Announcing the launch of Exploring the North Shore Visitor’s Guide and Podcast


Exploring the North Shore Podcast is excited to announce the launch of their new visitor’s guide website. The website www.ExploringNorthShore.com is your guide to all things North Shore from Duluth to the Canadian border, including up Highway 1 and the Gunflint Trail. The website also features a free, detailed business listing guide for area businesses that serve visitors to the […]

Girls’ basketball team makes great strides on the court


The Cook County girls’ basketball team played three games in four days, with two of the games coming right down to the wire. Vikings face Floodwood Real Polar Bears are classified as marine mammals because they spend most of their lives living on the Arctic Ocean sea ice. While real Polar Bears aren’t much into basketball, they are noted for […]

Boys win two, lose one


The boys’ basketball team played three games over the last few days and continue to show improvement on the hardwood court. Floodwood comes to town When the CCHS Vikings boys’ team squared off against the Floodwood Polar Bears on Friday, January 10, it was a matchup of two 1-6 teams. The game was played at home in the friendly confines […]

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Sabrina Dusheck, age 5, shows great form in the backstroke. Sabrina is learning to swim at the YMCA. Her parents are Emily Marshall and Reid Duscheck.

Want to beat the winter blues? Get outside and enjoy the winter!



I overheard someone at lunch today saying that there are probably only four more weeks of winter left. I’m pretty sure I don’t believe them. They are right in a way however. I always get caught at the end of winter wishing I had gone skiing a few more times, or gone ice fishing again, or taken the dog out […]

Dog antics


After watching a Chinese Crested dog dance on its hind legs and an adorable Dachshund open kitchen cabinet drawers in “Funny Dog Videos,” I figured I could put together a pretty good show using my dogs, past and present. I’d begin with Bing, the 96 lb. chocolate lab who grew up with my children. Bing’s most infamous antic involved an […]

College News

Elsa Lunde, Grand Marais, was named to the Gustavus Adolphus College 2019 Fall Semester Dean’s List. The list comprises students who have earned a 3.7 grade point average (based on a scale in which 4.0 = A) or higher for the semester ending in December 2019. Elsa is the daughter of Leif and Sissy Lunde, Grand Marais. Jack Peck, Schroeder, […]

Alpine skiers perform well at Hibbing Invitational


Temperatures in the mid-twenties, overcast skies, and three inches of new snow set the table for a great day of alpine ski racing held January 3 at Giants Ridge. Approximately 70 boys and girls from eight Arrowhead Conference teams, plus Brainerd, skied two runs of slalom, one run on Innsbruck, and one run on Helsinki. Masen McKeever threw down two […]

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 […]

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. Wednesday, Jan. 100:21 a.m. Lutsen: Power outagereported on Ski Hill Road.Bottom of hill had power, butthere was […]