The Z word. You all know it. By now it’s an entire season… ZUCKINNI SEASON. No I didn’t misspell it, I just combined Zuckhini with yuck and there you have it, Zuckinni! Blea! This vegetable and I have had a long standoff that began when I was about 5 and my parents were the “clean your plate” parents of the […]
Don’t miss John Schroeder Day
Saturday, August 26, excitement is coming to Schroeder Township for the annual celebration of John Schroeder Day. From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. the annual Schroeder Fireman’s Pancake Breakfast will be held at Schroeder Town Hall. At 10 a.m. you can take off some of those pancake calories by joining Skip Lamb’s Walking Tour of Schroeder. Once you have burned […]
Rally for racial equality September 2 in Beaver Bay
A rally for racial equality is scheduled for Saturday, September 2, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Beaver Bay rest stop located at the junction of Highway 61 and County Road 4 (Lax Lake Road). The purpose of this rally is to show support for racial equality in our communities, our state, and our nation. Recent events have proven […]
Blood drive coming to Grand Marais
Memorial Blood Centers will be coming to Grand Marais on September 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cook County courthouse (411 W. Second St.). Cook County employees are sponsoring the blood drive. Whether at a high school, college, business, retirement home, place of worship, or neighborhood celebration, blood drives connect life-savers in our communities to patients at […]
Want to learn more about the J-1 and H-2B visa program?
Cook County Higher Education is holding a workshop on Sept. 7, from 1-3 p.m. to help Cook County employers learn more about the J-1 and H-2B visas programs. Presenters include H-2B immigration attorneys Loan T. Huynh and Debra Schneider from Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis and Cook County resident Bruce Kerfoot, a J-1 expert who owned and operated Gunflint Lodge. Loan […]
Community Calendars
Pike Lake Annual Meeting The Pike Lake Area Association annual meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 in Jerry Schliep’s garage, 129 N. Pike Lake Road. Local Food Market Local Food Market producers will be selling locally grown products every Thursday evening from 5 – 6 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center in Grand Marais. Come […]
Come cheer your Vikes this fall
Cook County High School (CCHS) athletes are now preparing for a busy season of fall sports. Below are times and dates of the volleyball and football games, and cross country meets. Football The varsity football team has eight games this season, not including playoffs. First up is an away match against Onamia on September 1, with the kick-off at 6 […]
Coaches hired for fall sports
All of the fall coaches’ contracts were approved. Once again Mitch Dorr will be the head football coach. His assistants will be Bryan Carpenter, Mike Prom, and Chris Rauzi. Kyler Hawkins will coach 7th- and 8th-grade football. Kyle Anderson will be a volunteer helper for the football team this year. Pam Taylor will try to get her team to a […]
Despite the weather and truck crash, Zellner and Gabrielson making good time
Joe Zellner and Peggy Gabrielson have paddled about 2,500 miles of Great Lakes water so far, but with hunting season coming up, they probably won’t be able to paddle all five Great Lakes in one calendar year. “Doesn’t matter,” said Joe. “We aren’t doing this to set records anyway. I always said that when the November 1 deer hunting season […]