Cook County Whole Foods Co-op will be holding its owners’ annual meeting on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at North House Folk School, in the Blue Building. The public is invited to gather at 6 p.m. before the meeting for an owner potluck dinner. The co-op will provide grilled bison burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, condiments, […]
Hovland Fire Department harvest potluck fundraiser
The Hovland Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring its annual deer harvest potluck supper with a silent auction on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hovland Town Hall. The HVFD is hoping to raise more money to help pay for the CO-Oximeter that has been received through a North Shore Health Care Facility grant. The device is a meter […]
Two chances to save lives by donating blood
Cook County residents are encouraged to help save lives by donating blood, and there will be two opportunities to do so next month. In addition, giving a donation of blood will mean a donation to the Second Harvest food shelf program. For every donation, a pound of food will be donated to Second Harvest. Over the past four years, by […]
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: 7:00 p.m. at Windigo Lodge, Villa 2.Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, First CongregationalChurch in Grand Marais; Big Book Study Group, 7:00 […]
West End Calendar
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 7:00p.m. Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall,124 Cramer […]
Vikings end regular season, start playoffs with big wins
The Cook County Vikings scored points about as fast as a football team can score them when they faced the Mesabi East Giants in Aurora last Wednesday night on the Vikings’ last regular game of the season. On the Vikings’ first offensive series Peter Warren took a handoff from quarterback Kale Boomer and raced 59 yards for a touchdown. Colin […]
Volunteers, role models, community
Cook County is home to small schools in which budgets are tight, needs are high, and providing opportunities for children is challenging. We must prepare our children to enter competitive higher education programs and to create livelihoods for themselves that will help our community thrive into the future. Therefore, our educational opportunities must be on par with those in suburban, […]
Essa Jacobsen leads Lady Norse at Mesabi Range
Essa Jacobsen put up some astounding numbers while she was a member of the Cook County High School girls’ basketball program. Over a four-year period Jacobsen scored more than 1,000 points and pulled down more than 1,000 rebounds and helped the Cook County Vikings average 17 wins per season. Today Jacobsen is a sophomore at Mesabi Range Junior College where […]
Larson top girl for St. Catherine’s at Wellesley College meet
Ailee Larson led her college cross country team to a third-place finish in the Seven Sister Championship on Saturday, October 20 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Larson finished the 5K race in ninth place with a time of 18:39 and was named to the All Seven Sisters team for her top 10 finish. A sophomore, Larson is in her first year as […]
Cameron Shepard completes Conservation Corps service
Cameron Shepard of Lutsen recently completed a summer of service with Conservation Corps Minnesota, working on Superior National Forest trails. From June through August, 43 Conservation Corps young adults improved hiking, portage, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, ATV and interpretive trails in the forest. Shepard served on a crew of four other AmeriCorps members, completing projects along the Superior Hiking Trail, Pincushion […]