The beekeepers of Cook County and Thunder Bay are all abuzz. A critical problem has taken wing with the honeybees up north. On September 21, Thunder Bay beekeeper Jeanette Momot sent out an email to area beekeepers saying, “It has been a chaotic week.” She went on to say that in the previous week, mites had been identified in an […]
Tofte senior housing developer pulls out
The senior housing project in Tofte has hit a bump in the road, but Tofte supervisors were unperturbed when they found out about it on October 11. Project Manager Dick Grabko reported that the developer, Bremer Properties, had pulled out. Grabko said that Robert Bremer had experienced some health problems and did not have “the energy or the motivation” to […]
School board candidates look forward to learning
There are two openings on the school board for School District 166 this November as board members Terry Collins in District 2 and Leonard Sobanja in District 4 step down. The citizens who came forward to run for the school board seats are both unopposed—Ed Bolstad in District 2 and Lorrinda “Sissy” Lunde in District 4. As School District 166 […]
City council OKs two projects, delays one other
City councilors granted approval for construction of a new sign on city property and gave a green light to the Grand Marais community connection project at their Oct. 10 meeting. Plans to begin the process for a public works facility, however, were put on hold. The first request was submitted by Sarah Hamilton of Trail Center Lodge. Speaking for a […]
Voting by mail
When this issue of the Cook County News-Herald hits mailboxes, it will likely share space with Cook County mail ballots. They are being prepared for delivery as I write this week’s Unorganized Territory. I’m not thrilled with voting by mail. For most of the years our family lived away from Minnesota I had to vote by absentee ballot, marking my […]
Consider investing to save the co-op mural
According to the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op website, the co-op board of directors is seeking $600,000 in owner loans to leverage an additional $1.65 million for their projected $2.25 million dollar expansion. In other words, as a member of the co-op, you can lend funds to the co-op with pre-determined terms and rates. This is a creative concept that […]
Senior Center is super
I would like to take a minute to thank the employees at the Cook County Senior Center for the creative events that they are offering to Cook County folks. We have been lucky in the past to have wonderful people heading up the center, but I was too “young” to take part and fully appreciate what the center offers to […]
Fix the real culprits of medical care
A health care culprit? Uninsureds? With Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Administration and extraordinarily costly health insurance policies, who’s left? The young people! The very people who are already being shafted by colleges. They are already broke, with poor job prospects, and Obama Care will only squeeze them more to pay for the above-named institutions. The real culprits are overly used […]