Many Cook County residents were shaken to learn that Seth Jeffs, the brother of the infamous polygamist Warren Steed Jeffs, the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church), had purchased 40 acres of land in the county with the intention of building a 5,760-square-foot pole barn complete with living quarters on the Pike Lake […]
Sawtooth Mt. Clinic welcomes Dr. Catherine Hansen
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic is pleased to introduce new family practice physician, Dr. Catherine Hansen. Hansen joined the team of dedicated providers in September 2018. Originally from Marshall, Minn., Hansen is a graduate of UMN Medical School. She completed her residency at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn. When asked what drew her to the North Shore, Hansen said, “I love […]
Birch Grove receives Governance Award
Birch Grove Community School, located in Tofte, received the Volunteer of America (VOA) Governance Award for the complete 2017-2018 school year. The school was rated on 12 different categories pertaining to the compliance of state and federal statutes/laws as well as other criteria. Birch Grove accepted this award at a VOA conference on Thursday, January 10th. School board members include: […]
Wilderness Outpatient Treatment program violations cleared
When conducting a licensing review of Cook County Wilderness Outpatient on September 20, 2018, the Minnesota Department of Human Services found 14 areas that were out of compliance with rules that govern a substance use disorder treatment center and issued correction orders. Most of the violations were found in record keeping. An example is “The license holder’s service initiation policy […]
What you inherently believe . . .
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries chose “post-truth” as its word of the year, defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” As we charge into 2019, I would suggest nothing’s changed. In fact, if anything, appeals to emotion and personal belief continue to disproportionately […]
There is no quicksand in Noonan Swamp
As I See ItA popular TV sitcom in the 1950s featured a buffoonish father-figure who was either the city engineer or the mayor (I can’t remember which) of a town engaged in a large building project akin to a major addition to the high school. At day’s end the bulldozers, dump trucks, backhoes, and other heavy machinery were parked close to Noonan Swamp. […]
Commissioners approve appointments for a variety of boards
Cook County commissioners conducted a host of business at their January 22 board meeting, filling appointments and setting up for the coming year. Commissioners approved solid waste license renewals for Nelson Machine Products and North Shore Waste. The county annually renews the licenses and charges a $100 filing fee. David Rohl was appointed to serve on the Parks and Trails […]
Art and Spirituality
As I drove down the hill Sunday, a huge full moon rose out of the lake; I turned the other way to see the sun setting, orange waving through turquoise water. Touched by the beauty; I felt pulled outside myself. This pull of the “beyond” may come in many ways— “Christ plays in ten thousand places” as Gerard Manley Hopkins […]
Marion Ann McKeever
Marion Ann McKeever, 75, of Schroeder, died on January 18, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. She was born May 23, 1943 to Walter and Mary (Iola) Wojtysiak in Duluth. Marion grew up in Hovland and graduated from Cook County High School and Duluth Business School. On the day after her graduation, May 3, 1962 she married Roger (Bill) […]