“It is always a treat to see a big, beautiful Pine Grosbeak show up in the yard,” said Jean Brislance. Late fall is when we usually start to see some of our first winter finches. And we are due for a good invasion of the Common Redpolls. We usually see a few, but every once in a while, we will […]
Economic Assistance and Health Care Programs
What is Economic Assistance? Economic assistance refers to any government-run program that assists low-income people with meeting basic needs such as food and shelter. Programs can provide eligible residents with a monthly benefit to purchase food, can be paid directly towards shelter expenses like rent or utilities or provide recipients with money to help them purchase other items of basic […]
Winter Hazard Awareness Week
Cook County has already had its first taste of winter weather and even though we are hearty northlanders, it’s a good time to refresh our cold weather skills and ensure that we are prepared for winter challenges. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DPS-HSEM) partner with the National Weather Service to sponsor the […]
You may qualify for a Covid-19 booster shot
Need a covid booster but don’t think you’re qualified? Check your body mass index (BMI). Anyone 18+ who has a BMI of 25 or greater qualifies for a booster according to the CDC’s definitions of qualifying underlying medical conditions. That’s 70 percent of Minnesota’s population and many in Cook County who may not think they have a qualifying underlying medical […]
Letter to the editor
On behalf of Post 413 and the Legion Auxiliary, a heartfelt thank you to the kind individual who so generously paid for all of the meals that the veterans and their wives enjoyed at the Birch Terrace this last Veteran’s day. It was very much appreciated. Post 413 CommanderRobert Mattson,Grand Marais
Dump Stauber
Rep. Pete Stauber VOTED NO on the bipartisan infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This is a once-in-a-generation investment in roads, bridges, broadband, and clean drinking water. When needed infrastructure improvements and jobs appear in our area, do not let Stauber take any credit for them. Remember that he VOTED AGAINST them. Stauber is not a bridge to the future, and […]
Girl Scouts invite kids to Santa’s Workshop
Since 2005 local Girl Scouts have sponsored Santa’s Workshop on the first Saturday in December. Last year they took a break and decided they really would try hard to make that the only interruption in this tradition. So this year, Troop #412, with the help of Lifetime Members, is sponsoring the event. This is a shopping spree for kids, safe […]
A Pearl Harbor memoir by the late Clarence William Ellquist
Editor’s note: More than 2,400 Americans died when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, and another 1,000 were wounded. One of the men there had only recently graduated from what is now called Cook County High School. Here is the story of the late Clarence William Ellquist, as told to […]
Correction:
Correction: In the article about the visit to Cook County by Rep. Rob Ecklund and Senator Bakk it was stated that Mary Somnis is the Director of the EDA. Mary recently retired and Beth Drost is the new director of the EDA. The News-Herald regrets the error.
