Easter egg hunt gets big turnout
Volunteers “laid” more than 2,300 colorful Easter eggs out on the ground at the Community Center on Saturday for more than 100 children to hunt in the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Kids with their baskets in hand were there early to scout out the locations of the eggs and make a plan of attack. Their plans worked well. All of […]
Second pre-trial set for Bigby
Lawyers in the upcoming trial for Kirk Lee Bigby, 62, of Finland met with Sixth District Judge Eric Hylden in the Cook County Courtroom on Friday, April 14 to go over the upcoming June court case in pre-trial proceedings. Due to the number of documents needed to be looked over by both sides and questions posed by the attorneys, the […]
Groups working together to make Cook County safe for its youth
Nationally April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and various individuals and groups in Cook County have been working the past few years to educate the public about this haunting crime that plagues the county, and the country. Especially sexually exploitive crimes against kids and how to prevent them. In 2015 Inger Andress, president of Kai-Zen Solutions began giving presentations throughout […]
County board discusses “Committee of the Whole” concept
It’s an old concept, but new to the county, Committee of the Whole, and one Cook County commissioners discussed in depth at the board’s April 18 meeting. Committee of the Whole is typically a procedure used on occasion by boards. When a meeting like this is called into a committee, the discussion can be much freer. No formal action can […]
School Trust Lands
Part 2: Resource ManagementAs identified in last week’s column outlining the history of School Trust Lands, the Minnesota Legislature placed the management of the state’s 3.5 million acres of School Trust Lands with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). With more than 92 percent of the state’s school trust land located in 10 counties (Cook, Koochiching, St. Louis, Itasca, Lake, Cass, Aitkin, Beltrami, […]
What is it to be a patriot?
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him for then it cost nothing to be a patriot.” Mark Twain. Submitted byLloyd GeilingerSchroeder
Where would we be without the T?
In the article about “Couple protects one-half mile of Lake Superior shoreline,” top-center paragraph: “Biologists believe it’s a relic from a previous ice age.” The plant would be a relict, not a relic. See a dictionary. The source of the error is not obvious from the article. It might have been contained in a news release, spoken by Pat Collins […]
Comments needed on ShokoShoe timber sale
The Superior National Forest has proposed the ShokoShoe timber sale located 20 miles north of Grand Marais. Comments on the Environmental Analysis (EA) are due to Gunflint District Ranger Nancy Larson by April 30. The EA (with maps) is available online and hard copy by calling Ranger Larson’s office at (218) 387- 1750. The timber sale will clear-cut to water’s […]
Good News (its free)— Bad News (you may lose this refund)
This year, over 600 families who live and work in Cook County used our free tax service to file federal and state tax returns to get tax refunds. The IRS software used by the Tax Aide Volunteers, also generates and files property tax and rent refunds for the 200-plus families who were eligible for a total of more than $80,000. […]