February 2022
Pet of the Week
Hope is looking for a new home while waiting at the Lake County Humane Society. Roughly 8 months old, she was found as a stray in Two Harbors. She is very shy, but once you are sitting down, she will come to sit on your lap. She really likes other cats, and canned food! Hope would love to find a home that is quiet and lets her be her independent self.
Lake County Law Enforcement Briefs
It is the policy of the Lake County Press to withhold the identities of individuals in Lake County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Lake County Press publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Let us know what is going on! Community events are an important part of what makes Lake County a great place to live and visit. We want to know what is happening around the county, and need you to let us know about your organization’s happenings.
Lake County Volunteers Needed to Help with COVID-19 Testing
With a huge increase in demand for testing for COVID-19, Lake County Public Health is asking for volunteers to help. To register as a volunteer, visit mnresponds.org and follow the prompts to join the NE MN Responds Unit/Lake County Program.
It’s All In Your Head
At the end of teaching a theater workshop for students, I asked “What is your one take-away from today?” A 12-year-old shot up her hand, scanned the whole group and in an Auntie Mame bravado declared “ANYone can be an actor!”
How We Impact the World
Whitney Wasko came back to the University of Minnesota after spending spring break in Sweden and told her Swedish professor, “I’m going to move to Sweden.” Her professor asked a reasonable question, “How are you going to do that?” The girl from small-town Two Harbors replied, “I don’t know, but I’m going to figure it out.” That was in March of 2017. Wasko graduated in May, and that August she left for Sweden.
The Story of The Four Chaplains
It was known as Torpedo Junction, the U-Boat infested icy waters of the North Atlantic during World War II. On February 3, 1943, the USAT DORCHESTER, an old coastal steamer quickly pressed into military service, was slowly making her way through those waters bound for Greenland.
Anderson Takes Fourth Marathon Win at 38th Annual Beargrease
Ryan Anderson and his sled dog team took the first-place spot in this year’s Beargrease, clinching a fourth time as champion when he pulled into Grand Portage on Tuesday evening. The third person to take four marathon wins, Anderson finished the race with nine dogs, and added to his wins in 2017, 2015, and 2011.
Minnesota Vets Home
St. Paul, Minn. – Minnesota Veterans Home - Silver Bay achieved excellent results during its recent Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) quality survey. MDH conducts annual surveys on behalf of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The survey, which focuses on ensuring nursing homes meet high quality standards, measures overall operations and delivery of Resident healthcare. It is also an essential component of nursing home recertification.