On the evening of September 18, the Flintlock Range Association held its regular monthly meeting. Their monthly meetings are held to update members and the community on the progress of the development of the Flintlock Sports Park, which will be developed on FS Road 304 up the Gunflint Trail.
Dozens of communities in every part of the state are already benefiting from the University of Minnesota’s new Empowering Small Minnesota Communities (ESMC) program. Locally, Phase 1 awards included working with a consortium of cities and counties including Schroeder, Lutsen, Grand Marais and Grand Portage alongside MN Extension.
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 $125 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.
ST. PAUL –Homeowners and renters who suffered damage to their property from the severe storms and floods of June 16 -July 4 have additional time to apply for federal disaster assistance.
Schroeder – Tree-lined Dyers Lake in Schroeder has joined the Cook County lakes being monitored. Three area folks, Carla Menssen, Nancy Simpson and Margit Berg, have been out testing the quiet lake all summer, accompanied sometimes by a family of otters.
Two Girl Scouts in the community have been working on their Bronze Award. It consists of helping the community in some way and having worked at least 20 hours each. Lily and Holly Belmore of Grand Marais, Mn. have made pet bags, each filled with a variety of items like brushes, treats, toys, and other essentials, depending on whether they are for a cat or a dog. These bags also include a handmade fleece blanket and a brochure that informs people how to care for their pets and why people should spay or neuter their pets.
The world is run by those who show up.” That is supremely so in democratic elections. If you do not vote, you have no right to blame anyone else for an election’s result.
North Shore Health Mask Policy Explained By Jason Yuhas, Infection Control, Quality Improvement, Corporate Integrity Director and Troy Batchelor, Hospital Director of Nursing With the diligence and hard work of our North Shore Health (NSH) Team and the strong support of our community, NSH made it through the COVID-19 pandemic without a single case of infection to our Care Center Residents. We also observed very few outbreaks within the NSH staff.
Fall Foraging, part 1 Some of you may have heard my recent interview with WTIP about foraging medicinal plants in the late summer and autumn. The next few weeks, I want to highlight some of these wonderful plant allies.
For a country that spread out before one to a near horizon in greens and browns and blues, there was nothing much wild anymore. Members of the Family Suidae had been domesticated there some millennia ago, and its nearest geographical descendent was the Vietnamese potbelly.