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From Cook County - August 8, 2024


August 8th Update:  SX Blasting, the subcontractor for this project has been delayed at their last project and won’t be able to start blasting now until next Tuesday, August 13.

As a part of their building project at our main campus in Grand Marais, the Highway Department, through its contractor, Rice Lake Construction Group, and sub-contractor, SX Blasting, will be blasting a utility trench on their property at 609 East Fourth Avenue. The blasting dates are tentatively set to begin Thursday, August 8, 2024, and last for 2 to 3 business days. In the interest of public safety, we ask that all members of the public avoid any use of the hiking trail from the northern end of Third Avenue, across Nature Boy Creek, to the Gunflint Trail. Signage and barricades will be erected where the trail intersects the Gunflint trail and below the bus garage on 3rd Avenue.