Grand Marais Farmers Market: A Community Gathering Place for All Each Thursday afternoon June 20 through October 10, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Grand Marais Farmers Market comes to life in the Cook County Community Center parking lot.
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Cook County MN Strategic Plan Update At its April 23, 2024, meeting, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a new three-year strategic plan for County Government. The plan includes elements focused on building organizational efficiency and resiliency, maintaining a highly qualified workforce, and enhancing transparency and communication.
No one who's a felon can serve in the military of the United States. No one who's a felon should be Commander in Chief! Don Davison Grand Marais, Minnesota We respectfully acknowledge that Fort William Historical Park is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg of Anemki Wajiw (Thunder Mountain), Fort William First Nation, signatory to the Robinson-Superior Treaty of 1850.
Summer Public Health Preparedness: Wildfire Smoke, Evacuation Preparedness and Tickborne Disease Summer on the North Shore is a beautiful and idyllic time of year. Even as we enjoy the long days, we can also prepare for some of the risks of the season.
Last year, Minnesota lawmakers passed a bill focused on requiring carbon-free electricity production by 2040. This legislation will essentially eliminate fossil fuel electric utility plants in Minnesota within the next 16 years. When these plants are retired, many business leaders are concerned about the reliability of the electric grid. While renewables are helpful and should be pursued aggressively, dependable base load generation capacity is still essential. In other words, we need electricity that is available when the wind isn’t blowing, and the sun isn’t shining. This is why it’s very important for our elected officials at the State Capitol to repeal the nuclear moratorium that has been in place in Minnesota for over 30 years.
My spirit cannot enter you nor yours mine when we are each wrapped so tightly in our robes of impregnable red or blue. Helmets and hoodies pulled tightly close off any listening. Life has become one large Rorschach test as eyes see nothing they don’t want to see. I’m certain my anger and disgust are justified since I consider no other arguments. There can’t be more than one God. But how else could we each claim to be solely blessed and on our side. It’s all become about winning which means someone must lose. I worry of our future especially when I realize we are the models for those who will follow.
As the election season heats up, so has political advertising—not just in quantity but also in emotionally distracting content. That makes it important for us as voters to keep educating ourselves with facts.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Pete Stauber (R-MN) announced the introduction of the Rural Mail Delivery Improvement Act. This legislation would require the United States Postal Service (USPS) to implement all of the recommendations made by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) following theiraudit of the Bemidji Post Office, which uncovered operational problems at the facility.
Massage & Lymph This week, I invite you to dip your toes into the fascinating topic of the Lymphatic System and how massage is beneficial to lymph flow. I find myself discussing lymph more and more, and the complexity and connections to massage have been coming into view.