One of Kale Boomer’s last plays as a high school football player came when he intercepted a pass in the Minnesota High School All-Star Football game held Saturday, June 29 at Husky Stadium on the St. Cloud State University campus. “We practiced for a week twice a day at St. John’s [college] to get ready for the game,” said Boomer. […]
Essa Jacobsen commits to Lakehead University to play basketball
Outstanding. That sums up Essa Jacobsen’s high school career at Cook County High School (CCHS). That also sums up her two years at Mesabi Junior College. And all of that great play hasn’t gone unnoticed. It is being rewarded with an offer to play close to home at Lakehead University located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. But first, a look back […]
Sherri Donek earns nursing degree
Sherri Donek of Grand Marais graduated from Hibbing Community College on May 22, 2013 with an AS degree in nursing. Sherri passed her Minnesota Registered Nurse Boards exam on June 4, 2013. She is the daughter of Tex and Cindy Donek of Grand Marais.
Gavin Danfelt-Martin recognized on dean’s list
Gavin Danfelt-Martin has been recognized on the College of Liberal Arts dean’s list at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus for the spring 2013 semester. Gavin completed two years of his undergraduate degree at St. Cloud State University, transferring to the University of Minnesota in January 2013. He is pursuing a degree in communication studies. Gavin graduated from Cook […]
Andrew Butter earns dean’s list recognition at Northland College
Andrew Butter, a student at Northland College, has been named to the dean’s list for outstanding academic performance during the winter 2013 term. To qualify for the dean’s list, full-time students must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale with no grade less than a “C.” Andrew is the son of Sue and Charlie […]
Arts Festival events and more July 12-14
Ever since it was founded in 1947, the Grand Marais Art Colony has been the hub of a bustling art community on the North Shore. One of the Art Colony’s premier events is the Grand Marais Arts Festival, held in downtown Grand Marais with beautiful Lake Superior as a perfect backdrop. This year’s event takes place July 12 – 14 […]
2013 flower show features ’50s theme
The Grand Marais Garden Club’s 2013 Flower Show will be held Friday, July 19 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center, 317 W. Fifth St. in Grand Marais. Featured will be ’50s music and decor which will set the mood for the beautiful arrangements of locally grown flowers. Anyone interested is encouraged to enter a display. […]
Local blood drives scheduled July 16-18
Memorial Blood Centers will have a number of blood drives in Cook County July 16-18. The first blood drive is for the Tofte, Lutsen and Schroeder communities at the Zoar Lutheran Church on Tuesday, July 16 from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Contact Polly Erickson at (218) 663-7398 to set up an appointment. The following day, Wednesday, July 17, a blood […]
Community Calendar
2013 Cook County Citizen andSenior Citizen of the Year AwardsYour nomination for these two separate special awardsshould be an individual (or couple) who has made CookCounty a better place to live. Please provide the followinginformation: nominee name (or couple), date of birth,marital status, number of children, number of years livedin the county, work history (retirement status-applicable),church affiliation, offices held and […]
Hawgs on the rocks
Walleyes go through an annual migration around the lake after spawning in the shallow water each spring along with the baitfish in search of the ideal water temperature. The old saying that hawg walleyes leave the shallow bays and migrate out to the main lake rock piles when the daisies have grown to knee-high length seems to reign true each […]