Cook County Honor Roll Students – Second Quarter

6TH GRADE Robert Christianson MaKai Fairbanks Liam Gillespie Elias Monson Brooklyn Nelson Lucas Peters Aitan Seim Liam Smith 7TH GRADE Elizabeth Anderson Sophia Christianson River Foster August Gulstrand Jadin Kimball Jenessa Kimball Ty Mielke Bea Mueller Lucas Oberg Alexander Rodriguez Wyatt Sandstorm Lynda Schauland Waylon Sjoberg Lucille Walters Carter Watkins Anthony Waver Aubrey Williams 8TH GRADE Shelby Bissell Lucas Hackett Scarlet Higgins Natalie Irvin Rolan King 9TH GRADE Ashlyn Childs Ian Cooley Talon DeBoer Ayden DeRosier MaCoy Fairbanks Ethan Fish General Higgins Lute Jansen Adam Oberg Dylan O’Brien Landon Resler Patience Sifferath Avery Sjoberg 10TH GRADE Parker Backstrom Sofi Boen Adalin Roberts Maya Rodriguez Sophia Sheehan Nicholas Spry Rio Tersteeg Amber Theiner 11TH GRADE Tucker Berglund Kendra Berglund Russell Berglund Jeffery Burton Wyatt Clay Aanakwad Redix Kassia Deschampe Cade Smith Lynk Snedaker Chandler Young Reuben Youngdahl 12TH GRADE Ian Brooks Arlo Christiansen Elaina Deschampe Taylor Everson Wyatt Hadley Recko Helmerson- Skidlum Weston Higgins Cy Oberholtzer Robert Rodrguez Joao Santos Brayden Schmidt Ryan Shannon ISD 166 High Honor Roll for the second quarter 6TH GRADE Lindy Dix Karis Ford Lucy Kartes Mali Sheils Nico Tersteeg 7TH GRADE Landon Berglund Trygve King Dwight Likiaksa Leif Lindstrom Jack Radloff 8TH GRADE Ella Hallberg Alivia Higgins Justin LaBoda Hazel Lichty Garrett Plummer Kaitlyn Shannon Lilija Smith 9TH GRADE Lauren Berglund Anni Dix Kajsa Ekstrom Noah Gregg Sophia Lindstrom Sidney Litterest Brianna Monson Eero Moody Grant Oberg Graham Oberholtzer Cole Pederson Elias Pszwaro 10TH GRADE Emma Crook Georgi Dimitrov Ben Fitzgerald-Wells Ruby Gulstrand Zoe Kacures Hans Mehlhaff Mary June Wharton Grete Youngdahl 11TH GRADE Jordan Backstrom Grace Blomberg Kaj Erickson MaTaya Fairbanks Claire Lindstrom Molly Quello Knut Remmem Hunter Rex Noah Smith Elsa Sorenson Frances Surbaugh 12TH GRADE Kalina Dimitrova Raymond Dressely Wren Ferry Kyla Gallegos Kamryn Johnson Amery Oberg Trinity Rude Genevieve Silence Maggie Smith Siena Woerheide .

Violence Prevention Center Plea for Direct Action

The Violence Prevention Center is issuing an urgent plea for direct action from our community. Across the nation, domestic and sexual violence advocacy organizations are facing an imminent financial crisis on both a national and state level.

Historical Reflections

10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 15, 2014 v After three hours of questions from the Cook County North Shore Hospital Board to Administrator Kimber Wraalstad, the board asked Wraalstad to enter into negations with DSGW architects to draw plans for a remodel and renovation of the 16-bed hospital critical access hospital and 37-bed skilled nursing care center. v Money from two grants and $34,000 in donations will allow the Cook County Historical Society (CCHS) to accomplish several items on their wish list, said CCHS Director Carrie McHugh to the Cook County Commissioners on January 28, 2014 at the commissioners regular board meeting.

Park Board reservation system is working well

On Tuesday, February 6, Grand Marais Rec Park Director David Tersteeg told the park board that the Fisherman's Picnic weekend had already been sold out, and 'for the most part, people have been able to book online without issues.'

Weekly Weather

Date High Low Precipitation Weekly Weather From Josiah Avery, East County Road 14 February 6 39.4 28.2 0 0.00 February 7 39.2 30.4 0 0.00 February 8 42.3 32.7 0 0.00 February 9 38.5 25.0 0 0.00 February 10 26.1 18.9 0 0.00 February 11 31.3 17.8 Snow 1.00 February 12 32.9 19.6 Snow 0.80 Season to date snowfall: 23.1 Inches Last season to date snowfall: 88.5 Inches Fun fact: Let's look back on January 2024! Here is my weather data for October compared to seasonal normals according to NOAA. The average high temperature was above normal at 24.16 degrees.

EATS coming March 7

Once again, a fun, family- friendly community fundraiser is back, calling for those with a strong appetite for education and good food to attend. E.A.T.S (Enriching Academic Through Sustenance) is conducted annually by the Cook County Schools Education Foundation.

Comparing the Events of History

A recent editorial comparing the events of January 6th to the events of December 7th, 1941, was very disheartening and truly insulting to anyone whoever wore the uniform especially to those brave men and women we fought and died at Pearl Harbor. I will admit that the events of January 6th is a stain on American history but it was nowhere near an insurrection. There are evil forces in this country on both the right and the left whose sole purpose is to create chaos and destruction of the status quo. You see these actions take place throughout many areas of the United States usually as a follow up to another event. When Donald Trump was first elected as president, chaos broke out in many major cities and the riots and looting left cities in destruction and turmoil. If you recall the events of Minneapolis and watch the nightly news as a police station is being abandoned, business is going up in flames, police cars being torched and the massive destruction that was taking place day after day, a logical question is, “who are these individuals that feel it is their right to create such a massive disruptive event? Ironically these events are broadcast on the nightly news as “mostly peaceful “events where they hide behind the catchphrases of our” First Amendment right to protest” and “social justice”. How many of these individuals were held accountable for their behaviors and the billions of dollars' worth of damage that was left in their wake. How many of these people were held accountable for the businesses that were destroyed and a huge area of the city was left burning in ruins. How many of these individuals were held accountable for the massive numbers of injuries to our police officers that were hugely outnumbered and not even given the right tools to do their job. And let us not forget the civilians that were caught up in the mayhem and happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I understand that there are a lot of people out there who hate Dona