North Shore Health-y?
The remodeled North Shore Health Board has already met three times this year. I attended the 23rd January meeting. It was alternately alive and boring.
Opinion
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Can we slow down our local government spending?
MILLIONS and MILLIONS have been added to our county debt.
Freedom of Speech
A couple of weeks ago I read an op-ed by William Cooper titled ''Shut-Up' doesn't light the way.' He wrote a lot about free speech (protected by the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution along with freedom of press, assembly, petition, and religion). Cooper wrote that 'America's founders specifically engineered them (the essential tools of American democracy) to be effective tools against the threat of politicians with autocratic impulses. ..Tyrants don't just concentrate power; they eliminate dissent...Violence within and between nations increases when governments stifle communication.... Silencing free speech is a slippery slope... President Truman put it plainly in 1950: 'Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.' ' Cooper ended his opinion piece emphasizing that freedom of speech is crucial to our representative democracy and it is essential to a functioning society. 'We must fight to preserve it by respecting it and promoting it ourselves...even when the speaker says things we don't want to hear....especially when Donald Trump is president.'
Please give to Samaritan’s Purse
The overwhelming generosity of the people of Grand Marais helped provide joy to children in need through Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts this season. Across the U.S., the Samaritan's Purse project collected 10.5 million shoebox gifts in 2024. Combined with those collected from partnering countries in 2024, the ministry is now sending over 11.9 millionshoebox gifts to children worldwide.
Stauber sends letter to Trump requesting he overturn Biden Administration’s decision to close Duluth prison
Following President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Collete Peters from her position as Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) sent the President a letter requesting that he overturn Peters’ decision to close the Federal Prison Camp, Duluth (FPC Duluth).
January 2025 Lodging and Tax report
ROSEANNE COOLEY, FINANCE & BUSINESS MANAGER FOR VISIT COOK COUNTY
Cook County Community Center Winter Programs 2025
The Cook County Community Center is a community gathering place that promotes wellbeing and social connection for people of all ages. Whether you are interested in skating, curling, dancing, music, or games, there’s something for everyone to get out of the house and shake off the winter blues! Winter is a vibrant time at the Community Center and we look forward to sharing it with you.
On the eve of Trump’s inauguration
It was Jimmy — not James, or even Jim. He was who he was; he didn’t put on airs. Jimmy Carter was not like the politicians of today.
Cook County Commissioners set a date for a public hearing on a possible Caribou Lake Watershed Subordinate Service District Special Assessment
Cook County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 9 p.m. on Feb. 11 in the commissioner's room to discuss setting a special assessment for the Caribou Lake Watershed Subordinate Service District for taxes payable in 2025.