In an effort to help support the local food shelf, the Cook County Senior Center hosted a Food Drive from October 22 to November 20. This week they presented the Cook County Food Shelf with almost $600 in cash and 550 pounds of food, household items and personal hygiene products. As an incentive to get people to donate to the […]
Hospital awarded Helmsley grant
A much hoped for and much anticipated grant came through for the Cook County North Shore Hospital, said Hospital/Care Center Director Kimber Wraalstad who announced that the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare Program had awarded the radiology department a $400,000 grant toward the replacement of a computed tomography (CT) scanner. A CT scanner combines many […]
Work progressing well on Hospital/Care Center
It looked like the world’s largest piggy bank but it wasn’t. On November 11, a semi carrying an 18,000-gallon propane tank arrived at the Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center and it was lowered into the ground by two cranes that had to work in perfect coordination, said Boldt Project Superintendent Mike Knudsen. Knudsen and Ruth Drake, Boldt’s […]
Letting go of the struggle… parenting skills
At times, I have felt at ease as a parent; those times when the day seems to flow naturally, the children are happy, and child meltdowns are easily diffused. There are other times when I have felt like I lost the battle. Most recently, with my 18-month-old son in my arms, I was unable to remove my screaming 3-year-old from […]
Tofte discusses Home Care and Assisted Living facility
Jon Monacelli, senior vice president of finance, planning and development for Spectrum Homecare met with the Tofte supervisors on Thursday, November 12, 2015 to discuss the possibility of building an assisted living facility in Tofte. Spectrum Homecare is a privately owned, for profit company, said Monacelli, owned by Merle Sampson. The company has assisted living facilities in Aurora, Babbitt, Brainerd, […]
County board discusses One Watershed, One Plan
Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) employee Ilena Berg came before the county board on November 24, 2015 with an update on the effort by Cook and Lake County Soil and Water Conservation Districts to make a One Watershed, One Plan for the Lake Superior North Watershed. Over the course of the last year, said Berg, both a […]
Truth in Taxation meeting set
Do you have questions about your 2016 proposed tax on your home or property? Then come to the annual Cook County Truth-in-Taxation meeting on December 1, at 6 p.m. in the Cook County Commissioner’s Room at the courthouse. This meeting, said Auditor/Treasurer Braidy Powers, gives property owners an opportunity to review information sent to them by his department and discuss […]
Commissioners endorse change to state aid formula
At its November 24 meeting Cook County commissioners approved a resolution endorsing a revised county aid program (CPA) formula that, if adopted, by the 2016 state legislature would give the county more money for essential services like social services, public safety, and transportation. “In 2001 the legislature changed the formula,” said County Auditor/Treasurer Braidy Powers. “In 2002 Cook County received […]
Middle School Knowledge Bowl finishes season on high note
Some call Knowledge Bowl a “sport of the mind,” some say it’s not a sport but an academic challenge for those who have quick, nimble minds. Whatever your definition, the middle school kids at Cook County I.S.D. 166 performed at a high level this year in the four meets in which they participated. The first meet was held October 6 […]
