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Kristi Silence was the first person to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Cook County. Submitted photo

Care Center nurse gets first Cook County COVID-19 vaccination

The process of vaccinating for COVID-19 started in Cook County today in what healthcare officials from Grand Marais to Washington D.C.

Jeremy Gulban, new publisher of the Cook County News-Herald. Photo courtesy of the News-Herald

WTIP connects with new publisher of Cook County News-Herald

Rhonda Silence-

Local media has been in the news quite a bit of late.

Public health supervisor shares thoughts on front page Star Tribune article

Joe Friedrichs-

The Star Tribune, the largest newspaper in Minnesota, featured a front page article in its Sunday (Dec.

This powerful question is included in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women report. Photo courtesy of markeiphoto.com

Member of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force talks with WTIP

Rhonda Silence-

A report from Minnesota's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force (MMIW) was presented to Gov. Tim Walz, Lt.

A shed on 2nd Avenue West in Grand Marais was destroyed by fire on Dec. 18. Submitted photo

Shed destroyed by fire in Grand Marais

Rhonda Silence-

A woman in Grand Marais called the Cook County Sheriff’s Office at 7:41 p.m. on Friday, December 18, reporting that her neighbor’s garage was on fire.

Cook County COVID-19 positivity rate and case count climb as vaccine set to arrive

Joe Friedrichs-

Cook County, the last county in Minnesota to reach triple digits in the overall COVID-19 case count since the start of the pandemic, hit the unwanted milestone yesterday.

The Minnesota Veterans Home in Silver Bay - Submitted photo

An update on COVID19 at the Silver Bay Veterans Home

Rhonda Silence-

As of Dec. 16, neighboring Lake County had registered 13 deaths due to COVID-19. Unfortunately, nine of those deaths have been at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Silver Bay.

Dogs killed by traps across Minnesota. Image courtesy of Dog Lovers 4 Safe Trapping MN

Advocate for pet safety warns of upcoming trapping season

Joe Friedrichs-

Pet owners should be aware that the trapping season for fishers, bobcats and pine martens starts Dec.

Grand Portage men who rescued abandoned child receive honors

Rhonda Silence-

Cook County residents were shocked to hear the news of a young girl abandoned on Highway 61 in Grand Portage Dec. 10 who was not dressed for the winter weather.

Grand Marais hospital plans to start vaccinating next week for COVID-19

Joe Friedrichs-

WTIP reached out to North Shore Health Hospital Administrator Kimber Wraalstad to find out the timeline for vaccines arriving to St.