Most of us in Cook County know that Veterans Day— originally called Armistice Day—began as a celebration of peace. Although World War I officially ended in June of 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, fighting actually ended with a 1918 armistice that went into effect at 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11. The following November, President Woodrow Wilson […]
County considers concerns over burning garbage
Rural counties in Minnesota are being asked to adopt resolutions prohibiting backyard garbage burning, but doing so could shift financial responsibility for enforcement to the counties instead of the state. This summer, Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Edward Ehlinger and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Commissioner John Linc Stine sent a letter to public health officials and solid waste administrators […]
Correction:
In the November 9, 2013 article Cook County Historical Society continues planning for Bally’s Blacksmith shop, there was a typographical error on the date that the Bally Blacksmith Shop was purchased. Cook County purchased the historic building on August 24, 2013.The Cook County News-Herald sincerely apologizes for the error.
King of the heavens and earth
Last week, I shared these words with you. “Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours.” I Chronicles 29:11 Today, let the text add: “Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; You are exalted as head over all.” […]
Charles “Chuck” Virgil Sevelin
Charles “Chuck” Virgil Sevelin, “Snakebite,” 82, of Silver Bay, formerly of Hovland, died Thursday, November 7, 2013 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Silver Bay. He was born, raised, and attended schools in Des Moines, Iowa until age 15, when he his family moved to White Bear Lake, where they lived close to relatives. Upon graduation, he joined the Navy […]
Janet Marie (Kratoska) O’Brien
Janet Marie (Kratoska) O’Brien, 70, passed away November 9, 2013, in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth. Jan was born in Chicago, IL to George F. “Bud” Kratoska and Charlet (Hagie) Kratoska on September 26, 1943 and shortly thereafter moved to Trout Lake Resort in Grand Marais. She graduated from Cook County High School in 1961 and then moved to Duluth […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGONOV. 14, 2003 Great Expectations Charter School opened its doors on Tuesday, the first day back from a scheduled break for the 44 students who attend the newly-formed school. The new building, which is on the corner of the new Gunflint Trail and Fifth Street, features a large common area, four light and airy classrooms, one of which […]