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Food safety workshop comes to Cook County for those new to food processing and valueadded food production

University of Minnesota Extension’s “Head to the Kitchen” workshop is designed for entry-level food business participants such as smallscale farmers and growers, food producers and processors, food entrepreneurs, and cottage food producers to gain critical food safety knowledge.

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Minnesota Association of Townships announces 2024 Scholarship Program for high school juniors

The Minnesota Association of Townships (MAT) is proud to announce its 2024 Scholarship Program, which will award up to five $2,000 scholarships to high school juniors. The Scholarship Program is designed to heighten awareness among young people about Minnesota’s grassroots township government.

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Northland Foundation awards 56 grants totaling $1,962,509 October through December 2023

Rural aging, child care expansion funding awards highlighted The Northland Foundation awarded nearly $2 million in grant funds in the last quarter of 2023 to benefit people and communities in its geographic service area. Locally, the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa received three grants.

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EATS coming March 7

Once again, a fun, family- friendly community fundraiser is back, calling for those with a strong appetite for education and good food to attend. E.A.T.S (Enriching Academic Through Sustenance) is conducted annually by the Cook County Schools Education Foundation.

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Weekly Weather

Date High Low Precipitation Weekly Weather From Josiah Avery, East County Road 14 February 6 39.4 28.2 0 0.00 February 7 39.2 30.4 0 0.00 February 8 42.3 32.7 0 0.00 February 9 38.5 25.0 0 0.00 February 10 26.1 18.9 0 0.00 February 11 31.3 17.8 Snow 1.00 February 12 32.9 19.6 Snow 0.80 Season to date snowfall: 23.1 Inches Last season to date snowfall: 88.5 Inches Fun fact: Let's look back on January 2024! Here is my weather data for October compared to seasonal normals according to NOAA. The average high temperature was above normal at 24.16 degrees.

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Cook County Honor Roll Students – Second Quarter

6TH GRADE Robert Christianson MaKai Fairbanks Liam Gillespie Elias Monson Brooklyn Nelson Lucas Peters Aitan Seim Liam Smith 7TH GRADE Elizabeth Anderson Sophia Christianson River Foster August Gulstrand Jadin Kimball Jenessa Kimball Ty Mielke Bea Mueller Lucas Oberg Alexander Rodriguez Wyatt Sandstorm Lynda Schauland Waylon Sjoberg Lucille Walters Carter Watkins Anthony Waver Aubrey Williams 8TH GRADE Shelby Bissell Lucas Hackett Scarlet Higgins Natalie Irvin Rolan King 9TH GRADE Ashlyn Childs Ian Cooley Talon DeBoer Ayden DeRosier MaCoy Fairbanks Ethan Fish General Higgins Lute Jansen Adam Oberg Dylan O’Brien Landon Resler Patience Sifferath Avery Sjoberg 10TH GRADE Parker Backstrom Sofi Boen Adalin Roberts Maya Rodriguez Sophia Sheehan Nicholas Spry Rio Tersteeg Amber Theiner 11TH GRADE Tucker Berglund Kendra Berglund Russell Berglund Jeffery Burton Wyatt Clay Aanakwad Redix Kassia Deschampe Cade Smith Lynk Snedaker Chandler Young Reuben Youngdahl 12TH GRADE Ian Brooks Arlo Christiansen Elaina Deschampe Taylor Everson Wyatt Hadley Recko Helmerson- Skidlum Weston Higgins Cy Oberholtzer Robert Rodrguez Joao Santos Brayden Schmidt Ryan Shannon ISD 166 High Honor Roll for the second quarter 6TH GRADE Lindy Dix Karis Ford Lucy Kartes Mali Sheils Nico Tersteeg 7TH GRADE Landon Berglund Trygve King Dwight Likiaksa Leif Lindstrom Jack Radloff 8TH GRADE Ella Hallberg Alivia Higgins Justin LaBoda Hazel Lichty Garrett Plummer Kaitlyn Shannon Lilija Smith 9TH GRADE Lauren Berglund Anni Dix Kajsa Ekstrom Noah Gregg Sophia Lindstrom Sidney Litterest Brianna Monson Eero Moody Grant Oberg Graham Oberholtzer Cole Pederson Elias Pszwaro 10TH GRADE Emma Crook Georgi Dimitrov Ben Fitzgerald-Wells Ruby Gulstrand Zoe Kacures Hans Mehlhaff Mary June Wharton Grete Youngdahl 11TH GRADE Jordan Backstrom Grace Blomberg Kaj Erickson MaTaya Fairbanks Claire Lindstrom Molly Quello Knut Remmem Hunter Rex Noah Smith Elsa Sorenson Frances Surbaugh 12TH GRADE Kalina Dimitrova Raymond Dressely Wren Ferry Kyla Gallegos Kamryn Johnson Amery Oberg Trinity Rude Genevieve Silence Maggie Smith Siena Woerheide .

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

School Board Meeting The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a Regular School Board Meeting Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 at 5:00 pm, in the Jane Mianowski Conference Center, 101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN.

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Warm winter causes temporary road, trail closures

Unusually mild weather in February is impacting road and trail conditions in several parts of the state, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Several roads and motorized trails in state forests, state parks, recreation areas, and wildlife management areas are likely to close earlier than usual because they’re too soft and muddy to support vehicle traffic without causing damage, and some have closed already.

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