June 2025

CONNECTIONS

At the May 20 Cook County and Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) meeting, the board made significant strides by approving several resolutions awarding grants.

National Park Service press release

As of June 4th, traffic on the Gunflint Trail traveling over The Little Devil Track River has been moved to a single lane temporary bridge.

WTIP Community Radio has announced the performance schedule for the 18th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival, September 5-7, 2025, which takes place at Sweetheart’s Bluff in the Grand Marais Recreation Area.

It’s not the record one wants to set. Yet, on June 3 at 2 a.m., the air quality reading issued by the Minnesota Air Quality Index (AQI) for Grand Portage set an unprecedented Minnesota record for hourly concentrations of fine particle pollution at 800. This surpasses the previous record set on July 29, 2021, in St. Cloud at a 692 AQI. On July 4, 2020, at 10 p.m., a 657 AQI was recorded in Minneapolis, the result of smoke from personal fireworks after a municipal fireworks display.

The Cook County Board will conduct interviews with their top four candidates for the County Administrator position starting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 16, 2025. Approximately one hour has been allotted for each interview. The interviews will take place in the Commissioners Board Room in the County Courthouse. The public is welcome to attend and observe.