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Trucks parked in a gravel pit during a past Highway 61 construction project. File photo Rhonda Silence

Truck drivers speak out about safety at Grand Marais City Council meeting

Rhonda Silence-

Eleven truckers turned up for public comment at the Grand Marais City Council meeting on Wednesday, October 27, sharing their concerns about a possible city ordinance outlawing jake braking through th


Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Grand Portage responds to Cook County Chamber letter about ski hill expansion

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The proposed expansion of Lutsen Mountains ski hill onto approximately 500 acres of nearby U.S.


Tofte is a community on the 'West End' of Cook County. Photo by Joe Friedrichs

County board approves $1.3 million in tax breaks for Tofte projects

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The Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously signed off on more than $1.38 million dollars in tax breaks for two proposed projects in Tofte.


Dean Paron, the Finland Area Fisheries Supervisor for the DNR, on the banks of the Baptism River. Photo by Joe Friedrichs

Baptism River research focuses on brook trout after hot, dry summer in 2021

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Like many rivers and streams along Minnesota’s North Shore, the summer of 2021 was challenging for the Baptism River.


The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa flag. Photo by Rhonda Silence

Treaty rights under consideration as Lutsen Mountains aims to expand

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Officials with the U.S. Forest Service say input from three Chippewa bands will play an important role in determining the possible expansion of Lutsen Mountains, a ski resort on the North Shore.


Cook County logo. WTIP file photo

Vaccine boosters available for more Cook County residents in November

Joe Friedrichs-

Booster shots will be available in early November for some Cook County residents.


North House Folk School has purchased this corner lot in Grand Marais 10-22-21

North House purchases more property in Grand Marais

Rhonda Silence-

There has been no official announcement from the North House Folk School in Grand Marais about the purchase of a nearby parcel of land in Grand Marais.


Rep. Erik Mortensen. Photo courtesy of Minnesota Legislature

State official violates cease and desist order in Poplar Lake land dispute

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A member of the Minnesota House of Representatives violated a cease and desist order from the Cook County Land Services Department this summer as they did not want their noncompliant structure to rot


The view of the existing Ski Hill area from the Lutsen Mountains gondola. File photo Rhonda Silence

Forest Service extends public comment period for ski hill expansion to December

Joe Friedrichs-

The Forest Service is extending the public comment period for an additional 45 days for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) analyzing the proposal to expand Lutsen Mountains Ski Area.


Researchers collect samples of rock snot on the Devil Track River in Oct 2021. Photo by Joe Friedrichs

'Rock snot' algae arrives in more North Shore rivers

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In 2018, WTIP and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources advised anglers and hikers to be aware that a species of freshwater algae called didymo, also known as “rock snot,” was iden