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Caucuses were held Feb. 6 in Cook County. Photo by Pat Campanaro

Update: Cook County residents speak up at local caucuses

At two venues in Grand Marais on Tuesday night, Feb.

Project brings logging and prescribed burns to Middle Gunflint

The ShokoShoe Vegetation Management Project is one that has been several years in the making along a wide swath of forest between the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Middle Gunflint Trail.

Snowmobiler injured in crash in Lutsen

Rhonda Silence-

A Thunder Bay snowmobiler was injured when he lost control on a trail near Barker Lake Road in Lutsen.

Grand Marais creates new administrative position

Rhonda Silence-

There were a number of personnel matters on the Grand Marais City Council agenda during the last meeting of January. Rhonda Silence learns more in this interview.

New employee contracts impact county's 2018 budget

Joe Friedrichs-

During a meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Jan. 23, a three-year labor contract with the Cook County Employee Association was approved.

City seeks answers on climate change

Rhonda Silence-

The Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission gets the electricity it delivers to homes and businesses in the city from the Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA).

Former Grand Marais residents lose home in fire

Rhonda Silence-

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office says a fire broke out at a home located on 1713 Hegberg Road in Duluth around 10 Sunday morning. Local fire departments and the St.

Study links Minnesota wolf population to moose survival

Dr. Shannon Barber-Meyer is a federal wildlife biologist on the Superior National Forest. She has done extensive research on wolves in Minnesota.

Democracy in action at caucuses

Political caucuses will be held across the State of Minnesota on Tuesday, February 6. Many people are not sure what happens at political caucuses.

North Shore Federal Credit Union opening Duluth branch

The North Shore Federal Credit Union started small, but has slowly but steadily been building its membership.