Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 7 PM and speaker at 7:30 PM.) Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: 12 Step Study Meeting, 6:30 PM, Arrowhead Electric Co-op building, Lutsen. Wednesdays: at Trinity […]
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Tofte Town Meeting Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/12tfn 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. 4 17tfn Schroeder Town Meetings Held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 […]
Pro-life fall tour making stop in Grand Marais September 11
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) President Leo LaLonde will be in Grand Marais Sunday, September 11 to discuss current pro-life issues as part of MCCL’s fall tour of the state. LaLonde will offer a fast-paced PowerPoint presentation entitled What Would You Do to Save a Life? which explores the dangers of health care rationing, efforts to protect human lives […]
Living Well with Vision Loss information series returns
The Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss is returning to Grand Marais to offer the second seminar of its series called Living Well with Vision Loss on Wednesday, September 14 from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center. Mary Junnila, executive director of the Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss ,encourages individuals, family members and professionals to attend this […]
Is your woodland or cabin a family legacy?
Of all the issues affecting the transfer of forest or cabin property, family members’ differing expectations often lead to family conflict and forced subdivision or sale of the land. Families involved in successful transfers have discussed and agreed on future ownership and management of the land, they often work together to implement management goals and they have a plan in […]
Viking volleyball starts season 2-0
The Viking girls’ volleyball team is again off to a great start, defeating Duluth Marshall 3-0 on Thursday, September 1 and then coming back to beat the Silver Bay Mariners 3-0 on Wednesday, September 7. Both games were played at home in front of a packed house. Duluth Marshall put up a good fight, but the Vikings took the first […]
Viking football loses 42-14 to Esko
The Cook County High School Vikings opened their season at home Sept. 2 on Lyle Anderson Field against the Esko Eskomos and lost to their rival 42-14. Although disappointed, Head Coach Mitch Dorr said, “I thought Kale Boomer ran hard and with purpose and I thought Bradley VanDoren really fought hard on the offensive and defensive line. “Mike Sjogren also […]
Viking girls’ tennis team loses two, but shows improvement
The Cook County High School girls’ varsity tennis team traveled to Duluth August 31 to compete against Duluth East and Duluth Denfeld. The Vikings were able to compete with a full squad (10 players) for the first time since the varsity program began last year. The young and inexperienced Viking team, with eight new players this year, took on a […]
Runners open season at Pincushion in the heat
Walking around the Pincushion Mountain Trails course Thursday morning, setting the course for our home cross-country meet, I was doing an “I hope it doesn’t rain” dance. I wish I hadn’t been so successful, as the clouds vanished and the temperatures quickly climbed into the 80s, not a good temperature for a long, tough race. It was especially tough on […]
