An interactive learning experience about Indigenous history and the laws, policies, and programs used during US nation-building is coming to Cook County. The Cook County Welcoming Communities Inclusion cohort is organizing this community event open to all.
Cook County Public Health was awarded $39,000 from the Minnesota “Live Well at Home” grant program. The state allocated $9.5 million to help aging Minnesotans stay in their homes longer by offering caregiver support, housekeeping, retrofitting lodging to prevent falls, and other assistance.
Cook County Public Health and Human Services has announced an update to their affiliation with the Steve Rummler Network as an official Naloxone Access Point. The Steve Rummler Network’s mission is to “heighten awareness of the opioid crisis, address its impact on the physical and emotion burdens of addiction and chronic pain, and improve the associated care process.” The free harm reduction supplies are now available in a labeled cabinet in the PHHS office lobby. For more information, visit: https://steverummlerhopenetwork.org/.
When a subsidiary of what would become Twin Metals was drilling to explore copper and nickel in 2011 near Birch Lake near Ely and Babbitt, it found Helium instead. Lots of Helium.
Grand Portage Head Start invites you to an evening with best-selling author Today Show Parent, creator of ' Finding Cooper's Voice,' and special needs parent/advocate Kate Swenson. Kate will candidly share her family's journey navigating the world of special needs. She will make you laugh, inspire, and empower you. If you or anyone you know is touched by the world of special needs, this is the night for you.
The Center for Rural Policy and Development released its 2024 report for rural Minnesota and there are quite a few interesting pieces of information in the document. Below are some of those findings.
In 1921, the dishwasher was introduced to the public. It wouldn't be until 1939 that TV would hit the market, but by then, Irene Peterson was 18 years old, already living through the Great Depression and wondering what would come next.
The I.S.D. 166 school board will hold a special meeting on January 17 from noon to 5 p.m.
The election year has started for the West End townships, Candidates filing now for the March election COOK COUNTY – The filing period has started for the annual elections in Lutsen, Schroeder and Tofte, the three townships in Cook County. On the ballot this year are one of the three Supervisors and the Clerk in each township.
Grand Marais, MN, January 9, 2024 - Historic Cook County is pleased to announce the release of the new book titled Chasing the North Wind, a Memoir of One Woman’s Lifelong Love Affair Flying a Vintage 1941 Piper J-3 Cub Aircraft and Growing up in Minnesota’s Famed Arrowhead Region, by Kathryn Krotz-Finn, with Richard C. Struck, forward by Wolfgang Greiner, and edited by Rose Arrowsmith.