Joe Zellner and Peggy Gabrielson Send-Off Party Send-off party for Joe Zellner and Peggy Gabrielson, leaving soon to circumnavigate the Great Lakes. March 18th, Skyport Lodge — 6:00 p.m. social hour, 6:30 p.m. dinner ($20 ea), 7:30 p.m. program. R.S.V.P. to Ann Mershon by Tues. if you’d like to have dinner. 387-2245. Women’s History Month Brown Bag Lunch Invitation Violence […]
Viking basketball season ends
The Vikings played one of their best games of the season in the first round of the Section 7A basketball tournament, but fell to Northland Remer Eagles 67-61. The Vikings led early, but were down by three points at the half. “Defensively we struggled to contain their speedy guard, but we had our chances,” said head coach Mitch Dorr. The […]
Sam O’Phelan earns All Conference honors
Polar League coaches voted Viking senior center Sam O’Phelan to the All Conference second team. Over the course of the season O’Phelan averaged 11 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals per game. “We are really proud of Sam and all of his hard work,” said head coach Mitch Dorr. In addition to earning All Conference honors, Sam was […]
North Shore Storm girls’ 12U hockey team advances to Regions
Katie Carpenter, a wing on the North Shore Storm 12U girls’ hockey team, has been part of something special this year. The North Shore Storm 12U hockey team recently earned a trip to the Regional Tournament in Warroad, March 3-5. Despite entering the district tournament as an underdog, the Storm first dispatched their pesky rival, the Duluth Icebreakers, 5-3. After […]
College News
Local student on 2017 Bemidji State University baseball team Anyone following Cook County High School baseball over the last couple of years won’t be too surprised to learn that Owen Anderson, a hard-hitting center fielder with excellent range in the outfield and a great arm, has made the Bemidji State University baseball team. Anderson is one of 38 student-athletes competing […]
Zellner/Gabrielson plan to paddle all five Great Lakes
This is no April fools joke. Joe Zellner and Peggy Gabrielson plan to leave April 1 and kayak all five Great Lakes, a distance of 6,100 miles. If all goes as planned, Zellner and Gabrielson will be the first man and woman to paddle Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie in one calendar year. When […]
Trout derby nets $2,000 for trail maintenance
Shirley Heinzen’s 4-pound 3-ounce lake trout took top honors in the March 5, 2017, annual trout derby held on Gunflint Lake. Heinzen received $500 for her big fish. All told 75 people took part in the derby. The weather was overcast and cloudy, breezy, “about 30 F maybe, and seemed colder with the wind,” said Samantha Wallner. “We raised a […]
2017 fish, game and trapping licenses available for sale
Take a close look at your fishing license. Or license to trap. Both expired last week on Feb. 28. Licenses for 2017 are now available wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, online at mndnr.gov/buyalicense and by telephone at 888-665-4236. All 2017 fishing licenses became effective Wednesday, March 1. New licenses are required for 2016 hunting and fishing seasons that […]
SAVE THE DATE!
Gunflint Trail Canoe Races on July 19 celebrate 40th running of the racesNeighbors and friends on the upper Gunflint Trail plan and execute all aspects of the Gunflint Trail Canoe Races each year to raise money for worthy causes. This year’s event at Gunflint Lodge on the south shore of Gunflint Lake will be held Wednesday, July 19 beginning at 4:30 p.m. The goal is to raise more than $20,000 to support […]
Low-cost fencing available for North Shore conifer trees
The North Shore Collaborative (NSFC) is hosting a program to provide low-cost fencing material to private landowners who plant conifer seedlings on their lands along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Last year, 38 participants planted and fenced more than 1,000 white spruce trees on their property under this program. The Weekes Family Foundation with the cooperation of Isak Hansen […]