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.
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.
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.
Many in Cook County mourned when they learned that a fire roared through Minnesota’s oldest resort, Historic Lutsen Lodge, and burned it to the ground on February 6.
At the January 31 meeting, Council agreed to hire McGough Entity / McGough Construction Co. LLC, who will work with the architectural firm of LHB, Inc., to handle the teardown/ rebuild and redesign of the Grand Marais City Hall and Municipal Liquor Store.
After interviewing two architectural firms, the school board chose DSGW to work on plans to improve the school and school grounds. The school board was impressed with DSWG's work and attention to adding indigenous design elements into their designs.
School Board Meeting The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a Regular School Board Meeting Thursday, February 15th, 2024 at 5:00 pm, in the Jane Mianowski Conference Center, 101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN.
CCSD #166 opportunity to add Solar for Schools All Minnesota school districts have a unique opportunity to receive Federal plus State funding for solar panel arrays and storage batteries with the MN State Solar for Schools (S4S) program combined with the landmark Federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In 2023 the MN State Legislature appropriated $29.3 million to S4S for K-12 schools, state colleges and universities.
Nonprofit group Solar United Neighbors (SUN), Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light, Cook County Local Energy Project, and the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society launched the Duluth and Arrowhead Solar Co-op to help Duluth and Arrowhead area residents go solar. The solar co-op will host online public information sessions on February 13 and February 29.
Over the last 18 months, the Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation awarded 11 Regional Trails grants totaling $371,050. The grants were for equipment area trail clubs, communities, and volunteers used to maintain and groom trails throughout the agency's 13,000-square-mile service area.