According to the Memorial Blood Center, one blood donation can save as many as three lives. You can be a hero to someone through the simple act of donating blood. Several opportunities are coming up to help fill the need in the Duluth/Superior and Arrowhead Region. The “bloodmobile” will be visiting the North Shore in November. Call to schedule an […]
Lake Superior College to offer technician training in Grand Marais
Cook County Higher Education, in collaboration with Lake Superior College, will offer continuing education training for Power Limited Technicians on Nov. 10. This course is designed for persons holding the Power Limited Technician licensure who need continuing education units. The course is offered in a four-hour or eight-hour option, and will focus on applicable articles of the National Electrical Code, […]
Community Calendar
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: at Trinity Lutheran in Hovland at 6:00 p.m. Step meeting. Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, […]
West End Calendar
Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the TofteTown Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/12tfnLutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theLutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 4 17tfnSchroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, […]
Bluegrass Masters Weekend Nov. 4-6
It’s that time of year again! The North Shore Music Association will host its annual Bluegrass Masters Weekend at Lutsen Resort Nov. 4-6. Each year NSMA sponsors this dynamic weekend for bluegrass musicians and fans. Friday is check-in, registration and jamming; Saturday is workshops, more jamming and an 8 p.m. concert by the featured group; and Sunday is more jamming […]
Tune in to WTIP to catch Mountain Stage at North House
The campus of the North House Folk School was the place to be on the weekend of September 15-17, when the folk school hosted not only its Unplugged concert for the 10th year, but also Mountain Stage with Larry Groce. Tune in to WTIP Community Radio this upcoming weekend to hear the first Mountain Stage program recorded live at North […]
Vikings claim conference crown, proceed through playoffs
Cook County made little work of the Chisholm Bluestreaks last Wednesday, beating their rival 54-6 and sealing the conference crown with a perfect 6-0 record in Polar League Red conference play. This is Cook County’s 12th conference championship in football. The score could have been worse for the Bluestreaks, but the Vikings throttled their attack back in the second half […]
Vikings earn No. 1 seed heading into playoffs
For the second straight year, the Cook County Viking volleyball team will take the No. 1 seed into the Section 7A playoffs. Last year, they rode that advantage to the Section Championship game where they were upended by the Cherry Tigers. This year the Vikings are looking for similar results throughout the tourney with a better outcome. The Vikings first […]
Eighth-grade Vikings bring home gold
The Cook County eighth-grade girls started out strong on October 1 in a tournament in Carlton by placing 1st in their pool play beating Hermantown, Carlton and Southridge. That win advanced them to play-off action and they played a tough team from Northwoods. The girls beat them in two games advancing to the championship match against Southrange. Coach Kelly Roberts […]
Viking runners close regular season at Proctor
We headed down to the Proctor Invitational for our traditional end of the regular season meet. We joined a dozen other Section 7A teams on a cold, windy day—typical Proctor weather. This meet serves as the season finale for our JV and junior high runners, a final tune-up for our varsity runners, and some years, an intra-team competition for the […]