On the morning of November 10, 2014, the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office was contacted with the report that an adult male had been found deceased at Voyageurs Canoe Outfitters on the Gunflint Trail. Gunflint Search and Rescue, Cook County Ambulance and the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office all responded. Mark Ceminsky, 38, of Grand Marais, was found deceased. Ceminsky […]
Equipment on ski trail catches fire
Trail clearing equipment caught fire on a ski trail in the Lutsen area on November 6, 2014 but was extinguished before causing any injury or damage to the forest around the trail. Michael O’Phelan Jr., the equipment operator, made the emergency call at 11:38 a.m. A page for Lutsen Fire Department and First Responders and Cook County Ambulance went out […]
No damage in late night chimney fire in Schroeder
At 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, Cook County Law Enforcement received a call reporting a chimney fire on Skou Road in Schroeder, with flames visible. The Schroeder and Tofte Fire Departments and Rescue Squad, as well as Cook County Ambulance were paged at 11:23 p.m. The Schroeder Fire Department arrived to the residence at 11:38 p.m. to find that […]
North Shore Rollers do well at Nationals
The Cook County Community YMCA North Shore Rollers took a small contingent of log rollers to Hudson, Wisconsin on Saturday, November 8 and did well at the National Amateur Log Rolling tournament held at the Hudson YMCA. In one of the highlight matches of the day, Taylor Everson battled Libby Magnone in a match that started on the 1 log […]
Birch Grove learns about fire safety
During Fire Prevention Week in October, local fire departments visit local schools. The West End Fire and Rescue squad made its annual visit to Birch Grove Community School that week. Children got to try on firefighter gear, hop on the fire trucks and try their hand at running the fire hose. According to Diane Blanchette of Birch Grove, “Fun was […]
A long winter’s nap
My dogs don’t need to read the Farmer’s Almanac. They know another hard winter is coming. I should loan them to the National Weather Service as consultants. Their predictions are that good. Their forecasting isn’t based on the thickness and length of their fur. Nothing scientific like that. No, it all comes down to something simple. For the past few […]
Anderson makes first team All-Conference
Every time junior quarterback Leo Johnson threw the football in the direction of junior wideout Owen Anderson, Viking fans expeced Anderson to catch the ball. It didn’t matter how tightly he was covered or how much he had to adjust to the ball on the fly, Anderson rarely dropped a pass that could be caught, and for his extraordinary acrobatic […]
Suttons make all-conference
All season long Linden and Meredith Sutton led the Vikings’ volleyball team with their strong play at the net and with their hard serving from the back line. For their play the sisters were voted to Polar League All Conference honors by conference coaches. Overall the Vikings finished with a 15-8 record and placed 5th in the Polar League out […]
Bergstrom named co-captain of UND tennis team
Who says good guys don’t finish first? David Bergstrom has been named co-captain (with his college roommate Connor Oberle) of the University of North Dakota’s (UND) 2014-2015 men’s tennis team. A junior at UND, David is majoring in kinesiology. A 2012 graduate of Cook County High School (CCHS), David first qualified for the Minnesota State tennis tournament as a junior […]
Brea Boomer named captain of U.W. Stout basketball team
Cook County High School basketball fans know that 5’9” Brea Boomer is one tough cookie, but in college she has also proven to be one tough “durable” cookie. To date the former three-time All-Conference Polar League player has played in 76 games since arriving on the University of Wisconsin-Stout college campus three years ago. That, of course are all of […]