full Story
Cross River Heritage Center hosts June 4 opening party
Visit the Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder for an opening party June 4 at 6:30 p.m. The Schroeder Area Historical Society is celebrating the opening of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police art exhibit and local photography of Kathy Gray-Anderson and woodworking of Ron Krueger. Full Story
Walk-It 5K Challenge from Weight Watchers
All past, present, and future Weight Watchers, life members, friends, and supporters are invited to join the local “Weight Watchers Walk-It 5K Challenge” on Wednesday evening, June 2. Full Story
Guest lecture series at Higher Ed focuses on engineering challenges
Cook County Higher Education’s next Guest Lecture series is Engineering as a
Profession: Current Status, Future Needs
and Challenges
on June 8, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, with refreshments. Full Story
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