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Grand Portage Health Services staffers Dani Riley, Alexis Eliasen, Jenn Sorenson - Photo courtesy of Heath Services

Grand Portage healthcare official talks about COVID-19 contact tracing

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, local medical facilities in Grand Marais have made major changes to how services are offered. The same thing is happening at the Grand Portage Clinic.

Sawtooth Mountain Clinic. WTIP file photo

Sawtooth Mountain Clinic reports a second confirmed COVID-19 employee case

Rhonda Silence-

Leadership at Sawtooth Mountain Clinic (SMC) in Grand Marais announced Nov. 5 that a second Sawtooth Mountain Clinic staff member tested positive for Covid-19.

Record number of Cook County voters participate in 2020 election

Joe Friedrichs-

Election Day was a record-setting occasion for Cook County voters as new commissioners were elected to the county board, the city council in Grand Marais and the local vote propelled incumbents back t

Another Grand Marais hospital employee tests positive for COVID-19

Joe Friedrichs-

Another employee at the hospital in Grand Marais tested positive for COVID-19.

Election Day in Grand Marais 2020. Photo by Rhonda Silence

Cook County election results for 2020

The following are the unofficial results of the local elections in Cook County from the Nov. 3 election as compiled by the WTIP news staff.

WTIP shares update from polling places in Grand Marais on Election Day

Joe Friedrichs-

The polls opened at 7 a.m. on Election Day in Grand Marais. They will remain open until 8 p.m.

EDA working with businesses lost to fire on redevelopment plan

Rhonda Silence-

At the end of October, the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) made an announcement that it is seeking development help for the businesses impacted by the devastating fi

Cook County COVID case count nears 30 as Election Day arrives

Joe Friedrichs-

As the 2020 election dominates the headlines across Minnesota and beyond, the case count for the new coronavirus in Cook County continues to climb.

Chamber: Unemployment benefits may be available for quarantined workers

Rhonda Silence-

As the COVID-19 case count grows in Cook County, medical professionals are stressing the importance of staying home if you feel ill -- even if you think it might just be a cold or sinus infection

Sawtooth Mountain Clinic in Grand Marais. Submitted photo

Cook County enters crucial phase of COVID-19 pandemic

Joe Friedrichs-

The next two to three months will be the defining months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cook County, according to Dr. Kurt Farchmin from Sawtooth Mountain Clinic.