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A young snowmobiler practices under her watchful parent's guidance

Some safety reminders for area snowmobilers

Rhonda Silence-

In recent news from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, there were two incidents of a “missing” snowmobiler.

Key figure in polygamist church buys property in Cook County

Joe Friedrichs-

A religious leader with a history of legal trouble in the western United

West End election filing period ends with need for treasurer candidates

The official filing period to run for office on the local township boards closed on January 15. There are still some seats on the township boards that need to be filled.

Subway in Grand Marais set to close Jan. 22

Rhonda Silence-

There have been rumors in recent months that the Grand Marais Subway is closing. WTIP reached out to owner Rob Svadlenka and learned that the sandwich shop is indeed closing.

Climate change and its impact on inland lakes near Lake Superior

Joe Friedrichs-

Inland lakes near the North Shore of Lake Superior are indeed some of the clearest, coldest and deepest bodies of water in Minnesota.

A look at the Law Enforcement Log

Rhonda Silence-

Each week the Cook County Sheriff’s Office provides a brief report of calls made to the Cook County Law Enforcement Center in the past week.

During the partial government shutdown, many federal offices are closed - Photo courtesy of Russell Davies, Flickr.com

Government shutdown impacts North Shore in many ways

Rhonda Silence-

The current partial government shutdown has slipped into the record books as the longest ever.

Rates soar, issues surface with legal notices in local newspaper

Joe Friedrichs-

In recent years, the Cook County News-Herald and its editorial page centralized as a platform for local residents, former elected officials and the newspaper itself to air grievances against

A year end update on Superior National at Lutsen

Rhonda Silence-

Cook County and the city of Grand Marais work together via the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) in a variety of ways.

Phone, internet outages reported in Cook County

Joe Friedrichs-

On the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 8, internet and phone (including some cell phone) outages occurred across parts of Cook County.