Orr, Minnesota

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• Cook to lose lone police officer
  

  It's not exactly an open door for criminals, but the streets of the Iron Range city of Cook no longer will be patrolled by its lone police officer.

• Vote yes for school levy issue
  

  The upcoming referendum for the St. Louis County Schools, ISD #2142, needs a yes vote on Nov.

• St. Louis County Teachers To Rally Over Contracts
  

  Teachers in the St. Louis County school district in northern Minnesota plan to participate in rallies this week.

• DNR official Mike Hamm retires amid controversy over game warden conference
  

  Minnesota's top wildlife cop has retired from the Department of Natural Resources before being fired in the aftermath of a controversial 2007 game warden conference.

• Renewafuel gets IRRB backing
  

  Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend Business North - The Daily Briefing - Business Newspaper Online Renewafuel gets IRRB backing 9/23/2008 by Beth Bily EVELETH, MN- A proposed biomass ...

• Biomass fuel facility planned for northern Minn.
  

  Minnesota that would turn biomass into fuel. The plant would be built about four miles north of Orr in St.

• 'A Ride for the Century Bicycle Challege'
  

  "A Ride for the Century Bicycle Challenge," from here to Orr, Mn. and back, is planned for Sunday, Aug.

• Hair gets hip for area adoptees
  

  Wilguens Dort, a stylist with Calypso Hair in Fargo, gives Malik Twedt, 11, a haircut Monday.

• Bear with jar on head shot in busy town
  

  "With all the people around ... you're never sure what the outcome is going to be," Rob Naplin, a wildlife supervisor for the state Department of Natural Resources in Park Rapids, said today.

• 2nd Annual Women's Ride scheduled
  

  One of the biggest shifts taking place in the motorcycling industry right now is the growth and impact of the female riding population.

• Kruse named American Legion commander, By Tom Laventure, Staff Writer
  

  Allen Kruse has hardly settled after one month as the new Koochiching County Veterans Service Officer, when he was installed Tuesday as commander of the International Falls, William Robideau Post 66.

• DNR takes long-term approach with Orr dam study, By Tom Laventure, Staff Writer
  

  While many Borderland residents are concerned now about high water levels, Pelican Lake area resort owners have been thinking about low levels.

• Man electrocuted in northeastern Minnesota
  

  Authorities say a construction crewmember was accidentally electrocuted in northeastern Minnesota today.

• Illinois man dies in NE Minn. boat accident
  

  An Illinois man is dead after a boat accident in northeastern Minnesota. The St.

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  Mr JOSEPH ANTIGNOLO and Miss MOIRA FARRUGIA The marriage between JOSEPH and MOIRA took place on May 28, 1983, at Lija parish church.

City Description

Orr is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 249 at the 2000 census. U.S. Highway 53 serves as a main arterial route in the city. Orr is best known as an entry point for the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park. Orr is located within the Kabetogama State Forest in St. Louis County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.5 km²), of which, 1.3 square miles (3.5 km²) of it is land and 0.74% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 249 people, 112 households, and 70 families residing in the city. The population density was 185.8 people per square mile (71.7/km²). There were 135 housing units at an average density of 100.7/sq mi (38.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 84.74% White, 13.25% Native American, and 2.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.40% of the population. 16.2% were of Finnish, 15.7% Irish, 13.0% German, 9.2% Norwegian, 6.5% Swedish and 5.4% American ancestry according to Census 2000. There were 112 households out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female

City Contained By:

• St. Louis County
• Minnesota

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 3.62598335447 km squared

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