In the Spring of 1888, Ole Brunes and his friend Nels Ludwig Eliasen left Duluth in a 26-foot sailboat the two carpenters had built over the winter. They headed up the shore, landing at Chicago Bay where they planned to pursue a commercial fishing business. They became the first white settlers of a village called Hoveland, named by Brunes’s wife.... READ MORE >
Cook County resident (and sheriff) Pat Eliasen won a brand new Weber gas grill in the Cook County Home Center (CCHC) May Grill Giveaway on Saturday, June 1. Landon Sheils, the youngest son of CCHC co-owner Nate Sheils, drew his name from hundreds of entrants on Saturday morning. “We started this giveaway contest to thank our customers as we enter... READ MORE >
