ARTICLE SUBMITTED FROM THE COOK COUNTY PLANT EXCHANGE GROUP If you’ve ever come across a group of gardeners (novice or experienced), you’ll find they’re usually pretty friendly and up for talking about all things plants. And while there are wonderful community gardens and gardening clubs throughout Cook County, having an event where people can chat and exchange is an extra special occasion.
10 YEARS AGO JUNE 21, 2014 v The Tait Lake Association community has been recognized as a Firewise Communities/USA site by the national Firewise Communities program for its efforts to reduce the vulnerability of homes and landscapes to wildfire. v Cook County Commissioners received a reply from Brenda Halter, U.S.
BRIAN LARSEN On Tuesday, June 18, the Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation board announced it had awarded $492,500 in Culture and tourism grants to 27 projects, two of which were in Cook County. The Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council Business Committee, Grand Portage, was awarded $30,000 to construct a playground at the Grand Portage Community Center, which houses the Oshki Ogimaag Charter School, after-school programming, and youth summer camps.
A call came into the Cook County Law Enforcement Dispatch at 6:54 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18, that a 9-year-old boy had been injured when a tree fell on the tent he was in during a storm.
No one who's a felon can serve in the military of the United States. No one who's a felon should be Commander in Chief! Don Davison Grand Marais, Minnesota We respectfully acknowledge that Fort William Historical Park is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg of Anemki Wajiw (Thunder Mountain), Fort William First Nation, signatory to the Robinson-Superior Treaty of 1850.
A graveside blessing and interment for Ann Nelsen will take place at Maple Hill Cemetery in Grand Marais on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 11 a.m. Reception to follow in the church hall at St. John’s Catholic Church in Grand Marais, to end to later than 3:00 p.m.. Anna (Ann) Lorraine Nelsen, aged 86, died on April 18 in Hopkins, MN. The funeral took place at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis in April.
CAROL MORGEN The purpose of the group is to build community, and get out and enjoy the natural beauty of our surroundings here on the North Shore and Gunflint Trail. We have a nice lineup of 13 hikes planned, beginning July 3, and ending September 25.
BRIAN LARSEN For those who have been dreaming of winning the Tofte Trek 10K, this year might just be your chance! The former (2018) champ, Joe Klecker, won't be at the race. He's busy preparing for his (potential) second Olympic games and will be focusing on the Olympic trial 10K.
June 18, 2024 - On June 11, 2024, the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame announced that Clarence J. Krotz, a WWII bomber pilot and founder of the first airport in Cook County, will be inducted in 2025.
Cook County Public Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Cook County YMCA, is offering 400 free day passes to local youth through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) grant. This grant is a consortium partnership that includes several other local and regional service providers, each of our local schools and Cook County Higher Ed. The grant focuses on substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery. Through our prevention work, providing local youth with safe and accessible options to spend their summer days is an important piece to promoting protective factors that help prevent and reduce substance use.