The Grand Marais Lioness Club is hosting a Community Social Hour on November 1 to encourage new members to join their ranks. The Lioness Club is a local service club dedicated to the support of youth and families through education grants, scholarships, and donations to local nonprofits. If you stop by the Voyageur Brewing Company between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. […]
Understanding and responding to dementia-related behavior
Do you have a family member or a friend suffering from dementia and you don’t quite know how to help them? If you want to learn more, Jenna Pogorels of the Alzheimer’s Association will be at the Sawooth Mountain Clinic classroom on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 3:30 – 5 p.m. with information to share. Behavior is a powerful form of communication […]
Community Calendar
Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 5 – 6:30 p.m., $20 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church. You will be amazed at all the food you get at the Cook County High School. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus food for all! Cook County Higher Education Career training and […]
JV Knowledge Bowl team takes first place at Mt. Iron
Eight CCHS students traveled to Mountain Iron, Minnesota on Tuesday, October 23 to participate in a Junior Varsity Knowledge Bowl meet against teams from Eveleth- Gilbert, Mesabi East, Cromwell and Northeast Range. With two kids missing, Vikings’ coach David Liechty formed one team with three kids and one with five. Normally teams each have five kids on them. Some schools […]
North Shore Storm JV runs at Proctor Lions Invitational
As the regular cross country running season winds down and runners start to work towards their peaks for sections and potentially the state meet, North Shore Storm head coach April Wahlstrom chose to have her boys’ and girls’ varsity teams train through the Proctor Lions Invitational and instead brought her junior varsity and some junior high runners to the October […]
Vikings face North Woods in section semi-final football game
The 7-1 Cook County High School Viking football team will square off against an opponent they know very well this Saturday, Oct. 27 when the North Woods Grizzlies come to visit. North Woods beat the Silver Bay Mariners 20-6 on Tuesday, October 23 in the first round Nine-Man Section 7 playoff game. The game was played on the fourth-seeded Grizzlies’ […]
Could a Solar GroShed be in your future?
It was a sad day when the tractor sold, said Jonathan (Jon) Friesner, but with the money from the sale, he and his wife and buddy Josh Rooker started a company. It’s a company he hopes can grow in a variety of ways. Jon was at the Cook County Community Center on October 18 giving tours of his portable solar […]
Hunters avoided harvesting ear-tagged and radio-collared research bears this fall
Wildlife researchers at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are pleased to report that Minnesota bear hunters did not harvest any radio-collared research bears during this fall’s hunting season, which ran from Sept. 1 to Oct. 14. For the first time, none of the collared research bears were killed. Shooting a bear with a radio collar is legal, but has […]
Gunflint Ranger District to hold open house on Kimball Area Project
The Gunflint interdisciplinary team will host an open house on Thursday, November 1, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Gunflint Ranger District office to discuss the Kimball Area Project with the public. The office is located at 202 W. Highway 61 in Grand Marais. The goal of the project is to move the vegetation in the project area from […]
Temporary off-highway vehicle trail closures begin in November
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will restrict recreational use of off-highway vehicles (OHVs) in some areas during the upcoming firearms deer hunting season. Vehicles affected by the restrictions include all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), off-highway motorcycles (OHMs) and registered off-road vehicles (ORVs) such as four-wheel drive trucks that are not being used in conjunction with deer hunting by a licensed deer […]