20 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 v Unsatisfactory work on a retaining wall over a drainage ditch just west of Eighth Avenue West in Grand Marais has created a bottleneck in the flow of work in the Highway 61 reconstruction project. It’s also choked traffic flow as cars and trucks are funneled over the narrow bridge near Trailside, which has been slated to be widened and should have been completed by now.
So, have you wondered what is “Minnesota Nice” or where it came from? Visitors and residents see evidence of the nice results at the ball and dog park recreation area. Lutsen volunteers and other paid workers helped install field gates and the dog refuse station. Users make sure both are maintained. Others completed the storage and concession stand building and installed electrical for lighting.
On September 9 there was a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Loons Nest Grand Opening held by the Cook County Chamber of Commerce. Following the ceremony Bob Carlson, owner of Carlson Roasting Co. and the Loons Nest said, 'It has been a long journey with lots of challenges that come along with opening a coffee shop in a remote area surrounded by BWCA wilderness.”
Come celebrate the days of logging in Cook County at the 2nd Annual Heritage Gathering LUMBERJACK BASH sponsored by the Cook County Historical Society! Our biggest fundraising event of the year will take place at 6:00 p.m. Friday, October 6, at the Cook County Community Center, 317 West 5th Street, Grand Marais.
With the September 30 deadline to set the preliminary tax levy fast approaching, Cook County Commissioners approved the proposed fiscal year 2024 county property tax levy at the board's September 12 meeting.
Care Coordination for Persons with Disabilities and those 65 Years and Older Cook County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) is one of many county health and human services agencies across the state that contracts with managed care companies to provide Care Coordination for persons with disabilities and individuals aged 65 and older. The following plans, administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), offer Care Coordination as a benefit: Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO), Minnesota Senior Care Plus (MSC+), and Special Needs Basic Care (SNBC).
Celebration of Life for Valerie Spieker There will be a Celebration of Life for Valerie Spieker on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Visitation will take place at 12:00 and at 1 p.m.
Kathleen 'Kathy/Katie' Koss Ehlers, age 61, of Ava, Illinois, passed away unexpectedly on July 16, 2023. She was born October 9, 1961, to Nancy (Clevette) and Clayton Koss in Grand Marais, Minnesota, where she graduated from Cook County High School in 1980.
Eleanor L. Waha, 99, of Grand Marais, died Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at North Shore Health.
