Cook County Higher Education (CCHE) is offering a basic bookkeeping class Feb. 6 and 7 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The class will expose you to the fundamentals of bookkeeping: single and double entry accounting, setting up a chart of accounts, types of accounts, accrual versus cash accounting and reading basic financial statements. The course is designed for anyone wanting […]
Champagne bonspiel bubbles with success
The Cook County Curling Club hosted its second Two Person Open Champagne Bonspiel this past weekend with 16 teams participating. The two-person game is a pared down version of a regular four-person game. All standard rules and etiquette of curling apply, but there is no sweeping between hog lines – only from hog line to back line. All other sweeping […]
Take a Kid Fishing Weekend
Saturday, January 13 marks the 2018 trout opener and a special weekend for kids under the age of 16 who would like to ice fish for free. Anyone over the age of 16 can take a kid under the age of 16 ice fishing without a Minnesota fishing license from Jan. 13-15. Check out the MN DNR website for more […]
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Tales
CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) reports that with the very cold temps, we may go from questionable ice to needing an extension on the ice augers in short order. With the lack of snow on the ice, some lakes now have 20-plus inches of crystal clear ice on them. A few snowmobilers and anglers were checked, but the temps have […]
Vikings avenge earlier defeat in victory over the Agates
The Vikings played two games over the past week, taking one win over a team they had lost earlier to by more than 30 points and playing a top ranked team close. Vikings beat Two Harbors Maybe it was the fan support, or perhaps it’s eating home cooking— or maybe the young girls’ Viking basketball team is rapidly improving. Whatever […]
Boys lose in overtime
Three weeks ago the Vikings’ junior forward Will Ramberg hit a long three-point shot at the buzzer to give the Vikings a 63-60 win over the Two Harbors Agates in Two Harbors. Not much has changed since then as Two Harbors traveled up the shore to Grand Marais on Friday, January 5 to play another exciting game of basketball. If […]
Girls’ alpine takes first at Hibbing Invitational
The Cook County girls’ slalom team is making a habit of taking first place at ski meets. Last week was no exception. Reilly Wahlers and Sela Backstrom once again led the Vikings girls’ slalom ski team to another first-place finish. This win came at the Hibbing Invite against eight Arrowhead conference teams. The meet was held Jan. 4 at Giants […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Friday, Dec. 296:21 a.m., Grand Marais: Public Utilities notified of a liftstation alarm going off.8:53 a.m., Grand […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $150 and/or 10 days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. Alex Michael Glasnapp, 29, Grand […]
