Mark your calendars for the “Way Out West” Murder Mystery lunch party at the Senior Center. Here is the setting: It is the spring of 1884. America’s west coast is slowly being populated with small towns full of settlers, come to prospect for precious metals, set up ranches and run dubious saloons – and now the railroad is coming! Cactus […]
Birch Grove skating rink open nightly
The ice rink in Tofte at the Birch Grove Community Center is open! The rink lights will be on until 10 p.m. every night. The warming hut has ice skates to borrow. Please put skates neatly on a shelf when done. If you would like to donate usable ice skates, leave them on a shelf in the warming hut. The […]
Community Calendar
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Potato Sausage Dinner Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Friday, Feb. 16 from 5:30 p.m. until all delicious food is gone. Menu: Homemade potato sausage, pickled beets, creamed peas, lefse, and bars. Cost $12 per person; children 0-11, $1 per year. Everyone welcome. Arrowhead Indivisible Stop the Trump agenda. Monday, February 19, 5:30 – 7 p.m., First Congregational UCC […]
Fish Talk
It has been awhile since we have seen the snowfall in the Northland, but the sub-zero temperatures are keeping the woods white and the trails in great shape. High winds have curbed my excitement to see solid ice on the big lake this week as we enter the last half of the winter season. Ice anglers have been singing the […]
DNR seeking comments on off-highway route
The DNR has been reviewing input and developed a proposed route with the National Off-highway Vehicle Conservation Council consultant. The Touring Route draft alignment maps are now online. The full web location is www.dnr.state.mn.us/input/mgmtplans/ohv/plans/border_to_border_trail.html The draft alignment will be open to public information and comment starting February 20 to March 25. The start of the comment period has been updated […]
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 to all […]
Wahlers, Backstrom ski well at Section 7 Alpine meet
Out of 24 teams competing the Cook County girls’ team took third place in the team competition held Feb. 6 at Giants Ridge. The top two teams qualified for state. Coach Charles Lamb said the weather was cold, -30 degrees F in the morning, with a high of -3 under sunny skies and light wind. He described the slalom course […]
Vikings struggle against Esko, fall to Cromwell
The Cook County boys’ basketball team played two tough teams on the road last week and lost both games. The Vikings traveled to Esko on Friday, Feb. 9 and Cromwell on Monday, Feb.12. First up was a trip to Esko to face the Adam Trapp led Eskimos. Standing 7’3”, Adam is one of the tallest high school basketball players in […]
Girls lose to Esko, fall to Cromwell
The Cook County High School girls’ basketball team made two tough stops this past week, one at Esko on Friday, Feb. 9, and one at Cromwell on Monday, Feb. 12. It’s always a challenge when the Vikings play 2A Esko, a much larger school with a strong history in both girls’ and boys’ basketball. Esko leads the Big Conference Polar […]