On New Year’s Day, A 31-year-old man leaving Canada decided he didn’t want to stop at the U.S./ Canadian border at Pigeon River, instead driving through as U.S. customs and border patrol agents tried to get him to pause for routine questions.
2023 Public Health and Human Services Department Year in Review 2023 was another transformative year for the Cook County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) department marked by significant staffing changes, increased inter-agency partnerships, and the completion of the five-year Cook County community health assessment. Our team also responded to a significant increase in workload in 2023.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is looking for passionate and dedicated students interested in learning more about natural resource careers through paid summer internships. DNR summer interns gain valuable training, build meaningful experience and help create a healthy, sustainable, and inclusive Minnesota.
In the wake of Dr. Bruce Dahlman's dismissal by Wapiti, the firm that hired Dr. Dahlman to work in the emergency room at North Shore Health, many questions and accusations have been leveled at the hospital board and the administration by former workers who have been troubled by the alleged protocols used to dismiss worker's.
Are you planning a trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness? Then, make sure to apply for a permit. There isn't a lottery for permits anymore, so reservations for all entry points can be made on a first-come, first-served basis starting Wednesday, January 31, at 9 a.m.
Cook County Commissioners didn't waste any time getting to business at their first meeting of the new year on January 2, 2024. To open the meeting, following the Pledge of Allegiance, Board Chair Ann Sullivan asked who was interested in serving as the board chair for 2024.
On Sunday, December 31, at approximately 3:27 p.m. Cook County dispatch received a call that two people had slid down a gorge and needed rescue. The people were hiking on the Superior Hiking Trail north of Schroeder MN when the accident happened. It was also reported that a dog had slid down as well. The hiking trail was on the edge of an approximately 50-foot gorge. The victims were described as a 60-year-old male and a 35-year-old male, and a 60-70 lb. dog. As responders arrived it was learned that one person had made it out, but the other person and the dog were still at the bottom. At the time of this release, there were no injuries associated with this call. Dispatched to the scene were Cook County Deputies, North Shore Health Ambulance, Cook County Search & Rescue, Tofte First Responders, Minnesota DNR Conservation Officers, Cook County Ropes Team, and USFS Law Enforcement.
No lines out of the Rec Park office door. No parking lot full of shivering, sleepy people, many of whom had arrived many hours before from far, far away.
A new record for efficiency in city council meetings might have ended the 2023 year. The Grand Marais City Council held a brief meeting on December 27 with the typical consent agenda and one item on the main agenda, setting the 2023 tax levy collected in 2024.
