Rhythms of Darkness and Light



Rhythms of Darkness and Light—the third annual collaboration between the Grand Marais Art Colony and Spirit of the Wilderness Episcopal Church, opens on March 23. Sixty artists, responding to a call, have expressed the movement from light through darkness, to spring through winter, to resurrection through death. And what a variety of expressions! Oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, beads, collage, engraving, […]

Wind energy experts coming to Cook County



The public is invited to a presentation on wind energy at 5:30 p.m. March 23 at the Cook County Community Center. Minnesota Wind Technology Corporation will present all the latest on its newest technology, with a special focus on wind energy turbines for houses as a secondary source and incentives offered by the state for conversion. These incentives include a […]

Chili cook-off ready for March 24



The annual chili cook-off will be held Saturday, March 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church. Proceeds will be split between the Food Shelf and a trip for students who attend The Table, the Free Church’s youth group. Registrations for chili teams can be found online at grandmaraisfreechurch.org and turned in at the church. Those […]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR



Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:00 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, […]

Good friends, great curling at Chuck Futterer Senior Memorial Open Bonspiel



The Chuck Futterer Senior Memorial Open Bonspiel was well attended this past weekend with lots of good curling from the 20 teams competing. Chuck Futterer Jr., Bruce Futterer and Craig Futterer each played and had family members on those teams. In addition, there were many other teams that had first and second generation curlers playing. There were a lot of […]

Rangers end Viking season



If ever a game could have two distinct halves, this was the game. The Cook County High School girls’ basketball team came out and gave Mountain Iron-Buhl (MIB) everything the Rangers could handle for the first half of the game in the Section 7 semifinals on Wednesday, March 7 in Duluth at UMD’s Romano gym. The Vikings led 19-11 before […]

Honors for Vikings Deschampe and Laky



Ashley Deschampe’s years of hard work and dedication to becoming the best basketball player she could become have been rewarded with her selection by coaches as the 2012 Polar League player of the Year. Deschampe led the conference in scoring with a 23.1- point average. She also led the conference in free throw percentage with 78.5 percent and was first […]

Young volleyball stars fundraising for Star of North Games



Last spring a group of junior high girls approached volleyball coaches Kelly Roberts and Jennifer Sutton hoping to play volleyball to gain some experience before their season began. After lengthy discussions and researching the Star of the North Games was found to fit the request. So last spring, 35 girls formed three teams and traveled to St. Cloud to compete […]

Third win over Cromwell advances Vikings in playoffs



The Cook County High School boys’ basketball team faced the tough Cromwell Cardinals for the third time this season and for the third time beat the Cardinals. Only this game wasn’t close. Playing at UMD’s Romano Gym on March 8 in the Section 7A semifinals, the Vikings came out and held Cromwell to 15 points for the first half, keeping […]

North Shore goalie to participate in Minnesota Selects Hockey Festival



Chase Bronikowski, 9, has been selected to participate in the 2012 Minnesota Selects Festival. This is a three-day hockey festival comprised of Minnesota’s Finest youth hockey players. This is the 24th year for the festival. Every year since 1988, the Minnesota Selects has held a three-day festival comprised of 680 youth hockey players throughout the entire state. There are both […]