Local News
Emergency Services Conference will put a plane wreck in the Rec Park
-New bike trail campsite rates have been set by the park board. There’s also news about the up-coming Emergency Services Conference that will bring an airplane wreck to the Rec Park.
Deer Hunters Assn. hosts forum on moose
-Because moose in Minnesota don’t have an advocacy group, the Minnesota Deer Hunter’s Association has picked up their cause.
Weekend snow carried high moisture content
-North Shore weather is always unpredictable, but never more so than in the spring of the year. WTIP’s Jay Andersen has this interview with meteorologist Carol Christenson.
Minneapolis brewery has Cook County connection
-The beer brewing landscape is changing in Minneapolis. One of the small breweries helping to do that is Fulton Brewery.
Expected late ice-out prompts fishing closures on Canadian border
-Several lakes and rivers along the Minnesota-Ontario border in Cook County will be closed to fishing at the start of this year’s season to protect concentrations of spawning walleye from potenti
"No Such Thing as a Bad Kid" workshops, April 13
-There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Kid. That’s the title of a book by author and youth care specialist Charlie Appelstein. Appelstein will be in Grand Marais on
The Artist Fund can help area artists with health care reimbursements
-The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council has announced a program for regional artists that can help them access health care. It’s called The Artist Fund.
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic is focus for WTIP’s First Thursday broadcast
-In a time of high insurance premiums, patients with no insurance at all as well as a host of other health care challenges, can a clinic like Sawtooth Mountain continue to serve everyone in Cook County
Weekend News Roundup for April 2
-Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories it's been following this week.
New "Seasonal Voices" art exhibit to show at the Johnson Heritage Post
-There’s a new art exhibit opening at the Johnson Heritage Post starting on April 1. It’s called “Seasonal Voices.” Peggy Thompson is one of the artists with work on exhibit.