Cook County Commisisoner Board Chair Ann Sullivan is running to keep her commissiooer seat as the District 4 representative. Ann agreed ot answer a few quesitons for the the Cook County News-Herald. Below are her responses.
WTIP North Shore Community Radio hosted the 17th annual Radio Waves Music Festival in the Grand Marais Rec Park on September 6th, 7th and 8th. The three-day festival welcomed 90 local, regional and national musicians to the stage, including Barbara Jean Meyers and Mike Lewis, Splints, Eli Bentley, Emma Tweten and the Portage band. The bluegrass trio Fish Heads, and jam-funk band Saltydog, from Duluth, performed on Friday evening, as well as Rich Mattson and the Northstars from Sparta, Minnesota. The North Shore Swing Band kicked off a full day of music on Saturday, with Minneapolis singer-songwriter Dan Israel performing Saturday afternoon followed by Clearwater Hot Club, and then Annie Humphrey from the Leech Lake Ojibwe Nation, who shared a set of original songs with a packed arena of music lovers. The duo Between Howls astounded the crowd with their vocal sounds and musical reach, and John Ellison and the Carpenter Ants from West Virginia closed out Saturday evening with classic funk and R&B. On Sunday morning, the Ants were back for an R&B Gospel show, followed by Minneapolis (and Lutsen) singer-songwriter Cryote, a set by Brothers Burn Mountain and back-to-back solo performances by the gifted singers and songwriters Lojo Russo and Kenna Rose. The North Shore power-rock trio Zulu Link closed out the Festival on Sunday afternoon.
Homeowners and renters in the 19 designated counties— including Cook, Lake, St. Louis and Itasca—with underinsured or uninsured disaster-related loss from the June 16 - July 4 flooding and severe storms can apply for FEMA assistance online at DisasterAssistance.gov, through the FEMA app, by calling the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362, or in-person at the Disaster Recovery Center in Virginia. The deadline to apply for FEMA assistance is September 27, 2024.
The Grand Marais Playhouse will hold auditions for The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree on September 17 at 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
The Kawishiwi Collaborative Fuels Reduction Project has been awarded $5 million in CWRRP funding. This project will restore forest health and reduce wildfire risk in overly dense forests with high wildfire risk in areas of limited access. The project includes reducing hazardous fuels through mechanical and prescribed fire treatments, creating strategic fuel breaks, improving access, and bolstering planning efforts.
September 10, 2024 – Cook County residents, community leaders, business owners, area agencies and organizations now have an opportunity to share how severe weather events impact their property and lives. There is also an opportunity to share their ideas on how to reduce local impacts in the future.
The number of small game hunters in Minnesota in 2023 increased slightly from 2022 and was 5% below the 10-year average. Overall, 230,283 small game licenses were sold for the 2023-24 hunting seasons, compared to the 10-year average of 242,688 small game licenses. But similar to the previous year, hunters who did pursue the top small game species (waterfowl, grouse, and pheasants) had similar or slightly better success rates compared to the 10-year averages, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ small game hunter mail survey.
We’re all seeing evidence of climate change, and our favorite places are feeling it too. In Minnesota, temperatures are increasing, and heavy rains are more common. Climate models indicate the trees in our forests will be stressed by more drought periods and more disturbances like wildfires, floods, and pest outbreaks.
The U.S. Forest Service reported a three—to five-acre fire on an island in Wood Lake, near Ely, on September 11.