When do we speak out? Many of the Old Testament prophets express the same idea, saying, “I don’t want to speak out…I know I’m going to offend people…but God’s word compels me.” When do we keep silent for civility sake, and when do we say, “No. This has gone too far?” This is a huge question in our society today. […]
Carol Anne Berglund
Carol Anne Berglund went to be with her Lord on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at Bay Front Hospital in Venice, Florida with her daughter Sharon Eriksson and husband Edward Berglund at her side. She had suffered from renal failure for several years and when dialysis was attempted her weakened heart went into arrest. Born on July 4, 1937 to Alice […]
Oral Health Task Force receives funding to continue care mission
The Oral Health Task Force (OHTF), a program of the North Shore Health Care Foundation (NSHCF), has recently secured four grants to continue its mission to provide greater access to and address gaps in oral health care for the children of Cook County and the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The Task Force received funding from: . The […]
Northland Foundation awards 42 grants, several to Cook County nonprofits
During the second quarter of 2019, the Northland Foundation awarded 42 grants totaling $389,835. Five grants of $10,000 were made to increase the supply of childcare openings in the region. The five childcare grants were awarded to help with the start-up four new programs that will be located in Eveleth, Aitkin, Duluth, and Hermantown, and to help expand an existing […]
Back-to-school supply drive at The Hub
The Hub, formerly referred to as the Cook County Senior Center, has organized a 2019 Back-To-School supply drive. With the first day of school quickly approaching, “We want to help Cook County students start the year off on the right track,” said Chris Bautch. “Having school supplies they need to achieve academic success helps these kids focus and learn at […]
Historical Reflections
More than 1,000 persons attended the two-day Grand Portage Rendezvous Days in August 1986, and were treated to a host of voyageur games and activities. In addition to the hatchet-throwing contest, shown at left, there were canoe races, bannock baking over an open fire, fire starting with a flint, and numerous other demonstrations of skills used by fur trappers, traders […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO AUG. 15, 2009 Cook County Auditor-Treasurer Braidy Powers reported to the county board Aug. 11 that the county had received from the state an increase of 5.6 percent over last year as payment in lieu of taxes (PILT). The payment is designed to offset the amount of state-owned land that does not generate property taxes for the […]
County approves Vacation Rental Compliance Monitoring proposal
Land Services Director Tim Nelson recommended that the commissioners accept the proposal submitted by Host Compliance for providing assistance to the county for their implementation and compliance monitoring of the vacation rental-licensing program. Following the July 9, 2019 meeting, commissioners authorized an advertisement for an Internet-based company to provide assistance to the county for the implementation and ongoing compliance monitoring […]
Cook County Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan
Cook County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) recently drafted its Community Health Assessment (CHA) and a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). Under state statute, local public health departments are responsible to create these tools every five years as a blueprint to both understand the health challenges occurring locally and create a plan for addressing these challenges in collaboration with […]
Hungry Hippie Hostel adds camping, glamping
The family friendly Hungry Hippie Hostel has added more camping and glamping for its guests. A family-owned and -operated business, the Hungry Hippie Hostel is located a quarter-mile from the Superior Hiking Trail, half mile from the shores of Lake Superior, and eight miles from Grand Marais. “We are the first and only hostel on the north shore of Lake […]