Cook County new hires and retirees
The county hired Morgan Starkey to work at the Sheriff 's Department as a public safety telecommunicator/jailer. This hire leaves one opening in the department.
May 2024
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Free Poetry Workshop at the Library
The Grand Marais Public Library invites poets to workshop their own poems on Wednesday, May 29, from 6-7:30 p.m.. This workshop is for ages fourteen and up, at all skill levels.
Meeting will be held to discuss ways of reducing soil erosion
The Natural Resource Sources Council (NRCS) works under the Farm Bill to implement practices to reduce soil erosion, help water quality and other practices identified… Login to continue reading Login…
Meet the Class of 2024
Meet Wyatt Hadley Wyatt Hadley is the son of Sara and Ben Hadley, Grand Marais. Wyatt's school activities included playing in the band.
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the punishment exceeds $150 and/or ten days in jail and/or includes one year of supervised adult probation. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.
NOTICE TO HAULERS
Seasonal load restrictions on some of Cook County’s paved and gravel roads have ended, effective today, in accordance with Minnesota’s guidance for the North frost zone. Legal weight trucks are able to use these roads, unless otherwise posted, effective at 12:01 a.m.
The Grand Marais Garden Club – We invite you to join us!
Yay Spring! The time of year when gardeners emerge from their winter hibernation, energized with new ideas and ready to get outside and get planting! Perhaps you’d like to join us? We are a small, but dedicated, group of gardeners intent upon improving our own gardens, as well as contributing towards the beautification of our community. Perhaps you’ve seen the Memorial Rose Garden? That’s managed and maintained by the Grand Marais Garden Club! Maybe you’re looking forward to the bright burst of colorful blooms soon to appear in the town planters? Yes, that’s done by us! Have you been to the Annual Flower Show in July? Guess what? We do that too!
Grand Marais Lions donate to Minnesota Children’s Press and the Letteracy Deck program
At a recent meeting, the Grand Marais Lions Club donated $2,500.00 to the Minnesota Children's Press and the Letteracy Deck program, which Anne Brataas created and runs. Upon receiving the gift, Brataas said, 'The Lions are helping make the second year of the Letteracy Deck program possible by funding 50 percent of our free stamps—international mail included.
COUNTY CONNECTIONS
County-wide E-911Addressing System The Office of Emergency Management manages the County-wide E-911 addressing system. The role of the Emergency 911 Addressing system is to provide the public with competent, timely and effective emergency and nonemergency public safety service.
Tim Cochrane wins a 2024 Minnesota Book Award
Tim Cochrane’s latest Book, Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater University of Minnesota Press) was named the winner of the Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction. The announcement came on Wednesday, May 8, from the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, who listed finalists in all nine categories for the 2024 Minnesota Book Awards.