News & Local Affairs
Late Summer Means The Bird Migration Is Near
-Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Water quality testing resumes on North Shore beaches
-Water quality monitoring on Lake Superior beaches typically starts at the beginning of the summer, but this year, because of staffing issues at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the work wa
Firewise looking for grant applicants
-External sprinkler systems can help protect properties in the event of a wildfire. Installing them can be costly, but there is help available.
Hospital names new administrator
-Cook County North Shore Hospital & Care Center has a new administrator. She is Kimber L.
Governor sends new lakeshore regulations back to the drawing board
-Minnesota regulators spent years devising more protective shore land and dock rules to guide new development along state lakes. But according to a report in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Gov.
Weekend News Wrap Aug. 21
-Each week the WTIP News Department provides a summary of the stories it has been following that week. Tune in to WTIP's North Shore Weekend Saturdays from 7:00 to 10:00 a.
EDA board supports golf course proposal
-The Cook County-Grand Marais Joint Economic Authority (EDA) board of directors voted on Tuesday to support a proposal to turn over control and ownership of Superior National Golf Course at Lutsen
Gunflint area septic inspections are complete
-According to the county’s planning director, the most recent lakeshore septic compliance inspections have been completed.
Vick sentenced in District Court
-Edwin Vick was sentenced Tuesday in Cook County District Court on one count of first degree felony robbery.
Candidate filings brought last minute challenges in ISD166 races
-The filing period for city, ISD166 school board and North Shore Hospital board ended Tuesday at 5 p.m.


