Spring was a bit rough for Anita and Tom Frank of Hovland. After being stranded in their remote Jackson Lake home because of snow conditions, their vehicle caught fire on the first trip out of the woods on May 5, 2013. Reached by phone after the incident, Anita Frank explained that she and her family were snowed in for 22 […]
Correction:
In the May 4, 2013 article History and hilarity at Birch Grove Community Center, it was incorrectly stated that presenter Alta McQuatters’s grandfather was Chief White Sky. White Sky Gesick was an early game warden. White Sky Rock, overlooking Caribou Lake, is named after him. The News-Herald apologizes for the error.
New Beginnings
Jim and Janet Ringquist are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Angela to Chad Leidall, son of Tim and Phyllis Leidall of Rochester, Minnesota. Angela graduated from St. Olaf College in 2008 with a BA in Studio Art. She is currently a Production Designer at Target Corporation in downtown Minneapolis. Chad graduated from Alexandria Technical College in 2006 […]
Thrivent Financial earns Superior rating
A.M. Best has affirmed Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ A++ (Superior) rating as well as its stable outlook. The A++ (Superior) rating is the highest of the ratings agency’s 16 ratings categories. A.M. Best cited Thrivent Financial’s strong risk-adjusted capitalization, its favorable and increasing earnings trend, rising assets under management, and its strong affinity and name recognition within its Lutheran policyholder […]
Mother’s Day fun facts from the U.S. Census Bureau
The driving force behind Mother’s Day was Anna Jarvis, who organized observances in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. As the annual celebration became popular around the country, Jarvis asked members of Congress to set aside a day to honor mothers. She finally succeeded in 1914, when Congress designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. How […]
Broccoli and brussels sprouts
Just like eating our vegetables, we don’t always like interacting with some people or our “stomachs” don’t get along with them. Mothers tell us we must eat our peas and carrots and Jesus says that we must love our neighbors as ourselves. This is not necessarily a “feel good’ commandment.” Those Ten Commandments, ok, they make sense to me, but […]
Schroeder Township pursuing enhancements for park
When the opportunity presents itself, the township of Schroeder will be ready with the beginnings of a plan to enhance the town park adjacent to Father Baraga’s Cross on the shore of Lake Superior at the mouth of the Cross River. Landscape architect C.J. Fernandez of the design firm LHB presented ideas at the Schroeder Town Hall on April 25, […]
Spectrum Homecare well received at Cook County Senior Center
More than 50 people turned out to the Cook County Senior Center on Tuesday, May 7 to listen to Jon Monacelli, vice-president of financing and planning for Spectrum Homecare and Sue Brandvig Spies, RN, who is facilities manager at the Silver Bay Carefree Living Center. There was a brief moment of disappointment when Monacelli told the crowd, “We aren’t here […]