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Election Day sign. Photo by Rhonda Silence

WTIP shares update from polling places in Grand Marais on Election Day

Joe Friedrichs-

The polls opened at 7 a.m. on Election Day in Grand Marais. They will remain open until 8 p.m.


The businesses that once stood on these vacant lots are working with the EDA on a redevelopment plan. Photo by Rhonda Silence

EDA working with businesses lost to fire on redevelopment plan

Rhonda Silence-
At the end of October, the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) made an announcement that it is seeking development help for the businesses impacted by the devastating fi

Cook County logo. WTIP file photo

Cook County COVID case count nears 30 as Election Day arrives

Joe Friedrichs-

As the 2020 election dominates the headlines across Minnesota and beyond, the case count for the new coronavirus in Cook County continues to climb.


Cook County Chamber of Commerce logo, courtesy of the chamber

Chamber: Unemployment benefits may be available for quarantined workers

Rhonda Silence-
As the COVID-19 case count grows in Cook County, medical professionals are stressing the importance of staying home if you feel ill -- even if you think it might just be a cold or sinus infection

James Joerke is the county administrator in Cook County. Submitted photo

County administrator meets with Grand Portage officials, shares update

Joe Friedrichs-

New Cook County Administrator James Joerke met recently with officials from the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Council.


Sawtooth Mountain Clinic in Grand Marais. Submitted photo

Cook County enters crucial phase of COVID-19 pandemic

Joe Friedrichs-

The next two to three months will be the defining months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cook County, according to Dr. Kurt Farchmin from Sawtooth Mountain Clinic. 


North Shore Health - WTIP file photo, Rhonda Silence

An update on hospitalized Cook County residents as pandemic grinds on

Joe Friedrichs-

This week public health officials announced that Cook County received notice of its first two hospitalized cases from COVID-19.


Coronavirus, COVID-19. Image courtesy of the CDC

More COVID-19 cases in Cook County, two local residents hospitalized

Joe Friedrichs-

On the day Minnesota set a daily record for new cases in a single day, Cook County public health officials announced four new COVID-19 cases Thursday, including a woman in her 80s, a woman in her 40s,


Wolf in Minnesota. WTIP file photo

Minnesota wolves lose Endangered Species Act protections

Associated Press (AP)-

Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and putting states in charge of overs


Denise and Treg Axtell shared the news of their positive COVID result on October 23. Photo courtesy of the family

Hovland couple shares their COVID-19 experience

Rhonda Silence-
As of October 27, there have been 18 cases of COVID-19 in Cook County, with 10 active cases.