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Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department - File photo

Gunflint Fire Department staffing fire halls during partial phone outage

**UPDATE: As of 4 p.m., phone service was restored on the Gunflint Trail. Anyone who does not have phone service should find a working phone and contact Century Link.

Auditors office working to get mail ballots out, offers absentee option for city voters

Rhonda Silence-

At the end of June, Cook County Auditor Braidy Powers told WTIP that mail ballots for the August 11 primarily will likely go out Tuesday, July 7, or within a day or two of that date.

Kristin DeArruda Wharton is the public health educator in Cook County. Submitted photo

Contact tracing of COVID-19 a primary focus for new public health job in Cook County

Joe Friedrichs-

Cook County hired a public health educator in June to continue the local effort to prepare for, and contain the spread of COVID-19 in the community.

Altercation in downtown Grand Marais leads to one arrest

Rhonda Silence-

Tempers flared in downtown Grand Marais on Friday, July 3, leading to one arrest.

No injuries in single car crash in Lutsen

Rhonda Silence-

Traffic was slowed in the Lutsen area on July 1 after a single car crash and rollover.

Second COVID-19 positive test at North Shore Health

Rhonda Silence-

**Update**

Cook County Courthouse and government offices. WTIP file photo

WTIP moves county commissioner primary forums up one week

Joe Friedrichs-

A notice was sent to voters living outside Grand Marais city limits this week, reminding citizens that mail ballots for the upcoming primary election will arrive in the near future.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. WTIP file photo

Forest Service sets campfire ban in the BWCA ahead of Fourth of July weekend

Joe Friedrichs-

Due to worsening fire danger conditions in northeastern Minnesota, the U.S.

Cook County sign at the Cook-Lake county border - Submitted photo

Local health officials prep for busy holiday weekend as COVID cases climb statewide

Joe Friedrichs-

Significant numbers of tourists continue to visit the North Shore during the young summer of 2020.

Sidewalk food sales and seagulls on city agenda

Rhonda Silence-

The Grand Marais City Council held its last meeting for the month on Wednesday. The city has been meeting weekly during the COVID-19 pandemic to deal with matters related to the coronavirus.