Cook County North Shore Hospital laboratory staff are hosting an open house retirement party for Gine Meissner at the Cook County Community Center on Sunday, September 29 from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Meissner has worked at the hospital lab for nearly 32 years. Lab Supervisor Jennifer Backstrom invited the public to come wish Meissner well. “Please join us in thanking […]
Community Calendar
I.S.D. 166 Regular Board MeetingThe School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a regularboard meeting Thursday, October 3, 2013, 5:00 p.m.,Grand Portage Community Center, Grand Portage, MN.The board members will be in attendance at 4:45 p.m.for informal discussion with community members. Cook County Higher EducationCareer training and college courses at the NorthShore Campus, 300 W. 3rd St., Grand Marais. […]
West Calendar
Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at theTofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. Lutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. atthe Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. Schroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. atSchroeder Town Hall, 124 Cramer Rd., Schroeder.
Vikings lose 38-16 to Deer River
Plagued by injuries and young to boot, the Cook County Vikings’ football team lost its fourth straight game 38-16 at home against Deer River on Friday, September 20. After receiving the opening kickoff deep in their own territory the Vikings hurt themselves early with a fumble on the second play of the game. The loose ball was recovered by Deer […]
Delamater participates in Northwestern College’s Portage program
Trevor Delamater, a student at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, recently participated in the college’s pre-orientation Portage program. The Portage experience focused on experiential learning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in northern Minnesota. This year, six student participants canoed and camped in the BWCAW in August. The group also spent a day participating in service work […]
Schnobrich enters Saint Michael’s College
Cecilia Schnobrich began her first year at Saint Michael’s College this month. Schnobrich graduated from Cook County High School before coming to Saint Michael’s, which is located in Burlington, Vermont. Saint Michael’s, a distinctive Phi Beta Kappa college, provides education with a social conscience, with a superb faculty dedicated to advancing a transformative undergraduate experience for each student. One of […]
Vikings run at Milaca MegaMeet
The Milaca MegaMeet, billed as the world’s largest cross country meet, is always one of the highlights of the Cook County- Two Harbors cross country team’s season. From the team dinner hosted by our Two Harbors teammates, to the overnight at Hinckley, the all-day meet at Milaca, the pizza dinner at Mora, and the long drive home, a lot of […]
Larson earns MIAC Athlete-of-the-Week honors
Ailee Larson raced barefoot in her first cross country meet of the season, and in doing so, showed the 147 competitors racing in the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Falcon Invitational cross country meet her heels while racing to a new course record of 22:12 over 4k. For her efforts, Larson was awarded Minnesota International Athletic Conference (MIAC) Athlete-of-the-Week honors. She […]
Where are the fish biting?
Buck’s Hardware Hank weekly report: Fishing seemed to pick up a little over the past week as people were fishing rock piles and humps in the 15- to 20-foot range. There was decent action on Sea Gull and Gunflint lakes. For some of the smaller lakes one can head to Two Island or Kemo and give it a shot. Try […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]