Twenty-seven community members and school representatives spent Saturday, May 18, 2013 interviewing five candidates out of a field of 16 for the Cook County High School 6th-12th grade principal position that is being reinstated next school year. By Monday, May 20, ISD 166 Superintendent Beth Schwarz announced on the school’s facebook page that Adam Nelson, a social studies teacher at […]
School District 166 asks community for feedback
“Are there areas where you think the school could save money? “Should the school promote volunteerism through coursework? “How are we doing at balancing academics, fine arts and athletic?” These were just a few of the many questions posed to the public at the second annual community meeting held to gather information from community members on important school topics. The […]
Historical Reflections
Rebel roadbuildersThe Gunflint Trail was built step by step over the last century or so to access mining and logging projects, and Sue Kerfoot of the Gunflint Trail Historical Society and Gunflint Lodge knows a lot about how that took place. On March 9, she participated in a storytelling event about Cook County history at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOMAY 30, 2003 The Kiyi, a multi-million-dollar research vessel operated by the Lake Superior Biological Station, was moored in the Grand Marais harbor Tuesday after collecting data from the East Bay area. This is just one stop on the Kiyi’s annual journey to circumnavigate Lake Superior, collecting vital information on the biology and population of all fish species […]
Sentence to Serve program serves community in many ways
A lot of money is saved and a lot of useful projects get done from the work of the Cook County Sentence to Serve program. On May 28, 2013, Minnesota Department of Corrections District Supervisor Victor Moen and Cook County Sentence to Serve Crew Leader Gary Jorgenson updated the county board on what gets accomplished through this program. Throughout the […]
Lars Scannell qualifies for state tennis tournament
Four members of the Cook County High School boys’ varsity tennis team traveled to Virginia, on May 21, 2013 to participate in the Section 7A Individual Tennis Tournament. Sophomore Lars Scannell and freshman Pete Summers competed in the singles division and senior Justin Goldstein and sophomore Jamie Wick in the doubles division. All of the participants were ranked at a […]
Softball and baseball seasons end
Although the Cook County Viking softball team exceeded expectations when they defeated the Carlton Bulldogs 10-6 in the first round of playoffs, the season still ended earlier than any of them would have liked when they lost to Deer River 11-1 and then Cohasset 12-3. Both games were played on May 23; the first game at Deer River and then […]
It’s that time of the year
It was a very bad time to buy groceries— Saturday afternoon. I wove my way through throngs of exuberant young campers stocking up on Mountain Dew, wondering why the store was so busy. Then it hit. Summer has finally arrived, I realized. Memorial Day officially starts off the summer season and here in Cook County, that means an influx of […]
