Current economic conditions challenge our nation, state and county. Closer to home our school district, because of difficult financial realities, has placed a referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot seeking additional funding support for our children. This appeal may not suit the interests of those without children, those whose lives are focused elsewhere, and/or those who simply don’t recognize the […]
Lives Remembered
Elizabeth Jane Pearson died at the age of 86 at Hillcrest Parkside in Hibbing, MN on September 30, 2010. She was born in Ithaca, NY on April 7, 1924. She graduated from Cornell University in 1946. Most of her adult life she lived in Albany, NY. She worked vigorously and courageously for peace, justice and human rights both locally and […]
New Arrivals
Grant and Emily Brown announce the birth of Ozymandiaz Scotland Brown at 9:53 p.m. Sept. 6, 2010. Ozy weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 18 inches long. Ozy’s grandparents are David and Nadine Brown, Kenneth and Lauri Fink and Michele Fink.
Football team wins third in a row
TheCook County Vikings football team traveled to Carlton last Friday and played a tough opponent, winning 32-29 over a Carlton team who was playing its Homecoming game. Extra work on points after the touchdown (PATs) the week prior to the contest turned out to be the difference. The Vikings converted all four of their two-point tries while Carlton converted two […]
Girls’ tennis team captures first victory
The Cook County High School girls’ tennis team captured its first varsity tennis match Monday, Oct. 4, in front of an excited group of home fans at the Grand Marais public tennis courts. The Duluth Central coach agreed to just count the matches played (4 singles, 1 doubles) toward the team scoring. The Vikings came out on top on this […]
Scannell and Larson shine again at Swain CC meet
The bus headed out before the crack of dawn Saturday to the 60th annual Swain Invitational cross country meet at Duluth’s Enger Park. Our 35 runners would soon be competing with 2,000 runners from throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, on one of the hilliest courses in the Midwest. If you have been driving around town the last few weeks, you […]
Vikings bounce back to beat Silver Bay
The Cook County Viking volleyball team is off to its best start in many years, posting an 11-2 record going into Thursday night’s game against the McGregor Mercuries. The Vikings traveled to Barnum and lost a closer-than-it-looks 3-0 match to the Bombers but came back to sweep the Silver Bay Mariners. It was a long trip to Barnum, but it […]
Sawtooth Elementary volleyball teams travel to Cromwell
A caravan of Cook County fans and young volleyball players traveled to Cromwell last Saturday to watch and to participate in the Cromwell Jamboree. Starting time from Grand Marais was 5 a.m. and the day ended when the wheels of the van hit Grand Marais at 5 p.m. In between the long drive to and fro was a ton of […]
15th Annual NSHC Foundation Golf Tournament a success
Sunday, Oct. 3, was a day cut out of a New England calendar: With the golden hues of the sun stamped on the leaves and the warm air awakening a few sleepy mosquitoes and butterflies flitting about or basking on the remaining flowers both wild and tame, the Superior National Golf course was a cabaret of color and golfers. Lots […]
Technology on the Trail
Technology is very hard to hide from, even on the Gunflint Trail. You might remember me registering my disgust of the I-phones and I-pods we were subjected to in Chicago a few weeks ago. I fear it will not be long before we are seeing the same thing up here. A friend of mine was visiting us this weekend and […]