Health
New study ranks Lake County as “unhealthiest” but with a bright future
-A new report reveals how counties across America stack up when it comes to health. The news is not good for Cook County’s neighbor to the west.
Booster Club names Bob Carter Fan of the Year
-Each year the Cook County Athletic Booster Club picks two community members for the Fan of the Year honor.
Organizers gear-up for Mush for a Cure
-Mushers and dog teams will be cloaked in pink on the Gunflint Trail next month in a race to raise money for cancer.
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic to use health information exchange
-Sawtooth Mountain Clinic is participating in HIE-Bridge, a new Health Information Exchange project that uses a secure web-based service to allow health care providers to locate patients’ medi
Grand Portage unites with other northern tribes in concern over PolyMet mine proposal
-Tribal governments are coming together in concern over the PolyMet mine proposal. There’s been a flurry of interest recently by companies that want to mine copper, nickel and other prec
“Pirates” to invade Sawtooth Elementary
-They are not your typical peg-legged swashbucklers. They’re a theatre troupe that will be teaching the kids at Sawtooth Elementary all about good nutrition, health and hygiene.
Sen. Franken on Afghanistan, healthcare, Haiti and election results in Massachusetts
-Minnesota’s U.S. Senator Al Franken recently returned from Afghanistan and shares his experience with WTIP in an interview with Jay Andersen on DayBreak. Sen.