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The Cook County Ridge Riders hosted their annual drag races at Hungry Jack Lodge on Saturday, February 15. The weather was mild and the turnout was great. Pictured here are the winners of the Open Class from L-R: Jeff Q., Blake Lambert, Mallory Brazell and wearing a big smile as he holds his medal is Jack Radloff. More winners and […]
North Shore Health end of the year financial report
A comparison between 2018 and 2019 showed some departments were up and some down at North Shore Health. North Shore Health Finance Officer Vera Schumann presented 2019 fiscal year-end information to the hospital board at the board’s January meeting. More patients used the acute hospital beds and swing beds in 2019 than in 2018, while care center days were less […]
County board passes a resolution on short-term rentals
Cook County commissioners are asking the state of Minnesota to clear up the confusion around shortterm rental classifications. At the board’s February 11 meeting, commissioners passed a resolution giving the Minnesota Legislature three options to consider that would place short-term rentals, Airbnbs and short- term lodging establishments into their own classification. Early last year the Minnesota Department of Revenue, in […]
Border to Border Touring Route will start in Lake County
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Project Manager Andrew Brown skipped the Cook County Commissioners “Committee of the Whole” meeting on Tuesday, February 18, saying, “As for my canceled update today, I really didn’t have much to say regarding the project that hasn’t been said already.” Brown has taken the lead on the Border-to- Border Touring route that will run […]
Snowmobile accident injures two riders
A woman from Mankato, Minnesota and a man from Golden Valley, Minnesota were injured when the snowmobile they were riding crashed into a tree. On Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at 10:05 a.m., the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office received a 911 call from a female party that stated the snowmobile she was on crashed into a tree. Courtney Sater, 27, […]
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Members of the 2020 Cook County High School One Act play starting in front are, L-R: Louise Ramberg, Elsa Garry, Olivia Nesgoda, Keenan Hingos, Bryn Fitzgerald- Wells, and Kaylee Pote. Second row, L-R: Aurora Schelmeske, Jered Paro, Shaelyn Hingos, Kevin Viren, Ian Kurschner, Sylvia Berka, Kestrel Pollock, Charlet Waver, Grace Richie, Kylie Viren, Merlin Higgins, and Nalissa Kettleson.
The power of words
Word enthusiast Noah Webster, whose name is synonymous with dictionaries, spent the greater part of his life studying and cataloguing words. So devoted to the task, he committed to learning twenty-six languages, including Old English, German, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Arabic and Sanskrit (a language of ancient India), to name a few. His dogged diligence led to America’s […]
Is it really “We the People?”
Trump’s proposed budget aims to hamstring and further bleed already strapped agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Department of Education. Meanwhile in the Senate, only one Republican senator had the integrity and moral fiber to uphold their oath of office. Senator Mitt Romney said, “Were I to ignore the evidence that has been presented and disregard […]
Conflict of interest
I want to express and share my concern regarding one of our Cook County Commissioners, Heidi Doo-Kirk. She happens to be the commissioner who represents me, as I live in District Four. In the not too distant past, Heidi made a motion to approve the B2B route. Regardless of which side of this issue you are on, you should be […]