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. 4/17tfnSchroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, 124 […]
Bicycle safety class offered Sept. 13-14
An opportunity for a life skills class on bicycle safety education has become available for interested parties in Cook County. The MN Department of Transportation has offered to send instructors to Grand Marais September 13 and 14 for training individuals in the League of American Bicyclists education program called Traffic Skills 101. Traffic Skills 101 (TS101) gives cyclists the confidence […]
Zumba programs offered by Community Ed
Get ready to zumba! Community Education has scheduled two zumba classes over the next two months. The first, Feel the Music, is a one-hour session in which participants will laugh and sweat all at the same time. You will feel energized without knowing you did your heart and lungs a big favor. Bring shoes that give you enough support without […]
Healthy Steps support group resumes
Healthy Steps resumed Sept. 5 in the lower level conference room of the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic. Healthy Steps is a support group that provides accountability and freedom to pursue good health. Come join weekly group discussions on weight loss/maintenance strategies, ideas for starting or increasing activity, goal setting for healthy living and identifying behaviors that sabotage efforts to live a […]
Proctor’s Matt Welch smashes Pincushion 5K record
A large crowd of locals gathered to watch Kieran Scannell take on Proctor’s Matt Welch at the Cook County High School Invitational held on the Pincushion Mountain trails in Grand Marais. Scannell set the 5K course record of 16:59 as a sophomore but transferred to a private high school out east where he has continued to compete in track and […]
Volleyball team wins first two matches
The Cook County High School girls’ volleyball team picked up two wins in its first two outings, although both matches were almost too close for comfort. First up for the Vikes was a trip to Duluth Marshall on August 30 to face the Hilltoppers. Hitting on all cylinders, the Vikings took the first game 25-8 and it looked like it […]
Football team wins 55-26 over Two Harbors
It took three plays for the Viking football team to show fans what they might come to expect this fall. Peter Warren took a hand-off from quarterback Kale Boomer and behind an onslaught of excellent blocks found a gaping hole to explode through and raced 43 yards for a touchdown. On the next series of plays Two Harbors faced a […]
Where are the fish biting?
Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank reports… Walleyes in McFarland Lake were active in the 12- to 20- foot range. Crawler rigs and jigs tipped with crawlers were the bait of choice for anglers trolling along weed edges. East Twin showed a little promise fishing with jigs and minnows in 8 to 15 feet and Devil Track was still showing some […]
DNR lists bear registration stations
Bear hunters may only register their harvest at an authorized registration station that has tooth envelopes. A revised list of these authorized bear registration stations is online at www.mndnr.gov/bear. Bear hunting regulations require that a tooth be submitted from all harvested bears. Registration stations that do not have the envelopes cannot register a harvested animal. In Cook County, registration sites […]
DNR to hunters: Don’t shoot radiocollared bears
Hunters participating in Minnesota’s bear season are reminded to avoid shooting radio-collared research bears, which are marked with large colorful ear tags or colorful streamers. Hunters are likely to find collared bears in and near Thief Lake Wildlife Management Area; the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge; the Chippewa National Forest; Camp Ripley; the Cloquet Forestry Station; Voyageurs National Park; and northern […]