Do you understand the bigger picture?
Millions of Christians around the world will observe Palm Sunday on April 14, 2019. Children will march into sanctuaries waving palm branches, some real, some paper, some plastic. They will sing as they proceed. In some places the donkey that carried “Mary” in the Christmas play will hire on again and enter stage right bearing “Jesus” before the rejoicing crowd. […]
David Leslie Johnson
David Leslie Johnson was born in Ottumwa, Iowa on December 18, 1934 and was the only child of Ellwood and Laverne Johnson. While growing up, his summers were spent in Grand Marais, Minnesota where they had a cabin on Lake Superior. Dave graduated high school in Iowa and went to the University of Southern California for his undergraduate and law […]
Five ways to navigate consent
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center has named this year’s theme as I Ask for Consent. Over the last few years there has been a shift in the discussion of consent and a growing emphasis on the importance of sexual consent. Previous ways of discussing consent focused on “no means no.” This slogan […]
Vote for Kerfoot Canopy Tours for best aerial adventure park
Lee Kerfoot, the son of Bruce and Sue Kerfoot, former owners of Gunflint Lodge, is trying to get enough online votes to make it onto the USA Today’s 10 Best Reader’s Choice Aerial Adventure Park 2019 list. A panel of family travel experts nominated their favorite aerial adventure parks in North America for the contest, so just making that short […]
Historical Reflections
Becky Jorstad, left, and Carolyn Larsen attended the Minnesota Cosmetology Association’s seminar in Minneapolis in September 1991 in an ongoing effort to promote professionalism in advanced hair design, cutting trends, coloring and popular nail art for the customers of Janie’s Hair Den.
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOAPRIL 11, 2009 People who owe money to Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center will soon be able to pay their bills online. The hospital board approved the implementation of a new service called “Secure Bill Pay” on April 3. The hospital already accepts credit card payments, but the new online service will cost the hospital […]
Care Coordination for persons with disabilities and those age 65 and older
Cook County Public Health & Human Services (PHHS) is one of many counties across the state that contracts with managed care companies to provide Care Coordination for persons with disabilities and individuals age 65 and older. Cook County PHHS currently contracts with BlueCross BlueShield, HealthPartners, and UCare to provide Care Coordination services to roughly 75 residents of Cook County. Managed […]
County board holds busy meeting
Cook County commissioners discussed a wide variety of county related business at the April 9 county board meeting and passed several resolutions. In-lieu-of -taxes Commissioners sent a letter to Vicki Christiansen, chief of the United State Forest Service, asking about Cook County’s BWCAW 10-year appraisal payments that were supposed to be given to the county September 2018. The funds come […]
Petition request to change the location of bike trail bridge across Fall River denied
A petition with more than 1,000 names attached to it that asked the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to change its mind about placing the Gitchi Gami bike trail bridge across the front of the 25-foot falls on Fall River and moving the bike path to a second option (Option 2) running parallel along Highway 61 has been denied. […]