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Emergency lights - File photo Rhonda Silence

Fire causes minimal damage to garage on South Shore Drive

Rhonda Silence-
The Cook County Sheriff's Office received a call reporting a fire in a garage at 303 South Shore Drive at 7:36 p.m. on Monday, March 22.

Work on the Gitchi Gami State Trail near Cutface Creek in fall 2020 - Photo by Rhonda Silence

Work on Grand Marais section of Gitchi Gami Trail to resume in April

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It is now spring and the thoughts of many are on hiking and biking.

Cook County Sheriff's Office - logo courtesy of Cook County Sheriff's Office

Cook County sheriff talks rural law enforcement as nation readies for Chauvin trial

Joe Friedrichs-

There is worldwide attention on law enforcement in Minnesota as the trial is set to begin for Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death.


Vaccinations for Cook County will continue throughout 2021. WTIP file photo

Cook County climbs over 50 percent vaccination rate for COVID-19

Joe Friedrichs-

Local public health officials announced on WTIP this morning that 200 vaccines will be administered this week in Cook County during an event Thursday, March 25, at the community center in Grand Marais


Gunflint Trail sign. WTIP file photo

Gunflint Trail snowmobile Fun Run leads to COVID-19 outbreak in Cook County

Joe Friedrichs-

A snowmobiling event up the Gunflint Trail in late February led to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Cook County, local public health officials confirmed on WTIP this morning.


Jeremy Keeble, Abby Hedstrom, Kate Keeble pause for an interview at The Fisherman's Daughter. Photo by Rhonda Silence

"The Fisherman's Daughter" preparing for spring opening

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WTIP likes to share news of local businesses -- new businesses, new owners, milestone achievements.

The Powell family has been a mainstay in the Saganaga area since the early 1900s. Submitted photo

Border closure impacts tight-knit community at the end of the Gunflint Trail

Joe Friedrichs-

Dick and Sherry Powell, longtime residents of Saganaga Lake at the end of the Gunflint Trail, are growing anxious after unwillingly spending nearly a year at their seasonal home near Silver Bay. 


Sawtooth Mountain Clinic in Grand Marais. Submitted photo

Cook County has more active COVID than any previous stage of pandemic

Joe Friedrichs-

Despite having the highest vaccination rate in the state among the local population, a recent uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases in Cook County has public health and healthcare workers concerned.<