Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 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 Community Center. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus food for all! Cook County Higher Education Career training […]
Share your voice in northeastern Minnesota economic development strategy
All people living and working in the seven counties of northeastern Minnesota are invited to participate in community engagement sessions related to the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The seven counties include: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis. Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC), Arrowhead Growth Alliance (AGA) and other regional partners host the sessions. The sessions […]
Chamber to award $1000 scholarship
The Cook County Chamber of Commerce has announced that it is awarding a $1000 scholarship to a child of a custodial parent/legal guardian living in Cook County. To be eligible to apply you must be a graduating senior in high school or currently enrolled in a post secondary institution. The deadline to apply is April 7, 2021, by 3 p.m. […]
Get ready to start your garden indoors
Join Cook County Master Gardeners Gina Meissner and Rovena Claxton on Thursday, February 23 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. for a discussion about starting seeds indoors for your 2021 garden. To register for the Zoom class please call or email Diane Booth at CC Extension 218-387-3015 or diane.booth@co.cook.mn.us
Top 30 jobs in demand in Minnesota
Registered nurses, home health and personal care aide workers, retail sales people, stockers and order fillers and first-line supervisors of retail sales workers are the top five positions employers are looking to fill in the state of Minnesota. Last week the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) listed the top 30 jobs now in demand in Minnesota. “Many […]
Pet of the Week
This is Chantel or “Shelley Show”, a 7-year-old Coton de Tulear – soon to be eight. She thinks she’s a lot bigger than she is and her favorite activities include scaring up grouse, chasing red squirrels (they are her nemesis), and chasing deer. She also thinks she’s the luckiest girl in the world to live on the North Shore. Do […]
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After the Super Bowl win by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the Kansas City Chiefs, Ronnie Red Squirrel enjoyed a pinecone cigar to celebrate the victory.
West End outdoor curling returns to Cook County
Curling is back in the West End of Cook County and “the roaring game,” as some call it, will be played the way the Scottish folks who invented it meant it to be played: outdoors on a frozen chunk of ice. When the Cook County indoor curling season was canceled this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the […]
Viking boys fall to Barnum
The Barnum Bombers came to town last Friday night and quickly established themselves as the better team on this night, leading 35-10 at halftime. “Tate Crawford played well, scoring nine points and grabbing seven rebounds,” said Head Coach Andy Feddema. “Paul Dorr added seven points, Jacob Dorr had five, and Derek Smith had four.” Barnum used its patented trapping defense. […]
Viking girls win back-to-back-toback games
The Cook County High School varsity picked up two big wins last week and one this week. First, they knocked off Denfeld 58-36 on Thursday, February 4, and then the next night, they took a rare win, 70-55, against the Barnum Bombers. Both games were played at home in the Pam Taylor gymnasium. The third win came this week against […]