Superintendent suggests broadband could help ISD 166 compete
Superintendent Beth Schwarz reported to the ISD 166 school board Wednesday, August 18, 2010 that thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Blandin Foundation, the county is seeking proposals for projects that would demonstrate how ultra high speed Internet (“broadband”) could benefit the community, and the school could be one of the prime projects. Full Story
Grand Marais man injured in motorcycle accident
Cook County Law Enforcement received a call from Naniboujou Lodge at 4:41 p.m. on Monday, August 16, reporting an accident in front of the lodge on Highway 61.
Hovland and Colvill Fire Departments, First Responders, and Cook County Ambulance were called and arrived on the scene to transport Tim Miller, 46, of Grand Marais, to Cook County North Shore Hospital. Full Story
Heeren purchases Swanson Law
Slipping into a conversation with Baiers Heeren is as easy as slipping into a favorite easy chair: warm and comfortable.
For those of you who don’t know Baiers, he is the new owner of Heeren (pronounced Herron) Swanson Law firm.
“We’re glad to be back,” said Heeren. Full Story
City water mains to be replaced in two spots this fall
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from Iron Range Resources (IRR), some water mains in City of Grand Marais alleys will be replaced this fall. City Administrator Mike Roth believes at least some of the 4” mains, now considered undersized, may have been there since the 1930s. Full Story
Bargain shop brings bonanza to local nonprofits
First and Second Thrift Store has done it again—with the help of all the volunteers who staffed it from July of last year through June of this year, the people who donated goods, and the customers who bought them. The efforts of many people whose trails have led through Grand Marais have netted $41,568.50 to the nonprofit organizations of Cook County in this past year alone. Full Story
Boxes of history waiting for attention in Tofte
Volunteers are needed to help sort through historic documents in Tofte Township.
On August 12, 2010, town supervisor Jim King recommended to the town board that someone sort through old documents currently sitting in the fire hall attic. Those worth keeping could possibly be stored in the climate-controlled area of the Tofte Fishing Museum, he said. Full Story
Cook County North Shore Hospital Lab recognized
In May 2010, the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), announced that the Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center Laboratory had once again been awarded accreditation, based on the results of an onsite inspection. Laboratory Technician Jennifer Backstrom said the inspection was “rigorous.” Full Story
Hospital deficit on target with expectations
As of the August 19, 2010 North Shore Hospital and Care Center board meeting, the facility was at a $228,262 loss. Controller Yvonne Gennrich told the board that this is on target with the $500,000 loss anticipated in the budget.
July was “a very good month for us in the outpatient department,” Gennrich said, with $991,511 in revenue. Full Story
Boreal project recognized at State Fair
A local project was among those recognized from across Minnesota Aug. 29 at the State Fair during the Second Annual Community Pride Showcase and Awards Ceremony. Full Story
Contemporary Native American art bridges old and new cultures
An Internet search reveals that the four Native American artists whose works were featured at Johnson Heritage Post August 13-29 had exhibited together before. Each artist’s contemporary paintings and drawings were distinct from the others, and at least one of the artists has roots in Cook County. Full Story
"Lundie in the City" home tour
The Fiterman House on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis was the site of the second Lundie-in-the- City home tour and silent auction July 25, a fundraiser for the Schroeder Area Historical Society. Full Story
3rd Annual Radio Waves Music Festival set for Sept. 11-12
The 3rd Annual Radio Waves Music Festival will be held Friday, Sept. 10 and Saturday, Sept. 11. This year, WTIP North Shore Community Radio is partnering with the North Shore Music Association to offer two days of music, fun and community. Full Story
Taste of the Gunflint Trail set for Sept. 11
A Taste of the Gunflint
Trail
is set for Saturday, Sept. 11. That’s when, in addition to Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, nine businesses will offer an open house with “tastes” from the Gunflint Trail cookbook. Full Story
“Physician of the Year” sought
The Lake Superior Medical Society is seeking nominations for its “2010 Physician of the Year Award.” Thehonor is given to a member physician of the Lake Superior Medical Society who “consistently demonstrates qualities that patients and physicians recognize as defining excellence in medical care delivery.” Full Story
Women can learn outdoor sports at the DNR’s fall workshop
Learning by doing is the focus of a weekend long Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ workshop in September that provides women the opportunity to discover the enjoyment of the outdoors in a fun atmosphere. Full Story
Mike Olson presents Noopiming at ACA
An Ojibwe word, meaning “in the north, inland, in the woods,” Noopiming
is the title of Minneapolis composer Mike
Olson’s fragment-based choral composition.
The North Shore Music Association d
e is honored to host this performance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Full Story
Still time to get in on Fishing Museum raffle
There’s still time to get a raffle ticket from the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum. Full Story
Gifted learners topic of Sept. 14 guest lecture
Cook County Higher Education’s next Guest Lecture series is Discovering the
Gifted and Learning Disabled Learner
on Tuesday, Sept. 14 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Full Story
Litter and trash shouldn’t be signs of summer
Although summer brings warm weather and the chance to enjoy outdoor activities, it also unfortunately brings an increase in illegal dumping and littering. Recent law enforcement reports include illegal dumping of brush in the Seagull Lake area and dumping of household garbage at the Iron Lake campground dumpsters. Full Story
Photos
Above: Emma, Malin, and Linnea Åseby-Gesch look over the wonderful harvest of chantrelle mushrooms found near “an old logging road in Cook County.” The Åseby-Gesches found the mushroom pat Full Story
Bear hunters: Don't shoot radio-collared bears
Hunters participating in this fall’s bear hunt, which opened Sept. 1, should avoid shooting radio-collared or ear-tagged animals, said the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Taking a bear with a radio collar is legal, however, unless the bear is accompanied by a researcher who has identified the bear to the hunter as a research animal. Full Story
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