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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 05:49 am

Cook County News

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16 hrs ago | Cook County News-Herald

New Director for CCEVB

The Cook County Events and Visitors Bureau announced the appointment of Kate Surbaugh as its new Events Director.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Tofte, MN

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Star Tribune

Spraying for gypsy moths to begin in NE Minn.

Officials plan next week to begin spraying a compound in northeastern Minnesota designed to disrupt the mating of gypsy moths.

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Related Topix: Lake County, MN

Tue Jul 15, 2008

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Spraying for gypsy moths to begin in northeastern Minnesota

Officials plan next week to begin spraying a compound in northeastern Minnesota designed to disrupt the mating of gypsy moths.

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Related Topix: Lake County, MN

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Star Tribune

Outrage builds up north over Border Patrol

On a windy night in October, Ken Petersen was on his way home from church choir practice in Grand Marais when a tree that had fallen across the Gunflint Trail blocked his path.

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Related Topix: Grand Marais, MN, Grand Forks, ND Metro

Mon Jul 07, 2008

WDIO

Charges Against Eveleth Man for Fatal Pedestrian Crash

An Eveleth man has been charged in connection with the 4th of July pedestrian fatality in Cook County.

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Related Topix: Tofte, MN

Sun Jul 06, 2008

WDIO

Pedestrian Killed in Tofte

The Minnesota State Patrol says a Nebraska man was struck and killed late Friday night, while he was walking across Highway 61 in Tofte.

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Related Topix: Tofte, MN, Eveleth, MN

Sat Jun 28, 2008

St. Cloud Times

2 drown in Temperance River near Duluth

A 29-year-old youth counselor and a 17-year-old girl, both members of a Twin Cities church group, died after they were swept away by the swift-flowing Temperance River in northeastern Minnesota and carried over ...

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Related Topix: Duluth, MN

Thu Jun 26, 2008

KSTP-TV Minneapolis

Rosemount teen dead in NE Minn. double drowning

A woman and a teenage-girl from the metro are dead after drowning in a river in northeastern Minnesota Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Rosemount, MN, Maple Lake, MN, Schroeder, MN

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Daily Journal

State anniversary is catalyst

Celebrating Minnesota's 150th anniversary, also known as the Sesquicentennial, provides an opportunity for all of us to pause and reflect about where we've been as a state and where we want to go.

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Related Topix: Fergus Falls, MN, Frazee, MN, Brainerd, MN

Thu Jun 12, 2008

WDIO

Clean Up Continues in Grand Marais

The city of Grand Marais is recovering quickly after floodwaters washed out roads and turned parts of downtown into ponds.

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Related Topix: Grand Marais, MN

Tue Jun 10, 2008

StarTribune

Storms create long weekend to-do list for northern Minnesota

As northern Minnesota cleaned up from Friday's storms, a new front brought tornadoes and damaging hail to central and southeastern Wisconsin and flood warnings in Minnesota.

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Related Topix: Lutsen, MN, Park Rapids, MN, Minnesota, Hubbard County, MN

Sun Jun 08, 2008

WDIO

Overnight Storm Causes Flooding and Power Outages

Thursday night's storm that brought flooding to the Northland caused damage and inconvenience.

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Related Topix: Grand Marais, MN

Fri Jun 06, 2008

TwinCities

No travel advised in flooded Cook County, Minn.

No travel is advised on roads in northeastern Minnesota's Cook County. Heavy rains have flooded some roads.

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Related Topix: Lutsen, MN, Grand Marais, MN, Weather

Cook County News

Church summer worship

Life In Christ Lutheran Church will be offering a second Sunday morning Divine Service up the Gunflint Trail at Heston's Lodge on South Gunflint Lake Road.

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Related Topix: Grand Marais, MN

Wed May 28, 2008

Cook County News-Herald

Music, art shows, learning opportunities abound in Cook County

Joan Farnam Feature Editor Michael Monroe returns to Grand Marais performances following spring performances around the state, Pennsylvania and Toronto, Ontario where he will perform again in September.

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Related Topix: Canada, Grand Marais, MN, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

Thu May 22, 2008

KARE 11 TV

Fire destroys townhome building at Lutsen Mountains ski area

A fire destroyed a townhome building at the Eagle Ridge Resort at the Lutsen Mountains ski area, but there were no injuries.

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Related Topix: Lutsen, MN

Tue May 20, 2008

WDIO

Lutsen Townhomes Destroyed in Fire

Pictures Courtesy of Stephanie Radloff & WTIP Community Radio. A fire at the Eagle Ridge Resort in Lutsen, MN has destroyed two townhomes.

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Related Topix: Lutsen, MN

Fri May 16, 2008

St. Cloud Times Online

Journeys home: Nigeria will linger in his mind, heart

“There are 350 different dialects, though the common language is English.”

SARTELL - Dr. Olayiwola Adetunji came to America via the lottery - the green card lottery. via St. Cloud Times Online

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Related Topix: Nigeria, World News, Lottery, Africa

Thu May 08, 2008

WDIO

Rebuilding: From the Ashes

“The fire started on a Saturday, we heard about it Monday...about 12 hours later we learned it had perished”

The Gunflint Trail is a place where people come to visit and live for the serenity. via WDIO

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Related Topix: Ham Lake, MN

Sat May 03, 2008

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Bond set at $15,000 for student from St. Paul accused of writing threat

Bond has been set at $15,000 for a St. Xavier University freshman from St. Paul accused of scrawling a threatening message in a dorm restroom that closed the campus for several days last month. via St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Related Topix: St. Paul, MN

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