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Lodging tax revenues for September improve

Lodging tax revenues for the seventh month of 2012 were up compared to September of last year county-wide.

ISD166 to start pulling old gym floor

The Community Ed gym floor is being torn up, enrollment is better than expected and winter is around the corner.

Weather to warm as result of east coast storm

Warmer weather is in the forecast, but it’ll be dry, not like the super storm out east.

Dupre to head back to the mountain

Lonnie Dupre of Grand Marais is planning a third attempt to become the first person to reach the summit of Alaska’s Mount McKinley in January. Dupre will make the attempt in January 2013.

Bands close lands to wolf hunt

The Grand Portage band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa say that tribal lands on the reservations at Grand Portage, Nett Lake, and Lake Vermilion will be closed to wolf hu

Weekend News Roundup for October 27

Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories they’ve been following this week.

WTIP airs Marriage Constitutional Amendment discussion

The ballot question reads, Recognition of Marriage Solely Between One Man and One Woman.

Unsold Minn. wolf hunting licenses to go on sale

BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — Hunters will have another chance if they didn't win a lottery for Minnesota's early season wolf hunting licenses.

Cook County in fall. Photo by Don Davison

Cook County Chamber launched

Grand Marais, MN – The new Cook County Chamber of Commerce has been launched.

Water quality mangement changes discussed

Water quality is important to everyone in Cook County and keeping our lakes and streams in excellent condition is an on-going job.