Lutsen considers light at bottom of Caribou Trail
During Lutsen Township’s annual meeting in early March, Spencer Motschenbacher approached the board of supervisors about installing a light at the end of the Caribou Trail. Earlier that day, an accident involving a logging truck and another car occurred right where the new lighting would be installed. The topic was put on the agenda for the next regular meeting. The […]
Hospital board approves pay raises in new contract
Most workers at the Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center will receive a 2.25 percent raise this year—retroactive to January 1, 2016—and a 2 percent raise in 2017, said Cook County Hospital/ Care Center Administrator Kimber Wraalstad to the hospital board at its March 23 meeting. Some office and management employees and RNs are not covered under the […]
Volunteers
I was reminded the other day about how lucky we are, as people, to have givers in our midst. I was having difficulty helping my mother from the vehicle (a curb was involved) and this gentleman immediately offered his assistance. I didn’t know him and I’m sure he didn’t know us, yet he jumped at the chance to help his […]
Help make cuts less painful at ISD 166
To the people of Cook County: Our Cook County youth need you—and your money. Many of us were disappointed when the school referendum failed last fall, but no one more than the students of ISD 166. Of course, they’re always the ones who suffer when cuts are made at school. I’ve seen it over and over during my career as […]
Understanding valuation and property tax statements
You will have recently received two notices from Cook County. The first is your 2016 Valuation Notice from the County Assessor’s Office and the second is your 2016 Property Tax Statement from the County Auditor’s Office. People often have questions about the information about their taxes and other information included in these notices. Your 2016 property taxes are based on […]
Kindness overcomes mud
I love living in Cook County. I like being here in the bitter cold, in the humidity of summer. I like it when the lakes are frozen and we have to fish through the ice and when we get sunburned fishing from a boat. I can endure mosquitos and biting flies. But mud season tries my patience. Every year around […]
Our Six Word Memoir
I stumbled across a rather addicting website a while back called Six Word Memoirs, which invites people to tell their story using only six words. The objective is to use language both creatively and concisely. The idea comes from Ernest Hemingway, who was once challenged by a reporter to write a tragic novel using only six words. It’s said that […]
