A composition by Bill Beckstrand of Cook County will be featured during the National Lutheran Choir’s All Saints Concert in the Twin Cities. The National Lutheran Choir, under the direction of David Cherwien, will perform the annual All Saints concert, Kyrie: Journey to Light, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 in Christ Chapel on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College, […]
Blogging for Business with John Bennett on Nov. 9
Cook County Higher Education is presenting a workshop on Blogging for Business from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the North Shore Campus, 300 West Third Street, Grand Marais. Free individual consultations on business-related Internet topics and questions are available following the morning workshop. Those who attended the Business Network Luncheon Oct. 26 with Susan May Warren […]
Football—Vikings lose to Deer River 41-32
The Cook County Viking football team’s season came to an end last Saturday, October 29, when they traveled to Deer River to face the always-tough Warriors in a Section 7A semi-final play-off game. With each team sporting only one loss and a long history of hard-fought games between them, fans knew they were in for an entertaining game and the […]
In the minds of runners
Viking cross country runners close season at CloquetFor those who have followed this year’s cross country team, I’d like to close the season by taking you on a journey of the Section 7A race through the words and thoughts of the coaches and runners. For new readers, a little background. The successful Viking running team lost 10 of 14 varsity runners from last year’s team, including the […]
Vikings win two, advance to semifinals
For the second straight year, the Cook County Viking volleyball team took the No. 1 seed into the Section 7A playoffs. A home playoff game was the reward and the Vikings used that to propel themselves to the semifinals for the third straight year. Duluth Marshall came up the shore for a battle, with revenge on their minds after the […]
Rifle season on the Gunflint Trail
Other than a handful of hunters with a case of buck fever, the Trail has been pretty quiet. The trail boasts a pretty good population of deer and this year I hope to bag a good size doe. Unlike fishing, I am not a trophy hunter. I love venison and typically a doe tastes better than a buck. Last year […]
MNDHA once again will collect deer hides
The Arrowhead Chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association is collecting deer hides again this year during the rifle hunting season. Money raised from the sale of hides is used for youth hunter Forkhorn Camp scholarships and local habitat improvement projects. This year bright orange collection boxes are located at the Holiday Station Store in Tofte and Buck’s Hardware Hank […]
Deer hunters can register on phone, Internet
Although you can’t register for the Buck’s Hardware Big Buck contest on-line, Minnesota hunters do have the option of registering their deer by phone or Internet. Instead of driving to a big game registration station, hunters can call toll-free to (888) 706-6367 or visit www.mndnr.gov/gameregistration on the Internet. After providing the nine-digit harvest registration number printed on the deer license, […]
Minnesota deer facts
Just in time for deer season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), shared some interesting statistics on the white-tailed deer. Deer: the animal . Adult female white-tailed deer weigh about 145 pounds, males 170 pounds – the average weight of female and male humans. . The biggest white-tailed deer ever recorded was a 500-pound Minnesota buck. . A whitetail’s […]
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 […]