New board member elected to Arrowhead Cooperative
Two incumbents and one newcomer were elected to the Arrowhead Electric board of directors at the annual meeting held in the Arrowhead Center for the Arts (ACA) the morning of Saturday, June 9. Once the ballots were counted Stan Tull, representing the Pike Lake area in District 5, and Mike Littfin, the Maple Hill representative in District 4, each retained […]
PHHS gets grant to help support people with disabilities
Cook County’s Public Health & Human Services Department is one of a few public organizations to receive a new Small Innovation Grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) as part of a new program to support people with disabilities in the community. The small innovations grants program awards between $1,500 and $100,000 to individuals and organizations to work […]
Decision made to introduce more wolves to Isle Royale
In the near future the distinct howl of wolf packs will once again be heard across Isle Royale. On June 8, Phyllis Green, Isle Royale National Park superintendent and Mark Romanski, Isle Royale National Park chief of natural resources, announced that over a three- to five-year period the National Park Service (NPS) would introduce 20 to 30 wolves to the […]
Hughie’s Taco House sold to new owners
Kate And Jeremy Keeble, owners of the Hungry Hippie Hostel, recently purchased Hughie’s Taco House, with Kate primarily running the operation. The Cook County News-Herald caught up with Kate for a quick interview. Kate Keeble and Anna Hamilton, who started Hughie’s Taco House almost 10 years ago, were both moving at a fast rate of speed in the restaurant kitchen […]
Beware of religions
Religions were made for conquer, control, and war. They were all written in Rome and Venice, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. John OsgoodLutsen
I need a deer camera
I have been waiting for the veriam that stole the homemade heavy steel car ramps that were under a tarp in my yard, to either return them or pay for them. The set is $100 – send cash to P.O. Box 83, Lutsen MN 55612. Now I have to buy a deer camera, not for the four-legged veriam, but the […]
No one quite like Walt Mianowski
I really don’t know how much gratitude and thanks all the people of Cook County could give for Walt Mianowski. I am sure it would take more than one page to write down everything that he has done for everybody. I have known him since I was a little kid and couldn’t even count the times I talked with him. […]
Living with a mental health condition
If you have a mental health condition, you are not alone. One of five American adults experience some form of mental illness in any given year. And across the population, one in two adults is living with a serious mental health condition such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or long-term recurring major depression. As with other serious illnesses, mental illness is […]
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
A recent letter politely questioned the architecture of the new houses on West Fourth Avenue. The writer’s concern was that the design reflects negatively on the town’s character. I respectively disagree. Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, people differ in their tastes. There is no point in debating that, so respecting that opinion is prudent. The topic […]