Current and former Gunflint Trail business owners, families and staff are invited to join the 75-year anniversary celebration on Oct. 11 at Hungry Jack Lodge for a good old-fashioned party. The Gunflint Trail Association is celebrating the event beginning with a social hour with cash bar at 5 p.m. followed by dinner ($25 per person, tax and gratuities included) at […]
Basic welding course offered beginning Oct. 28
Cook County Higher Education is offering Basic Welding beginning Saturday, Oct. 29. This 21-hour course provides the student with an understanding of basic welding fundamentals and the ability to properly and safely use gas and electric welding equipment to perform welding and cutting procedures in the flat position. There will be a sculptural dynamic to this course that will address […]
Karen Lohn offers Peace Fibres workshop Nov. 4-5
Joining, connecting, unifying, creating harmony, making beauty — fiber work is not only an apt metaphor for creating a more soulful, peaceful world, it offers a vehicle through which to begin. Karen Lohn, psychologist, teacher and author of Peace Fibres: Stitching a Soulful World will offer a workshop Nov. 4 and 5 at WindCradle Retreat Center in Grand Marais. To […]
Beautiful weather, great golf at North Shore Health Care tournament
Once again the North Shore Health Care Foundation golf tournament drew a good field of golfers bent on having fun while raising significant sums of money for the North Shore Health Care Foundation (NSHCF). While the best-ball tournament format drives scores down, the low scores were still impressive. All told, 21 teams raised $11,700 on a beautiful fall day. Although […]
Hooks & Slices
The annual fall meeting of the Gunflint Hills Golf Club was held on Sunday, Sept. 25 with only 11 members in attendance. President John Lindell conducted the meeting. Minutes of the May meeting were read and the treasurer’s report was given and accepted. The only major expenditures for the year were for a new grill and paper supplies for the […]
Viking runners continue to develop at Swain
Acero joins ranks of Viking young starsTwenty-six mostly young, many new, cross country runners headed out early Saturday morning, October 1 to the Swain Invitational Cross Country race in Duluth’s Enger Park. Renowned for its hills, this year’s motto is “What Goes Up….Must Go Up Again.” The 61-year-old event draws 80 teams from throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. The Swain has junior high, sophomore, junior […]
Stellar stats for Viking football
What do the experts say? A win’s a win? The Cook County Vikings received a “W” in the win column last week because Carlton cancelled its season at the last minute. With all of the other teams in the area scheduled to play, the Vikings were unable to line-up a replacement game. This Friday, October 7, the kids travel to […]
Vikings improve to 10-2
After a crazy week of volleyball, the Vikings looked forward to a week with only two games. Rest is important in a grueling sports season and the Vikings were in need of some after a successful but busy week. The Vikings travelled on Tuesday, September 27 to take on the young Wrenshall Wrens. The Wrens have been down in all […]
Deep walleyes on Sag
You would never guess that the weather would be as nice as it has been this past week, and hopefully you were able to enjoy it as much as we did. It seems strange to be winterizing cabins on 70 degree days but that is what you get when you live in northern Minnesota. That is why they say if […]
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 […]