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.
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.
Brand new to Lake County and sustainable farming, Lori and Shawn Amundson are making progress to achieve the impossible. They are working to grow oranges in the woods near Two Harbors. You read that right. They are planning to grow oranges. Few people have had a fresh citrus right off a tree up here.
Avid deer hunters in the Arrowhead Region might not be too happy to hear it but the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources doesn’t seem interested—at this point— in finding ways to increase the whitetail deer population in our region. In response to the moose population decline, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposed keeping lower deer densities in the moose range.
Katie Lancaster’s review of “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich, published by Harper Collins in November, 2021. In brief, The Sentence is the story of a Minneapolis bookstore haunted by their most annoying former customer, but the story is so much more than a ghost story.
It’s Back……… As the old saying goes “sometimes you have to miss something before you realize what you had” I believe this statement is true. I am excited to welcome CherryRoad Publishing and the Lake County Press to Lake County.
Greetings from the Silver Bay Public Library! Our monthly updates here will keep you connected to the latest library happenings and all that the library has to offer. Along with ringing in the new year, the Silver Bay Public Library recently welcomed Shannon Walz as the new library director.
Health and Wellness Tip: Slow Down Thank you Lake County Press for inviting Lake View Hospital & Medical Clinics and Lake County Public Health to share insights on health and wellness. Our organizations have been working together throughout the COVID response and are excited to explore other topics! Our first tip? Slow down.