The period to file for election for one of the Cook County townships— Lutsen, Tofte or Schroeder—ended on January 11. Each township sought candidates for a three-year term as supervisor and a two-year term as treasurer. Citizens stepped forward for all of the races except one. The Schroeder Township is in need of a candidate for treasurer. Schroeder has a... READ MORE >
We get a lot of information in the mail and via e-mail at the News- Herald every day. A lot of “high priority” press releases we receive are from elected officials and representatives from one political party or the other. Usually I skim them and then hit delete. Most of the time the press releases from the elected officials are... READ MORE >
The Lutsen Fire Department learned in December 2010 that it was successful in its grant request for a new tanker/tender. After four years of applying for funds from the Assistance to Firefighters grant program, the Lutsen Fire Department will be receiving a grant of $152,594 from the fiscal year 2010 program. Firefighter John Groth, who worked with grant writer Scott... READ MORE >
While the Cook County-Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) works to determine what the duties of the recently established Superior National at Lutsen golf course committee will be, the committee itself has set to work. Committee Member Jim King reported to the EDA board on Tuesday, January 11 on committee-level discussion, which led to a special follow-up meeting of the... READ MORE >
The East End of Cook County needs a representative on the Cook County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD). The directive of SWCD is to protect water and soil resources in Cook County and recently it has been involved in projects with the Poplar River Management Board in Lutsen and the Flute Reed Partnership (FRP) in Hovland. It is the... READ MORE >
The Wabash River forms part of the border between Illinois and what other state? Do you know the answer to this question? If yes, you could possibly compete with the bright young people who took part in the 2010 Cook County Middle School Geography Bee on Friday, January 7. Ten students took the stage at the Arrowhead Center for the... READ MORE >
I didn’t think I knew anything about U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords before the horrific shooting at her meetthe public event at a Tucson, Arizona Safeway on January 8. But as I went online this evening to check on her condition, I realized I had been cheering her on in a Fox News segment just the day before the attack. We... READ MORE >
As Judge Kenneth A. Sandvik approached his retirement, he continued to encourage the attorneys who practiced in his courtroom to make a contribution of art to the community. Sandvik began the Cook County tradition himself in 2006 with the donation of a multimedia portrait, Moving Forward, by 1997 Cook County High School graduate Dan Hansen. Judge Sandvik said he had... READ MORE >
On January 3, 2011, newly elected District 6 Judge Mike Cuzzo spent some time in the Cook County courthouse getting to know the people he would be working with for the next six years. The government officials, law enforcement representatives, court system staffers and general public who entered were asked to wear nametags to assist the new judge. Cuzzo and... READ MORE >
A number of community members were invited to a gathering at North House Folk School on Wednesday, January 12 to hear preliminary—and very exciting—plans for the Folk School’s 10th Unplugged: The Northern Harvest event to be held September 15 – 18, 2011. There were hints that the event would involve the return of a number of the artists who have... READ MORE >
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