Cook County’s courthouse is 100 years old, and a number of festivities are planned for Sept. 21. The “Celebration of a Century” includes courthouse tours at 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Participants should meet in the lobby. At 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., sixthgrade history students will perform re-enactments in the court room. And throughout the […]
Volleyball for a cure
Mark your calendar for Monday, October 8, and come out and support Cook County volleyball players while they raise funds for the local branch of the American Cancer Society. From grade school to high school (and even some alumni) the kids will play exhibition games against each other in the spirit of fun and good-hearted competition. All in the name […]
Velo the Lake 2012 – Ride Against Hunger
Northland food shelves will be bolstered this fall from the efforts of a Carlton, Minnesota man bicycling his way around Lake Superior. The bike ride is a benefit for Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, and is called “Velo the Lake 2012 – Ride Against Hunger.” Timothy Soden-Groves will attempt the 1,050 mile, 10½ day ride from September 13-23 with […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA MeetingsMondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais SeniorCenter (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at6:30 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, First CongregationalChurch in Grand Marais; Big Book Study […]
WEST END CALENDAR
Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the TofteTown Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. Lutsen 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 […]
Viking football blanks Ogilvie 27-0
Senior running back Peter Warren rushed for 120 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the Vikings to a 27-0 shutout of the Ogilvie Lions last Friday night, September 7 at Ogilvie. Warren rushed 24 times and averaged 5 yards per carry and was named Offensive Player of the Week for the Vikes. Colin Everson ran 90 yards, averaging 6.4 […]
Voyageur Canoe Outfitters employees take another big paddle
Voyageur Canoe Outfitters (VCO) must be an inspiring place to work. Two of its employees, Adam Maxwell, 24, and Jake Bendel, 21, and a third friend, Ryan Ritter, 23, spent their summer paddling over 1,800 miles from Jasper, Alberta, Canada to the Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba. This was not the first long paddling trip for one of them. Adam […]
Viking volleyball loses to Esko
The Cook County High School girls’ volleyball team faced the always-tough Esko Eskimos on Thursday, September 6 at Esko and came away with a loss. The Vikings are now 2-1 for the season and 1-1 in conference play. Christaia Houser, who had 12 kills, led Esko. Esko swept the Vikings in three straight games, 25-15, 25-16, and 25-19. But the […]
Hegg wins age group at Minnesota Mile
When Chris Hegg toed the line last Sunday, September 9 in Duluth to race in the Minnesota Mile, he wasn’t sure how well he would do. Hegg, 60, wasn’t there to compete against the elite runners who came to race for pride and money. Instead, he was at the race to see how he would stack up against the guys […]
Superior Trail 100-mile, 50-mile and marathon races held
Taking advantage of the cool weather and dry trail conditions, both the men’s and women’s winner of the Superior Trail 100-mile race set course records last weekend. Steven Moore, 45, of Austin, Texas finished the race in 21 hours and 2 seconds, taking 40 minutes off the 2006 course record set by Sean Anderson. Kristine Folcik, 34, of New Hampshire […]