Would you like to meet a local author and illustrator? The Early Childhood Connections Program is thrilled to announce our January guest and co-host for our monthly social, Local Author and Nurse Practitioner, Kristin DeArruda Wharton author of Your Big Lake Family Gets Bigger. She will be at the Community Center with us to celebrate the new year and new babies in Cook County (Jan 6, from 10 – 11:30 a.m.).
More than 30 people crowded into the hospital board meeting room on December 21 to see if they could spur the hospital board into reinstating Dr. Bruce Dahlman, a doctor with more than 39 years of experience, and to address other concerns.
Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., $25 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church.
ISD 166 School Board held a meeting on Thursday, December 14, 2023, and one of the items on the board’s to-do list was to have a public hearing before certifying the 2024 tax levy for the school district.
To allow our employees some much deserved rest, we will not be printing a paper next week. While there will be no printed edition or e-edition online, please be sure to check the website throughout the week. News and events will be posted for all of our subscribers to keep you informed and updated on community happenings. We appreciate your continued support and wish you a peaceful holiday season.
As with so many latter years, our emotions have been in cross fires—one minute the kids are okay, the next is a war in Gaza. And now, it's a Blue Christmas. We both have COVID, and family celebrations are off indefinitely. Blast!
2023 Year in Review On the one hand, thinking about 2023 is easier than previous years because it’s more recent. It’s top of mind.
Cook County will have to wait until sometime in January and maybe longer to have an official gun range The Flintlock Range Association (FRA) requested a Conditional Use Permit to operate an outdoor sports park, including shooting ranges and courses with public and private events, on 360 acres of county-owned land. Still, it was delayed because of two issues.