Yes, we still wonder when we can gather for group activities. Yes, Essential Caregivers have been greatly appreciated. Yes, we are still angling through our day. Yes, we still wish the world would go back to normal and we could do something wild and crazy like go out for a car ride. Well, let’s not go overboard! August residents of […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., $20 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church. You will be amazed at all the food you get at the Cook County Community Center. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus food for all! Cook County Higher Education Career training […]
Nancie Deming, new instructor at I.S.D. 166
Meet Nancie Deming, a new ECFE teacher at I.S.D. 166. “I grew up on the front range of Colorado, and moved to northern Minnesota 14 years ago. Currently, I live in Two Harbors with my family. I have an Elementary Education degree from Great Basin College, a Master’s in Special Education from Western Governors University, and a Master’s in Family […]
Chuck’s Barbershop to close
After 53 years, Chuck Petek is closing his downtown barbershop. The doors will shut September 24, at the conclusion of the day when the last patron’s hair is swept from the floor. With the advent of COVID-19, Chuck has only accepted reservations from people he knows. He hasn’t allowed walk-in business from visitors since the start of the pandemic. It’s […]
Cross country season underway
Although there won’t be volleyball or football played this fall, cross-country running received a green light from the state to compete, which spread some cheer to the kids who trained all summer in the hopes of toeing the starting line against their fellow competitors. With that good news, North Shore Storm cross-country Coach April Wahlstrom welcomed 54 boys and girls […]
So many grasses and so little time
In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, we ate ‘com,’ which is rice. There were different varieties to be bought at the wet markets, maybe ‘com huong,’ meaning in my translation ‘perfumed rice’ as in the Perfume River (‘Song Huong’) that moved through the ancient capital of Hue, or ‘com Thai,’ which is obviously Thai rice. Sometimes if we had the […]
E acetate in vaping products linked to recent lung injury outbreak
The Minnesota Department of Health’s Public Health Laboratory has found vitamin E acetate in illicit vaping products associated with a recent outbreak of severe lung injury cases in the state. Vitamin E acetate, an additive in some THC-containing e-cigarette, or vaping, products, has been strongly linked to e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) outbreaks, according to the Center […]
Matters of Record
Kurt Martin Halvorson, 24, Duluth, Minnesota, pled guilty on August 21, 2020, to a petty misdemeanor of driving after revocation of license (DAR) on November 12, 2016. Fines and fees total $290. Lobo Joseph Poyirier, 35, Grand Portage, Minnesota, pled guilty on August 21, 2020, to two petty misdemeanors on November 13, 2012 (date on record): driving after suspension of […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]