Sophomore running back Ray Dressley ran for four touchdowns to lead the Cook County Vikings to a 52-8 win over the McGregor Mercuries in the team’s Friday, September 3 home opener. Dressley ran for a 26-yard score in the first quarter, 61- and 62-yard touchdowns in the third quarter and capped off his night with a one-yard touchdown in the […]
Vikings sweep Silver Bay in three
The Cook County Viking’s volleyball team played host to the Silver Bay Mariners on Tuesday, September 7, and swept the Mariners 3-0. Starting for the Vikings was four seniors, Molly LaVigne, Charlet Waver, Morgan Starkey, Sadie Wilson, and two juniors, Katie Peck and Emmalli Myers. The Vikings won the first game in dominating fashion 25-12. Silver Bay played much better […]
Hard earned lessons in gardening
Sun plus water plus soil. Sun is beyond control. Providing water became an undertaking with short- and medium-term results. Soil, luckily, can be worked and improved, with near -time and long-term results. Meaning it responds to will and rationality and labor, which I possess some – but no surplus – of each. An acid is a sour tasting substance with […]
Back to School Traffic Safety
With the return of in-person schooling for the children of the community, we at the Cook County Sheriff ’s office want to take this time and offer some tips for school traffic safety. The current drop off and pick up areas for ISD 166 including Great Expectations are located on County Road 7, also known as 5th Street between the […]
Croftville explicated
You can learn much about our neighboring Croftville from a drive down County Road 87 and some internet searching. Wikipedia tells us “Croftville is an unincorporated community in Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located three miles northeast of the city of Grand Marais on Minnesota Highway 61. Highway 61 and County Road 87 are two of the […]
9/11 Reflections, 20 Years Later
EDUCATION BEATTime stood still at 8:46 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, and I can still remember every single moment that followed. The sky was clear and blue that morning. It was the first year of my teaching career, my fifth day- to be exact. I was just out of college, still living with my parents in a NYC suburb and […]
New website helps young families connect to local services
Pregnant and parenting families with children from birth to 8 years of age now have a new tool to connect to services in their local communities that support healthy child development and family well-being. Help Me Connect is a website designed to help Minnesota’s families navigate local community, county, and state resources. Families and those that support families, such as […]
Hunters asked not to shoot ear-tagged and radio-collared research bears
The Minnesota bear hunting season opens Wednesday, Sept. 1, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources asks hunters to avoid shooting marked research bears. These bears are marked with distinctively large, colorful ear tags and have radio collars. Researchers with the DNR monitor about 20 radio-collared black bears across the state, especially in 25, 27, 45 and 451 bear hunting […]
Back-to-school healthy habits for everyone
Whether you’ve got kids headed back to class, or you’ve been out of school for decades, the return of autumn is a great time to pause, check in with yourself, and see if you’ve got any health habits that could do with some polishing up. And remember progress, not perfection, is the goal! Small steps can make a big difference. […]
Help the DNR help you in the outdoors
Do you purchase hunting or fishing licenses or critical habitat license plates and wonder how the money is spent? Are you interested in good stewardship of budgeted funds and how agency operations are funded through licenses and related monies? Here is an opportunity to play an active oversight role. You can apply for a two-year appointment on the fisheries oversight […]