Above are the fifth-grade regular season champions, the Hawks. They had seven wins and one loss. Front row: Rodney Poynter, ...

With the open water season just around the corner, the Cook County Coalition of Lake Associations is looking to engage lake, road, and property association members and others in a variety of hands-on ...

Holy cow, it’s budget time again. Departments will be told what county goals are—wouldn’t we all like to know that as well?

Lodging Tax Report from the Auditor’s Office for February 2025 collections. The Visit Cook County Income Study shows that February collections were up 31.0% over 2024 and Fiscal-Yearto- Date ...

Because of a long, wet, snowy spring that caused Cook Counties ballfields to be unplayable, the boys' and girls' baseball and softball teams will be on the road making up for delayed games along with ...

We live the results of our ancestors’ choices. That is so true when it comes to the history of white men’s Manifest Destiny expansion into lands populated by native American tribes. When Columbus ...

Lindsey Gau will leave her role as the Executive Director of the Violence Prevention Center on June 26. However, Gau isn't leaving the county. Instead, she has taken a job as a Behavioral Health ...

BRIAN LARSEN With few places to host large groups in Cook County, Tamara (Berglund) Krause hopes her new business, Woods Creek Venue, can fill that… ...

Steve VanKekerix Cook County Firewise Coordinator What is Firewise? Firewise is an educational program that provides a set of tools to help property owners prepare… ...

Sometimes we get lucky. While reading in the whole volume of Minnesota Place Names from the Minnesota Historical Society for ...

Noted Grand Portage outdoor photographer Travis Novitsky was one of nine individuals awarded a total of $43,990 in Maada’ookiing grants last month.

Chasing Justice, A Memoir ...