Coming off a strong season, Cook County High School junior guard/forward Lily Gruber-Schulz earned second team all conference honors for the Polar League. Coaches of teams that Cook County High School faced this past season selected Gruber-Schulz. She played in the All-Star game on Monday, March 23 in Two Harbors. Last year Gruber-Schulz was named Polar League All-Conference honorable mention. […]
Thomas to compete in Australia
Just a sophomore, Molly Thomas has already made her mark as a very fast 400-meter dash runner for Cook County High School. In ninth grade the smooth striding Thomas nearly qualified for the state meet, and in the process almost broke the school record. For her efforts Thomas was selected to compete in the “Down Under Sports Tournament” in Australia […]
Runners spring into action
No disrespect to returning birds and awaking bears, days that push back the wicked winter night or flowers struggling, shrugging through the half frozen earth. … Or to the grass that someday might be greening up under the trampled down brown bedding of unraked fall leaves and fat furry cats who trundle, stretch and stumble out of midday slumber all […]
Register now for Tofte Trek
Pre-registration is now open for the 2015 Tofte Trek 10k Wilderness Run/Walk to be held in Tofte on July 4. A 1-mile race and children’s races are also part of the action. The Tofte Trek is a long-standing tradition on the 4th of July in Tofte and was started by local outdoor enthusiast Jan Horak. The Trek starts at Birch […]
Local youths sing in first-ever Lake Superior Youth Chorus Honor Choir
Two Cook County school children participated in the first-ever Lake Superior Youth Chorus Honor Choir held Saturday, March 14 in Duluth at the Mitchell Auditorium at Saint Scholastica. Amy Carpenter and Bridget Cooley blended their voices with 130 other students that came from more than 30 schools hailing from northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Bret Amundson, artistic director; Jennifer Campbell, choir […]
Adam Dorr finishes in top 5 in State History Bee
After finishing high enough in an online qualifying test, Cook County Middle School seventh-grader Adam Dorr headed to Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul on Wednesday, March 18 to compete in a live regional competition. Dorr finished in the top 10—in 5th place—and is eligible for the National History Bee competition in Louisville, Kentucky in May. The Cook County News-Herald […]
Local grants aid production of senior books
Thanks to a grant from the local Lioness Club, Cook County High School seniors are working on a book project designed to preserve essays, poems and original photographs honoring people, places and events that have been sources of personal inspiration. The project was designed with the goals of aiding students’ writing and photography to carry strong voices and vivid images; […]
Draft recommendations for protecting wild rice released by MPCA
Thirty-two bodies of water (mostly lakes and some rivers) in Cook County were among the hundreds of waters included in the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) proposal for protecting wild rice from excess sulfate. MPCA released its proposal on March 24. In the past MPCA has relied on a single sulfate level for rivers and lakes but a study that […]
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 […]
MDHA Forkhorn Youth Camps scholarships available
At a time when most states are watching hunter numbers fall, Minnesota is enviably experiencing a fairly stable hunter population. Why? One reason may be the subtle but prolific Forkhorn Youth Summer Camps sponsored by Minnesota Deer Hunters Association (MDHA). MDHA’s Forkhorn Youth Summer Camps certify youth 11-17 years of age in Firearms Safety, Bow Hunter Education and Advanced Hunter […]