Some good news coming out of ISD 166 is that middle school students will be returning to the classroom Tuesday through Fridays starting Tuesday, March 2. Mondays will be a check-in day for distance learners and homeroom students. ISD 166 acting Superintendent Megan Myers sent an email with the announcement to Boreal Access on Friday, February 12. Two meetings were […]
Feeling like caged fox in school
In those days I used picture hanging wire. It would only take eighteen inches or maybe two feet, which back then I didn’t know how to measure but cut on sight. You formed a fist-sized loop at the tag end and made a slipknot and then wound around, around, the tag very tightly upon itself and that knot was even […]
Viking boys fall to Cromwell and Esko
The Cook County High School boys’ varsity basketball team traveled to Cromwell on Friday, February 12, to face the Cromwell Cardinals. “It was a close game for most of the first half, with the score being 18-14, Cromwell with under six minutes left, and we ran out of steam after that,” said Viking Head Coach Andy Feddema. “The boys played […]
Memories
It started with a simple request. “Could you hand me the car keys?” said my husband. “No problem.” I reached across the kitchen counter to the spot where we kept the pickup keys. They weren’t there. Still no problem. “They’re in the outside zipper compartment of my purse.” But, they weren’t. I grabbed my secondary purse and gave it a […]
Dreams of butterflies and moths
It’s winter and David MacLean and Kyle Johnson are practicing net neutrality. Their butterfly nets are hanging on a wall, not to come off until it warms up and the moths and butterflies get their wings. By 2019, David had counted and collected 521 species of moths in Cook County. But as of January 2, 2021, MacLean was up to […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $150 and/or 10 days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. Curtis Gene Everson, 41, Grand […]
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 […]