The Community Support Program at the Human Development Center provides rehabilitative mental health services. We provide both adult rehabilitative mental health services (ARMHS) and children’s therapeutic support services (CTSS). We believe that recovery from mental illness is a personal journey of healing to attain satisfaction in life, work, home, and close relationships. Adult rehabilitative mental health services and our outreach […]
Achieving the impossible
The impact of No Child Left Behind legislation will forever be debated in the world of education. Regardless of how you feel about the legislation which started the flood of tests our children are now required to take, isn’t the idea of every child learning how to read, write and do math what we all should strive for? Teaching is […]
Vikings lose to Barnum in final 11-man game
The Cook County High School football team dropped its last game of the season against the Barnum Bombers by a score of 24-8 on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. This marks the last time the Vikings will play 11-man football. Next year the team will drop down to 9-man due to the school’s shrinking student population. With only a handful of […]
Volleyball team wins first playoff game against Wrenshall
Receiving a first round bye, the Vikings’ Section 7A playoff match against the Wrenshall Wrens was played at home in front of a packed house of hopeful fans on Wednesday, October 22. They didn’t disappoint, beating the Wrens 25-21, 25-13, 25-14. Up 9-3 in the second game, the Vikings seemed to lose their momentum and before long Wrenshall trailed by […]
Pet therapy
I grew up surrounded by pets of all kinds. We had a boy dog named Tiny, a girl dog named Missy, and a cat named Pinky who was a house cat until he bit into the little pet chicken we had hatched under a light bulb. He never saw the inside of our house again. Sprinkled in among these pets […]
Cook County Whole Foods Co-op growing
Fifteen months ago the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op moved into its new, larger more efficient grocery store with high hopes its members and the public would support the multi-million-dollar expansion and redesign. Not to worry. In the co-op’s most recent newsletter Jennifer Stoltz, general manager stated, “I am happy to report that we exceeded projections and had a very […]
Summer reading celebrated at the library
The Grand Marais Public Library had a great summer with 91 kids ranging from preschoolers to teens in the “Paws to Read” program. Books, Frisbees, finger puppets and masks were just some of the prizes for reaching reading goals, thanks to the support of local businesses. For those reaching 50 days of reading a Blizzard treat at the Grand Marais […]
Empty Bowls set for Nov. 13
For many in Cook County, November is the time to make sure the pantry and freezer are stocked before the snow flies in earnest. Yet one in 10 Cook County residents struggles with hunger. Four percent of Minnesotans have “very low food security,” meaning they not only worry about or struggle to get enough food, but they actually eat less […]
Celebrate Superior’s wild side during Storm Fest Nov. 7 – 9
Visit Cook County Nov. 7-9 to celebrate the power and beauty of the Big Lake during the second annual Lake Superior Storm Festival. During the gales of November, visitors will see Lake Superior in its most malevolent season, not to mention, participate in various events and collect prizes all weekend long. “There’s nothing quite like a November gale— wind howling, […]