Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at theTofte Town 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, […]
Wahlers places first in the Planet Cup ski race series
Usually when people say things are going downhill fast it’s a bad omen. But for Reilly Wahlers the whole point of her sport is to go downhill as fast as she can, and the more speed she can generate on her skis the better. When Reilly first began skiing at age 5, no one would guess that she would emerge […]
Knowledge Bowl teams aiming for state meet
Cook County’s Knowledge Bowl teams continue to do well in competition, placing 3rd and 18th out of 86 regional teams, leading Knowledge Bowl Coach April Wahlstrom to proudly ask, “Aren’t our students amazing?” Coach April Wahlstrom said the teams had their third regular meet on March 6. At that competition, they faced teams from larger schools such as Cloquet and […]
Prestigious recognition for MaeAnna Lafavor
Cook County 8th grader MaeAnna Lafavor of Hovland has received the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award for her volunteer service and involvement with numerous community organizations. MaeAnna has volunteered for Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE), Empty Bowls, the Food Shelf, Feed My Starving Children, “Soles 4 Souls,” Heifer International, Girl Scouts, the Salvation Army and more. She also reads weekly […]
Signs of change
Perhaps sooner than we’d like, and perhaps more dramatically, signs of change are all around us: longer periods of daylight, warmer temperatures, county road restrictions…. Spring is imminent and as much as we may have been looking forward to more of our favorite winter activities, we need to respond to the nature of the new season. So, too, in education; […]
Super says goodbye to basketball seniors
As the Viking girls’ basketball season wrapped up, the Cook County News-Herald asked Cook County Vikings’ Head Coach T.J. Super about his three graduating seniors, Molly Zafft, Ashley Deschampe and Bekah Laky. Coach Super said, “Molly started as a freshman who struggled to do any of the little things that make basketball players good, although we could see she had […]
Girl Scout winter trip up the Gunflint Trail
Our Girl Scout Troop, No. 4135, went to Golden Eagle Lodge for a day of fun! We made enough money in 2011 selling cookies to pay for our overnight. We had a fun time. We got to go cross country skiing at Golden Eagle Lodge. Several of us had never been on skis before. That was a lot of fun. […]
Last hoorah
Say goodbye to the ice. Consecutive 60 degree days matched with high winds and a little rainfall are causing the lake ice to disappear quickly. Our winter has disappeared in a matter of days. While working at the Cross River Lodge on Gunflint Lake this past Monday, I watched the melted shoreline grow 100 feet out onto the lake over […]