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On Tuesday, September 17, Lutsen’s
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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 $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.
WTIP’s Radio Waves, a celebration of music and community
WTIP North Shore Community Radio hosted the 17th annual Radio Waves Music Festival in the Grand Marais Rec Park on September 6th, 7th and 8th. The three-day festival welcomed 90 local, regional and national musicians to the stage, including Barbara Jean Meyers and Mike Lewis, Splints, Eli Bentley, Emma Tweten and the Portage band. The bluegrass trio Fish Heads, and jam-funk band Saltydog, from Duluth, performed on Friday evening, as well as Rich Mattson and the Northstars from Sparta, Minnesota. The North Shore Swing Band kicked off a full day of music on Saturday, with Minneapolis singer-songwriter Dan Israel performing Saturday afternoon followed by Clearwater Hot Club, and then Annie Humphrey from the Leech Lake Ojibwe Nation, who shared a set of original songs with a packed arena of music lovers. The duo Between Howls astounded the crowd with their vocal sounds and musical reach, and John Ellison and the Carpenter Ants from West Virginia closed out Saturday evening with classic funk and R&B. On Sunday morning, the Ants were back for an R&B Gospel show, followed by Minneapolis (and Lutsen) singer-songwriter Cryote, a set by Brothers Burn Mountain and back-to-back solo performances by the gifted singers and songwriters Lojo Russo and Kenna Rose. The North Shore power-rock trio Zulu Link closed out the Festival on Sunday afternoon.
Runners brave cold temps and tough terrain at this year’s Superior Fall Trail races
Not many local runners competed in this year's Superior Trail races, but one local had an outstanding finish in the marathon. Looking almost as fresh as a daisy, okay,maybe a little wilted, at the Tofte Sawbill aid station was Buck Benson, 72, who stopped to say hi, tarried little as he grabbed a drink and was on his merry way. Benson would finish one of the most challenging trail marathon courses in the U.S. in 6 hours and 35 minutes, 8 seconds, and place 110 overall, beating two-thirds of the field!
COUNTY CONNECTIONS
Boreal Partners Transit New Transportation Option Transportation is an important element of access to health care since challenges with transportation can affect a person’s ability to initiate or follow through with medical appointments. Throughout the U.S., people living in rural areas such as Cook County report both greater struggles with transportation and longer travel distances to accessing health care than the population in general.
North House to Host Community Open House for New Welcome Center, September 19
It’s been a year of transformation on North House Folk School’s campus. From the moment the little yellow house took to the road, it’s taken many months and many hands to complete the Welcome Center, North House’s new building on Highway 61. Now, the finish line is in sight—the Welcome Center is officially opening to the public on Thursday, September 19, with a Community Open House from 5-7pm. It’s a day to celebrate the many Cook County residents who were involved in the building process and have helped frame the future of the school.
Forest Fire in the Boundary Waters
The U.S. Forest Service reported a three—to five-acre fire on an island in Wood Lake, near Ely, on September 11.
Road Closures and Delays Update for the Tofte & Gunflint Areas During Upcoming Fall Color Season
The Superior National Forest will continue some road improvement projects and pause vegetation management work for the Tofte Spruce Budworm Risk Reduction Project work in the Tofte and Gunflint areas for the busy fall color season. Road improvement projects are needed to update the current transportation infrastructure to accommodate traffic patterns and vehicular use of these system roads into the future. Ellen Bogardus-Szymaniak, Tofte District Ranger says the ‘work impacting the area fall color high visitation areas will be paused.’
Ask a Trooper
Question: Since I've moved to Minnesota, I've seen many drivers use right turn lanes as a bypass lane. Is this legal or does the sign reading 'lane must turn' mean exactly what it says? Answer: White signs are regulatory and failing to comply can result in a citation for “fail to obey traffic control sign/signal.” “Right Turn Lanes” are what they are posted for, not passing or bypassing.