WEST END CALENDAR



WEST END CALENDAR  Tofte Town Meeting Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 4/18tfn Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 3/22b-tfn Schroeder Town Meetings Held the second Tuesday of the month […]

Cross River Heritage Center plans Week of Traditions



The Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder is gearing up for a “Week of Traditions” Sept. 19-26. In previous years the center has partnered with Sugarloaf Cove Interpretive Center and the Tofte Historical Society at the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum for a “Day of Tradition.” This year the events have multiplied and a week of traditions seemed more apt […]

Vikings strong against Rebels, Bulldogs



The Viking volleyball team played a couple of away matches— against the Moose Lake Rebels and the Carlton Bulldogs—last week and came back with one win and one loss. TheVikings are 3-1 so far on the season. On September 8, the Vikings took on the Moose Lake Rebels. Once again the team came out playing great and used the quick […]

Back to School



Our Trip to St. Paul Humboldt



Thispast Friday, our football team made the long trip to Saint Paul to take on the Humboldt Hawks. Humboldt is one of six Saint Paul public high schools that compete in the St. Paul City Conference. TheHawks have a brand new artificial turf football field and a beautiful complex for their football team to call home. Our young team fought […]

Tennis Association celebrates success and looks to the future



“It’s been a wonderful year of teamwork,” Cook County Tennis Association President Gene Glader said at the club’s annual meeting Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Devil Track Landing. A lot of congratulations were handed out that evening because of the efforts of many volunteers who wrote grants and have been helping build the three new tennis courts, new backboard, and […]

Big challenge for Vikings in St. Paul



The Cook County Vikings football team found itself with a hole in its schedule due to Nashwauk Keewatin dropping its football program and combining with Greenway, so Vikings Head Coach Mitch Dorr went on a search to fill the hole. His search ultimately sent Cook County down the road to St. Paul where the Vikings played the St. Paul Humboldt […]

Fins and Feathers



The leaves are just starting to show some real color up the Trail. I have not been able to fish nearly as much as I am accustomed to lately and it is starting to wear on me. That will change this week however and not a moment too soon. To make matters worse, I have been working on Saganaga Lake […]

Where are the fish biting?



By all reports, fishing has been good this week. Crescent Lake in Lutsen is a favorite spot for bass, hitting at three to ten feet. One fisherman said they are “literally all over the place.” Walleyes are also biting on Crescent, but they are harder to find. Anglers have also been finding success on Devil Track Lake trolling for walleyes […]

Sportsmen gather at Harbor Light