Why is no one concerned about the extra tags being allowed on hunting the doe deer and why did no one say anything about not hunting the moose well before their dramatic population drop? Growing up, my brother and I would count the deer driving from Grand Marais to Silver Bay. We always counted more than a hundred, but usually […]
A shopping guardian angel
I don’t know if there is a patron saint for shoppers, but I feel like I had a shopping guardian angel on a recent trip to Duluth. Like most North Shore residents when I have to head to Duluth for a meeting or doctor appointment, I have a long list of things to do and items to pick up while […]
Danna MacKenzie leaves county information services for statewide broadband position
For many years, Danna MacKenzie was the go-to person regarding information services at the Cook County courthouse. Now she is the go-to person on a state level for the Minnesota Office of Broadband. MacKenzie was appointed to serve as the state’s first-ever executive director of the Office of Broadband Development by Governor Mark Dayton on November 26, 2013. The Office […]
Project ideas sought now for 2015
The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) has issued its 2015 Request for Proposal (RFP) for funding from Minnesota’s Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund beginning July 1, 2015. Approximately $44 million is expected to be available for projects being sought that provide multiple ecological and other public benefits. Anyone with a project idea consistent with the RFP may submit […]
What is Christmas about?
If you flew in from Mars just before Christmas, what would you think the holiday is about? Buying stuff. Lots of it. As my son Stephen put it, “It makes sense that Christmas is our biggest holiday since it celebrates our true American religion—consumerism.” But what if, as Martian visitors, we looked a bit closer? We might see a sweet […]
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship services offered
Does your holiday family tradition include attending aspecial Christmas Day or Christmas Eve worship service? Thefollowing is a list of Christmas services and events providedby local churches to the Cook County News-Herald. Merry Christmas everyone!Bethlehem Lutheran: Tuesday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service, 5 p.m.;Candlelight Service, 10 p.m. Cornerstone Community Church: Tuesday, Dec. 24, CandlelightChristmas Eve Service, 4:30 p.m. First Congregational […]
Bernice Susanna Burnett,
Bernice Susanna Burnett, 99, of Webster passed away December 12, 2013 at Comforts of Home Assisted Living in Frederic, Wisconsin. Bernice was born May 31, 1914 in Bertha, Minnesota to William and Lydia Wieland. She grew to womanhood in Bertha. On April 11, 1937 she married Mervin Bower, a barber from Hewitt, Minnesota. To this union one son, Phillip was […]