Military Service News
Schoenfelder graduates basic trainingAir National Guard Airman Paul R. Schoenfelder has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in […]
College News
Johnson named to Central Lakes College dean’s list CoLee Johnson of Hovland has been named to the fall semester 2009 dean’s list at Central Lakes College. CoLee is majoring in heavy equipment operation and has qualified for the “Fast Track” program by being in the top 10 in his class. The designation means CoLee will be done with college […]
Meet the Class of 2010
The Cook County News-Herald is proud to introduce the Cook County High School Class of 2010 to the community. Each week we’ll feature a short interview and photograph of a few of this year’s graduating seniors.
Sawtooth students present inventions
Sawtooth Mountain Elementary fourth- and fifth-grade students recently participated in an inventor’s project. Each student presented his or her project to classmates and will display the final project in the spring project fair. Theproject is designed to allow students to discover the power of their imagination and take part in the process of engineering an invention. Goals included problem-solving, developing […]
Russ attends meaningful music workshops
Ann Russ, along with over 1,100 music colleagues, recently attended the 2010 Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter In-Service Clinic held February 11-13 in the Minneapolis Convention Center. Russ, who teaches K-5 music at Sawtooth Mountain Elementary, attended more than a dozen sessions, including workshops by Lyz Jaakola, Anishinaabe drummer, singer, and music educator; West African drumming led by Sowah Mensah, […]
Sawtooth third graders hit hole-in-one with reading challenge fundraiser
Despite the fact that Cook County Schools are facing budget cuts, staff reductions, and a levy referendum in the fall, good things continue to happen at Sawtooth Elementary, Cook County Middle School, and Cook County High School. Lorelei Livingston’s third graders achieved great success with a fundraiser initiated by Minnesota Reading Corps/AmeriCorps volunteer Heather Kemp. Students were challenged to read […]
Unorganized Territory
Paving the way to a balanced budgetSometimes I get tired of the economic gloom and doom in local and national news. The dwindling school budgets because of declining enrollment, the downturn in revenue at local golf courses and lodging facilities, and the desperate economic status of our economic development authority are depressing. The national budget is such bad news that it is hard to comprehend the […]
SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS
“Are you the one I’m waiting for?”“Are you the one I’m waiting for?” A story from a set of immigrant grandparents goes like this: On the train from Ellis Island, New York, to Wisconsin a young man from rural Sweden met a young woman from the city of Stockholm. The question seemed to pop out of the young woman’s mouth: “Are you the one I’m waiting […]