I’d like to assure our community that the proposed biomass-fueled district heating system we are studying would be very different than the old boiler at the school. It’s like comparing a Model T Ford to a Toyota Prius. Technology has improved many things, including the efficiency of biomass-fueled boilers. As one of the speakers at last week’s special PUC public […]
A Health Care Culprit
I am writing with a concern that health care costs be manageable in Cook County and elsewhere in our country. Now a retired health care actuary living in Grand Marais, I was a professional actuary accredited in all states. For more than 35 years, my clients included hospitals, physicians, employers and insurers. Here is a misfortune in our health care […]
Spelling out definition of marriage strengthens families
Re: Holthaus and Hjorth letters Jake, I am confused as to the point of your letter. If the point was that Jesus would be upset with what is happening in the country, I agree. But rewriting the Constitution makes as much sense as deciding that since people are still murdering, stealing, misusing power, etc., we should rewrite laws to make […]
Britton Peak single-track mountain bike trails celebration held
Vaughn Swindlehurst’s cheeks were as red as the maple leaves splattered against the sky and matted on the ground around him and his legs looked a little bit like spaghetti noodles when he got off his bike. He took off his sweaty helmet, adjusted his glasses and told his dad he was headed to the food stand for some nourishment. […]
Correction:
In the September 29 article County and school shake hands on shared space, there was a typographical error. The school and county agreed on $160,000, not $166,000 as printed. The Cook County News-Herald apologizes for the error.
Cook County Community Fund donates over $11,000 to community projects
Representatives of the Cook County Community Fund (CCCF) gathered with Birch Grove Foundation members and West End community folks at the celebration and unveiling of the newly completed projects at Birch Grove Community Center on Saturday, September 29, and announced that they had awarded $11,427 in annual grants to six local nonprofit organizations. This is the eighth consecutive year of […]
Glorious golden colors
Have you noticed the colors in the trees this year? Intense. Gold. Crimson. And the blue of the sky. Clearer than usual, I think. I was wandering around the parking lot with Lucy, our Yorkshire terrier, when I spotted an aspen in the lot above our upper driveway. On this particular day, the crown of gold was particularly striking in […]
Dianna Lea “Dee Gee” (Conner) Blair,
Dianna Lea “Dee Gee” (Conner) Blair, known to friends and family as “Dee Gee,” of Cherokee, and formerly of Sioux City, died September 28, 2012, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN, following complications from surgery for esophageal cancer. She was 66. Dee Gee was born April 28, 1946, in Indianola, Iowa, the only child of Robert Keith Conner and […]
Wallace A. Rindahl,
Wallace A. Rindahl, 55 years young, passed away Sept. 15, 2012 after a brief illness. He is survived by his loving wife Debbie; mother Vi; children Adam (Abby), Nicole, Kristen Post (Jeffrey) and Angela; two stepdaughters, Jessica (Ernest) and Taylor; brothers Ray (Leanne) and Clayton (Jean) of Minnesota; and granddaughter Aubrey Paxton, who was the light of his life. Wally […]