The Cook County Food Shelf, like many other community food programs, sees increased usage in winter months. A thoughtful West End resident offered a tip for snowbirds who don’t want to haul their non-perishable foodstuffs south. Instead of boxing up those groceries, donate them to the Food Shelf! It’s very easy to do. Donations can be dropped off at the […]
Grand Marais City Council listens to insurance quotes
Local Security State Insurance agent Paul Coe came before the city council on Wednesday, October 12 with a premium breakdown by department of the LMCIT renewal. The city’s renewal premium is $59,880, said Coe, adding that includes the city’s Liquor Liability renewal. LMCIT liability coverage provides a $2 million per occurrence limit, said Coe. The statutory municipal tort liability limit […]
Grand Marais kicks off in-person public engagement for community visioning and comprehensive plan update
The Grand Marais Community Visioning and Comprehensive Plan Update is continuing its community engagement process with a two-day series of in-person engagement events. Community ideas are vital for guiding the future of Grand Marais and identifying opportunities within the community. The first event, a Kickoff Workshop, will offer opportunities for community members to be a part of the community vision […]
Jan Hansen Strathy featured in Twin Cities medical journal
Jan Hansen Strathy recently retired from her OB/GYN medical practice in the Twin Cities, and she was featured in the Luminary, a magazine about the Twin Cities medical field. It couldn’t have been bestowed on a nicer person. The author of the article, Marvin S. Segal, M.D. started off with this sentence, “Could a young woman from a small town […]
Snacks for Packs quietly helps fight hunger
The Cook County Snacks and Packs was launched by the School District 166 Wellness Committee in 2013 after its members realized that some children in the community were not getting enough healthy food over the weekend. Diane Booth of Cook County Extension Service heard about the “BackPack Program,” a national initiative and thought it could be modified to work in […]
Get involved in politics!
Do recent events and decisions reported in Cook County News-Herald articles make you want to learn more about town, city, county, or school government? Want to be more involved in local politics? Attend a meeting! Local government entities normally meet as listed below. Occasionally meetings are rescheduled due to holidays or conflicts with other governmental activities, so if you would […]
County board appoints new election judges
With the presidential election just around the corner, Cook County Auditor/Treasurer Braidy Powers told commissioners that because of the interest among local voters, “It was determined that additional election judges may be needed for the upcoming General Election.” Powers’ Auditor’s Office trained nine people to fill the role of election judges and on Tuesday, October 11 the county board appointed […]
Vikings’ winning streak continues
A strong contingency of Viking volleyball fans stood and cheered after every Viking game against the McGregor Mercuries last week. Fans, a gym full, urged on the Viking girls’ volleyball team who pushed their record to 16-3 (one loss was in a tournament) in the team’s threegame sweep of the senior-laden Mercuries (Mercs) team. The Vikings wasted little time, winning […]
Magic comes to the North Shore in Coming of Mage
It isn’t such a stretch to imagine a North Shore with magical creatures since sightings of moose, wolves and other wildlife is certainly awe-inspiring. However, the author of Coming of Mage, Mikel Andrews, takes the idea a step further, populating a community that is strikingly similar to Cook County with mages, alchemists as well as inepts, otherwise known as non-magic […]
He did it again!
What was I doing here? Looking around, I saw only smooth white plastic walls, translucent in the autumn sunlight. I wasn’t trapped, not exactly…but I wasn’t going anywhere either. I’d been minding my own business on a lovely fall afternoon, innocently spreading compost on my garden when my ever-loving husband called. I trotted over to the 1,000-gallon tank used to […]