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Friday, February 7 was Penny Brisson’s last day at Johnson’s Foods. Regular shoppers came in all day long to give her cards, grab a donut and cup of coffee, and thank her for her work as a cashier. Penny worked at the store for 28 years. Her goal upon retirement, she said, was to spend more time with her grandkids, […]
County board approves YMCA Custodial Service agreement with ISD 166
After several months of discussion between the school district and the county, I.S.D. 166 has agreed to take over cleaning the YMCA. The decision came at the board’s Tuesday, February 11 meeting, but also needs to be ratified by the I.S.D. 166 school board, which has shown strong support for the proposal. Cook County Interim Administrator Rena Rogers noted the […]
Cook County needs census takers
Need a temporary job? Does $24 an hour sound good to you? How about $24 per hour, and you can make your own schedule? Work as little or as much as you would like? Then being a census counter might be for you. The 2020 census will soon be underway, and census takers are needed in Cook County. Every ten […]
Three local homeschool students earn highest marks at the Minnesota Homeschool Alliance Science Fair
“The data do, in fact, support our hypothesis: the anthocyanin and betalain pigment molecules from blueberries and beets did stain the nucleus and cell membrane of cheek cells, thus performing a similar function to the commonly used, but toxic cell stain, methylene blue,” declares a young scientist. With her two friends, she summarizes their scientific findings before a judge at […]
Regarding B2B, the Border to Border Trail
Letter to the editor, county administrator, and county commissioners, As I understand it: Visit Cook County has put lots of our money into an effort to persuade tourists to come here to enjoy a wide variety of recreational opportunities. The EDA is funded to develop small businesses. Your commissioners put forth lots of effort, create policy, travel and spend money […]
Arrowhead Electric rates tick upward
Arrowhead Cooperative members will notice their monthly service charge has been raised from $47 per month to $49…a 4.26 percent increase for 2020. This fixed charge is billed on top of actual power usage. The $49 charge is subject to a state and county sales tax total of $4.10. This results in a payment of $53.10 per month ($637.20 per […]
Somethin’s bubblin’ up
Sometime in November of last year, State Senator Tom Bakk met with Governor Tim Waltz to warn him “something was bubbling up.” suggesting the new look of the vacation rental industry warranted a “fresh look at state tax laws.” Eleven years previous, during the 2008 Minnesota legislative session, a task force actually set about to study the need to create […]
Don’t forget to go to your caucus!
In giving reflective consideration to recent letters in the Cook County News Herald, I am certainly aware of observing right here in our local communities the value of being able to speak or write about what one believes. You know the issues you are passionate about. You are free to discuss such in the letters to the editor page of […]
Local dog owners need to lend their voice in helping to find space for a new dog park
Go North Shore (GDNS) is a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit based in Grand Marais that was formed in March of 2013 to promote active dog ownership on Minnesota’s North Shore. We believe that dog owners deserve access to public land for exercising and socializing their dogs in an area safe from predators and traffic. An early GDNS effort was collaboration […]