Following two recent special meetings where there was an outpouring of public in attendance who wished to speak at those meetings—with not all of them allowed enough time for that privilege—Cook County Board of Commissioner Chair Heidi Doo-Kirk asked fellow commissioners for suggestions on possibly changing the county’s policy on its public comment period policy. Doo-Kirk noted that ISD 166, […]
Talk continues on future of Taconite Harbor
Will it become a high tech computer center? A power plant that generates its electricity from biomass rather than coal? Something else altogether? Or will the buildings at the Taconite Harbor Energy Center in Schroeder be taken down and sold for scrap? No one knows at this time, but the people in attendance at the September 21 Taconite Harbor Community […]
Vikings Cross Country finishes 3rd at Polar League conference meet
The Polar League Conference Meet marks the winding down of the cross country season. Many of our runners only have one more meet, which will take place on Tuesday, October 20. Fourteen of our runners will move on to run at the 7A Section Meet on October 29 and a couple may make it to the State Meet at St. […]
Puppies and pumpkins
This week I met the cutest puppy ever. (And I have met some really adorable puppies in my day.) This little black and white pom pom covered my face with kisses and wiggled his way into my heart. I smelled like puppy breath the rest of the day but I didn’t mind one bit. Puppies are the best. They love […]
Bluegrass Masters Weekend Nov. 6-8 at Lutsen Resort
Celebrate, make music, learn, and listen at the North Shore Music Association’s 25th Annual Bluegrass Masters Weekend Nov. 6-8 at Lutsen Resort. A quarter-century of this popular event has been satisfying appetites of bluegrass musicians and fans from all over the region and the U.S., who come to listen to and learn with the nation’s best bluegrass players and instructors. […]
Weird Poetry at GM library Nov. 2
When people think of poetry, they often think of old-timey love poems and pretty rhymes about flowers. There are certainly many beautiful poems of this variety. But, contemporary poetry also has a wild and crazy side, a rock-and-roll and hip-hop side, and an exciting workshop Nov. 2 will explore that side. This workshop will explore those weirder branches of modern […]
Community Calendar
Events at Drury Lane Books Tuesday, Oct. 27, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Full Moon Reading featuring Tom McCann. Outside on the lakeshore. Halloween Youth Lock-In at the Y October 31: Halloween Youth Lock-In from 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. for ages 8-15. Enjoy all-night activities such as swimming, sports, games, and movies. $30/person. Music of the Immigrants Norwegian music […]
Vikings win a thriller against North Woods
With just a few seconds left on the game clock and North Woods ready to run the last play of the game from the Vikings’ one-inch line, the Vikings needed to dig down deeper than they have all season to preserve their improbable one point lead and hold off the vaunted North Woods Grizzlies’ running attack. And they also needed […]
Vikings sink Mariners to go 20-0
Somehow Silver Bay took a game against the Cook County Vikings on Tuesday, October 20, but the unbeaten Vikings managed to get their mojo back to overpower the Mariners 25-9, 25-13, 25-6 to take the match that was played in Silver Bay. Inexplicably, the Vikings lost game two 19-25. “Let’s see, during game two we were missing our serves, missing […]
Cook County Northerns off to a swimming good start
place. The team has been working on freestyle technique over the past couple of weeks and the hard work paid off at the meet! All of the girls placed within the top 5 in all of their events. Results from the meet are listed below: Four swimmers represented the Cook County YMCA Northerns swim team at a meet in Duluth […]