Cook County Higher Education, in collaboration with Lake Superior College and the North Shore Care Center, will be offering the Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide training course beginning Thursday, Jan. 19. The eightweek course, taught by instructor Mark Abrahamson, will meet from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and on three Saturdays from 8 a.m. […]
Vikings tough and tenacious against Esko
With the announcement that senior guard Molly Zafft was out (maybe for the year) due to a shoulder injury, the long ride to face the highly state rated 3A Esko Eskimos must have seemed that much longer for the Cook County girls’ basketball team as they traveled to Esko on Thursday, December 15. The Vikings were going up against an […]
Alpine Vikings – “Trifecta” at Giants Ridge
Call it the perfect storm, Trifecta, clean sweep—pick any descriptive adjective. Short story, the Alpine Vikings took first place in varsity boys’, girls’ and junior varsity slalom at the Virginia Invitational at Giants Ridge on December 16. Jack Viren won the boys’ JV race followed by Damian Zimmer, 3rd and Roman Schnobrich, 5th. Coincidently, Jack’s combined time would have earned […]
Vikings fall to Eskimos, beat Rangers
The Cook County boys’ basketball team lost 59-40 to the Esko Eskimos on Thursday, December 15 in Esko. The boys’ record fell to 3-1 after the loss to Esko, a 3A school. The Vikings are a 1A school and won’t face their Esko rivals in the play-offs. Although the Vikings played solid ball, they could never really get untracked against […]
From the Hack at the Cook County Curling Club
Hudler rink claims first half season winThe Cook County Curling Club finished its first half of the season on Tuesday evening December 20, 2011. There were many members who attended the short meeting that was held before the final game. A lot of old members have renewed their membership with the club having an earlier start. Members said they liked having the option of having first […]
Dupre tries for Denali summit once again
Perhaps the first person to see Santa’s sleigh this Christmas will be local climbing legend Lonnie Dupre. Dupre will leave his base camp in Talkeetna, Alaska, “Anytime past December 21,” he said, calling from base camp as he was in the process of making last minute preparations for his second attempt at conquering Denali, or Mount McKinley, as some refer […]
Gray wolf delisted at year’s end
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced this week that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act list in Minnesota and the western Great Lakes states. The announcement comes after Klobuchar worked extensively with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to ensure that wolves would be delisted by the end of 2011. “Removing the gray […]
25 citizens named to DNR oversight committees
The commissioner of natural resources has announced appointees to two newly created citizen oversight committees that monitor fish and wildlife spending by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The new committees, the Wildlife Oversight Committee (WOC) and the Fisheries Oversight Committee (FOC), are the result of recent legislation aimed at streamlining and improving the efficiency of longstanding citizen Game […]
Happy Trails
At press time, local ski and snowmobile groups provided the following snow report: Sugarbush Trail Association We do not have enough snow to groom the Sugarbush Trails. Some people have been skiing on the lakes or driving farther north to encounter more snow, although there is only about 8 inches on the ground near the BWCA. There is also some […]
Gone fishing
I finally “broke the ice” on this winter’s fishing season with a fair amount of success. My friend Roger Campbell and I decided to brave the high winds and test out my ice fishing equipment last week. Everything was working great, and we managed to throw a couple of walleyes on the ice as well. Early season can be great […]