MacKenzie Scott donates $25 million to Minnesota nonprofits
The former wife of Jeff Bezos has given more than $25 million to six Minnesota nonprofits, and one of those nonprofits was the Duluth Area Family YMCA, which includes the Cook County YMCA. MacKenzie Scott announced that she had given $4.1 billion to 384 organizations in the last four months in a blog post. She said it’s all part of […]
Township elections filing period opens December 29
The filing period for the annual elections in Lutsen, Tofte and Schroeder, the three townships in Cook County, starts on December 29, 2020. That is the first day a person can file their nomination papers for the open positions on the March 9, 2021, ballot. Lutsen will be seeking a new supervisor candidate and Tofte may have a new treasurer […]
Separated by a closed border, couple finds a way to stay in touch
Joshua McCormick moved from Ham Lake, Minnesota, to Cook County to become the pharmacy tech at the new Sawtooth Mountain Clinic pharmacy, whose doors will soon be open to the public. “I’m in training now,” said Joshua, who left a job in Wyoming, Minnesota, where he also served as a pharmacy tech. But that wasn’t the only reason he moved […]
Snow Angels website set up
Have you been practicing your snow angels? If you want to take part in a fun family activity, then step outside at noon on New Year’s Day and join an effort to break the world record for snow angels. Nova Scotia residents set the current world record of 22,022 snow angels made simultaneously in 2011. They broke the 2007 record […]
A New Year
While I’m not sure how you would define your mental psyche as we depart 2020 and head into the uncharted waters of 2021; notwithstanding, I think it’s pretty safe to say 2020 has been a year most of us would not want to relive. American columnist William Vaughan, who wrote a syndicated column for the Kansas City Star from 1946 […]
U.S. Senator Tina Smith: COVID-19 Relief will bring support to Minnesotans, but more must be done
U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) released the following statement on the coronavirus (COVID- 19) relief and government funding agreement: “This bipartisan COVID-19 emergency relief bill will provide much-needed and long-overdue relief to Minnesotans. In the midst of the dark days of this pandemic, this legislation is an economic and health bridge for Minnesota and all Americans, and it is desperately […]
Shots are here but keep up your social distance practices
Looks like 75 doses of COVID vaccine will now be given to essential workers in Cook County. That should give immunity to about 1.4 percent of county residents, but not until the follow-up shots are given after 21 days. Of course, at 95 percent effectiveness, that still leaves 1 in 20 of those given the vaccine still vulnerable to infection. […]