The Cook County News-Herald won two awards in the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest. Winners were announced Thursday, January 26, at the MNA awards banquet in Minneapolis. Competing in the weekly newspaper division with circulations from 2,501 to 5,000, the Cook County News-Herald’s advertising designer Laurie Johnson won second place in the Best Advertisement category for the full-page […]
In the Presence of Angels
The other day I was at our wonderful Care Center. I so enjoy bringing a weekly Bible Study to a warm welcoming group of my older brothers and sisters in Christ who live there. They give me so much it truly has been my privilege to be there with them. They however will defer such praise and thank me instead […]
Betty French
Betty French of Cherokee, Iowa, 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at the Gardens Assisted Living where she had resided the last 4 1/2 years. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 28 at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee. Elizabeth May Caswell, the daughter of Andrew and Bertha (Wright) Caswell, was born April 28, 1925 in […]
Kindling Curiosity— Lighting the Creative Spark
Are you an artist or someone who would hesitate to call yourself an artist? A craftsperson or a student? Then you are invited to submit work for the eighth annual show sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Episcopal Church. Each year we use the broad heading “Entry Points to the Creative,” in which we challenge the community to produce work […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOFEB. 9, 2007 Residents of Creechville will have to wait at least another year for promised public water and sewer hookups. The city engineer reviewed the findings of a funding assessment to extend the utilities to 21 Creechville residences during a public hearing Jan. 31. City council voted at its Jan. 24 work session to forego an application […]
Grant awarded to Cook County Public Health and Human Services
The North Shore Health Care Foundation (NSHCF) has awarded a $12,000 grant to Cook County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS). The board of NSHCF approved a request from Josh Beck, PHHS director and his supervisory team for funds to support front line staff. County staff that works with the most at-risk members of our community need support and training. […]
Water damage, what to do about it
A pipe carrying water to a baseboard radiator broke, cascading water across the second story hotel room, through the floor and into the room below. The damage was stunning. Not only were some of the walls ruined, the vermiculite—a sound dampening material used in the ceilings of some hotels—got wet and busted through the ceiling tiles, making a horrendous mess, […]