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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reprinted from the Cook County Law Enforcement Facebook Page On April 30, 2025, Deputies from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office were notified that a stolen… ...

The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the punishment exceeds $125 and/or ten days in jail and/or ...

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

BRIAN LARSEN Despite the early setbacks, the CCHS boys’ varsity baseball team is showing promising potential. Despite the challenges, the Vikings have shown resilience.