The Cook County News-Herald is thrilled to announce that a group of great local amateur and professional photographers have agreed to submit pictures to the newspaper for your enjoyment. We will introduce these men and women over the next few weeks so you can get to know who is behind the camera. Some of these photographers have excellent websites with […]
Sabbath
“Honor the Sabbath Day” is the shortened version of the Fourth Commandment. It is reinforced by the first creation story of God creating for six days and resting on the seventh. In Leviticus, this was taken very seriously that if you saw your neighbor working in the field on the Sabbath, you were obliged to kill him. Thankfully, Jesus came […]
Governor Walz Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Honor of lives lost to COVID-19
Governor Tim Walz has directed all flags at state and federal buildings in Minnesota to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, March 19, 2021. He has directed flags to fly at half-staff on the 19th of every month to remember, mourn, and honor lives lost due to COVID-19. “One year ago on March 21, 2020, we […]
Stanley Dean Poole
Stanley Dean Poole, the youngest of six children, born to Jim and Lois Poole on March 16, 1963, in Owatonna, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Fort Myers, Florida, on March 4, 2021. He is survived by his fiancé Jacqueline Thompson, his dogs, Veronica and Sebastian, and a cat named Kite. Stanley had five siblings: Sue (John) Swenson […]
Historical Reflections
April 16, 1990 CENSUS POSTER WINNERS This year’s Census Poster winners in Grand Portage were Anna Deschampe and Amanda Hein.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOMARCH 19, 2001 The Cook County girls’ basketball team members were overjoyed after the March 9 game against the Cherry Tigers and a Section championship win. It sent the team to the state tourney, the first ever for either boys or girls basketball in Cook County history. Their season ended four days later, however, with a 74-53 loss […]
Northland Foundation awards $65,000 grant to Cook County Aging Coalition Projects
The nonprofit Care Partners of Cook County has received a $65,000 grant on behalf of a group of community partners to develop and carry out plans for helping area older adults and their families successfully age in place. The grant is part of Northland Foundation’s three-year special initiative, the Integrated Rural Community Aging Program. Guided by the Northland Foundation through […]
Federal changes to the Affordable Care Act impact MNsure
On Thursday, March 11, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, which includes several key health care provisions to the Affordable Care Act that will expand benefits available to Minnesotans through MNsure. This includes an increase in the amount of tax credits MNsure enrollees receive to help them pay for their premiums and an expansion of tax credits to middle […]
Cook County COVID-19 update
Cook County has seen four new COVID-19 cases in the last seven days, bringing the total number to 122 since the start of the pandemic. The infected individuals were two males, one in their thirties and the other in his fifties, and two females, both in their twenties. Cook County is the only Minnesota county with no reports of a […]