The Wabash River forms part of the border between Illinois and what other state? Do you know the answer to this question? If yes, you could possibly compete with the bright young people who took part in the 2010 Cook County Middle School Geography Bee on Friday, January 7. Ten students took the stage at the Arrowhead Center for the […]
Communicating for kids
The Minnesota School Boards Association held its Annual Leadership Conference, January 12-14, 2011. I.S.D. 166 School Board members Mary Sanders and Jeanne Anderson and I attended the conference and coordinated our schedules to cover as many different informational sessions as possible. More than ever the complexities and challenges involved in educating students today were apparent. We believe relaying this information […]
M1s have great hockey Jamboree weekend
Congratulations to Cook County’s M1 hockey team on a great Jamboree weekend! The M1 team played in the Mite 1 Superstar Silver Bay Jamboree this weekend and played with awesome spirit in all four games. Game one was against Esko Blue and M1s Kevin Viren, Patrick Pierre and Koke Anderson all put the puck in the net several times. John […]
Fabulous play for Bantam hockey
The Silver Bay/Cook County/Two Harbors Bantam hockey team has been on a tear this season, winning nearly all of its games. Cook County players Thomas Anderson, Ben Kroska, Lars Scannell, Jamie Wick, and Daniel Ahrendt are all contributing members to this fine team. All of them have scored goals, with Lars and Thomas scoring regularly. On Friday, Jan. 7 the […]
Viking girls win two more
The Viking girls’ basketball team faced two more opponents this past week and came away with two more wins. To date, their record is 11-1 on the year. On Thursday, Jan. 13, the Vikings traveled to Mesabi East and played a sluggish first half of basketball, taking a 27-16 lead into the locker room. Coming out of the halftime, with […]
Boys lose thriller to Lakeview Christian Academy
Viking fans have witnessed some great girls’ and boys’ basketball games this winter, but none that topped the boys’ game played at home against Lakeview Christian Academy Lions on Friday, Jan. 14. The Lions have perhaps the best boys’ player in the area in Sophomore Anders Borman. He and his brother, eighthgrader Bjorn Borman, along with Luke Borchardt, have led […]
Happy Trails
At press time, local ski and snowmobile groups provided the following snow report: Sugarbush Trail Association The Sugarbush Trail Association reports Jan. 19 that there is a packed base of 12-18 inches, with total snowfall for the season measuring 55 inches; 10-16 inches of snow fell during the past week. Groomers describe the trail conditions as packed powder. See www.sugarbushtrail.org […]
Where are the fish biting?
With the opening of lake trout season outside of the Boundary Waters last weekend, it would seem that lake trout would be the star of this week’s Fish Report. That isn’t the case though. Fishermen have been reporting some lake trout action, but fish of all kinds are being found under the ice. Jon at Buck’s Hardware reports that splake […]
Winter Fun
The temperatures are getting colder every day with highs reaching only a couple of degrees above zero, but that has not put a damper on all of the fun activities up here. My wife, Rachelle has managed to do some cross-country skiing and the ice fishing has been pretty good so far. It is certainly much more difficult to manage […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]