All are invited to Empty Bowls 2015 The annual fundraiser for community hunger programs. Thursday, November 12 in the lower level of the St. John’s Catholic Church: lunch from 11 – 1 p.m. and dinner from 5 – 7 p.m. Event includes a soup meal, handmade bowl and pendant sale, silent auction, and bake sale. Upcoming Events & Courses at […]
Seven Viking football players honored
In only its first year playing nine-man football, the Cook County High School Vikings vied for a chance to go to state, losing the Section 7A championship game to the Ely Timberwolves. The team ended up with a 7-4 record, ending a two-year winless streak. One of the losses included a last second heartbreaker to the Silver Bay Mariners, who […]
Ian Sylvester earns rank of Captain
Only four years out of college, Ian Sylvester has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the United States Air Force. Ian received his commission on October 29. His wife, Colleen, and his mother, Annette, pinned his Captain’s bars on his uniform. The 2007 graduate of Cook County High School holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from […]
Everson having fine season at Minnesota Morris
Former Cook County Viking All-Conference football player Colin Everson is having a great junior season playing defensive end on the Cougars’ football team. Everson recorded two sacks and forced a fumble in Minnesota Morris’ (4-4) loss to St. Scholastica (7-1) in a game played at St. Scholastica on October 24. Everson had nine tackles, a sack, three tackles for a […]
College News
Caroline Wood enrolled at Ridgewater College Ridgewater College of Willmar, Minnesota is pleased to announce that Caroline Wood of Tofte is enrolled at the college for the fall 2015 semester. Ridgewater College is a community and technical college educating over 6,000 individuals each year on its campuses in Willmar and Hutchinson, Minnesota. For more information visit ridgewater.edu. Scannell to attend […]
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 […]
Buck Fever
We returned to the Gunflint Trail this week from vacationing in Iowa, and were greeted with a beautiful sunny day. The wonderfully warm trend this season has allowed me to accomplish a lot more than I am accustomed to—which means more time for hunting deer. The last couple of deer seasons have been disappointing enough for me to focus on […]
Superior Hiking Trail closed for deer hunting season
Much of the Superior Hiking Trail will be closed during the firearms deer season, Nov. 7 – 22. The trail will be closed from Rossini Road Trailhead west of Two Harbors to Sugarloaf Road (Highway 61 milepost 73) south of Schroeder; and from the Hovland Lakewalk (Highway 61 milepost 123) through Judge Magney State Park to the Arrowhead Trail Trailhead […]