Tune in for broadcasts of the annual Community Christmas Concert, recorded live at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais in December 2011. Conductor and composer Bill Beckstrand, now in his second year as director, led the orchestra and chorus members in performances that drew large crowds. For an overview introduction to the Community Christmas Concert, check out Mark Abrahamson’s […]
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.Schroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, 124 Cramer […]
Building a soulful world by Knitting for Nutrition
Karen Lohn, an educator and psychologist, touched the community with her beautiful book Peace Fibres: Living Peace in Tumultuous Times. In the book, she challenged readers to “stitch a soulful world.” She has now undertaken a new project, asking people to perhaps knit a soulful world. Lohn hopes local knitters—experienced and novice—will help her knit 100 simple baby booties for […]
BLU Ice Bar returning to Moguls
A visit to the Caribou Highlands website offers some exciting news. The Moguls BLU Ice Bar will be back in…13 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes and 9…no, 8…no, 7seconds. Check out the webpage at www.caribouhighlands.com/icebar/ to see the countdown to the opening of the 2011 Ice Bar on Friday, December 23. Work on the BLU Ice Bar begins December 14. […]
Boys win opener against Nashwauk-Keewatin
The Cook County boys’ basketball team started out the season with a good, solid 59-49 win over a competitive Nashwauk-Keewatin team. Both teams traded baskets much of the first half. Colin Everson hit four 3-pointers to lead the Vikings into the break. The second half saw some great hustle plays by Mike Sjogren on defense and some good all-around play […]
Viking girls open basketball season with a win over Nashwauk-Keewatin
It wasn’t pretty, but the Cook County girls’ basketball team shook off first game jitters and beat the Nashwauk-Keewatin Spartans 53-33 on Friday, December 2 at home. The Vikings got off to a good start, winning the tip-off, which went to senior Ashley Deschampe. Deschampe hit sophomore Breana Peterson mid-stride with a pretty pass as she cut to the basket […]
Cross River Lodge resurrects historic hospitality in chic new package
No one wants to see Cook County’s “mom and pop joints” disappear. John Schloot, who has vacationed on the Gunflint Trail his entire life, felt so strongly about this that he and his wife Rose, with silent partner Ken Kormeier of Columbia, Missouri, resurrected one two years ago – the old Borderland Lodge, later known as Moosehorn Lodge and now […]
Gentlemen Hall ends national tour at Papa Charlie’s
Gentlemen Hall, an awardwinning Boston-based band, is wrapping up its national tour at Papa Charlie’s in Lutsen on Saturday, December 17. This may be the first appearance for Gentlemen Hall at Papa Charlie’s but it is a coming home for one of the band members—Jacob Schmidt AKA Jacob Michael or Cobi Mike. Jacob grew up in Lutsen, attending Cook County […]
It takes a community— a mountain— to support Alpine Vikings
It’s hard to imagine Cook County without a high school alpine ski team. We have the largest and best ski area in the entire Midwest, historically the most snowfall anywhere in Minnesota, and we have produced NCAA, Olympic and World Cup champions including many Minnesota, state meet and junior Olympic participants. In light of tight school budgets, many other high […]