Local fishermen team up
A little before 8 a.m. on April 2, 2020, coming fast from the east, the small green boat made a speedy S turn around the lighthouse breakwall and inner limestone break wall, slowing considerably as Eric Brisson throttled back on the motor and gently guided the vessel into the dock. Tyler Smith jumped out and tied the boat to a […]
County board discusses COVID-19 pandemic county response
The county board held a special meeting via Skype on April 7 and heard reports from Grace Grinager and Mike Keyport, who serve on the Cook County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) incident command team. This team is in charge of handling the county’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Coordinator Grinager started with the day’s tally of how many […]
Minnesota’s Energy Assistance program has funds to help pay energy bills; households have until July 1 to apply
As our communities struggle to cope with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minnesota Department of Commerce reminds Minnesotans the state’s Energy Assistance Program still has funds available for help paying their energy bills. For those who have not already received help this heating season, there is still time. The Department of Commerce especially encourages newly unemployed, households with […]
Recycle Center reopening with limited hours
Beginning Monday, April 13 the Cook County Recycling Center will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday through Thursdays. “After cleaning and sanitizing the facility, we have determined that we can serve the community’s recycling needs while maintaining the safety of the public and county employees,” said Land Services Director Tim Nelson. It is […]
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Still wearing a thick winter coat of fur, this healthy looking bobcat paid a visit to Jim Ringquist’s backyard on Monday, April 6. These cats, about twice the size of a house cat, are rarely seen. An average adult stands about 2.3 feet and weighs between 11 and 30 pounds. Males stake out a territory of 25 to 30 square […]
Many are the dead men …
Each year since 1927, TIME Magazine has selected an official Person of the Year, distinguishing an individual who “has done the most to influence the events of the year.” According to Steven Skiena and Charles B. Ward, authors of Who’s Bigger? Where Historical Figures Really Rank, Cambridge University Press, 2013, Albert Einstein–the underestimated genius whose family maid nicknamed him “the […]
Community comes together
Enormous gratitude to each and all of us! As we come together in community, helping one another through this extraordinary time in our lives. From caring citizens
In these troubling times draw close to God
In this time that is troubling for so many in our country, the following excerpt from “The Light and the Glory” by Peter Marshall, Jr., and David Manuel, I find very fitting for “such a time as this.” When the Puritans and Pilgrims experienced a natural calamity—a prolonged drought, a plague of grasshoppers— their response was to search their souls […]
Quarantined
Persistent rapping on the bedroom door,not to be denied, though it’s 3:00 a.m.Politics, pestilence, family, finances,remembrances of when I screwed up.More time to dwell and obsess.Did I really clean that grocery delivery?What about the cards I sent in the mail?Was I holding them when I sneezed?I swabbed beet juice on the lintel thinkingsome faux biblical protection might help.Thank goodness for […]