Four Viking football players were named to the All-District First Team, and three to the Second Team. First-team selections were Junior Kole Anderson, Sophomore Ray Dressely, Junior Ryan Christensen, Junior Paul Dorr. Second-team selections were Senior Jacob Dorr, Sophomore Ryan Smith, Sophomore Calvin Battees. All of the Vikings play on both sides of the ball. Kole Anderson was a hard-hitting […]
Starkey, Peck named to the Polar League All- Conference team
The Vikings volleyball team had two players named to the Polar League All-Conference team. Senior Morgan Starkey, and outside hitter and middle blocker, earned First Team All-Conference honors. Starkey was honored early in the season for passing the 1,000 mark for digs. Morgan was a hard-hitting spiker and great all-around player for the Vikings. Junior Katie Peck was named to […]
Colors abound in nature
There are the birds. The seagulls, as always, are everywhere. Not many, but singles, and in the vastness you can see one, then another, and another. They ride the cold wind on their boomerang wings, hovering up and down, sometimes diving. It is windy so the great shucked wild rice stalks bend to 60°, and bend further to 45° under […]
Lightning Strike Learnings
Disclosure: Your colum- Disclosure: Your columnist is descended from Aldens and Aldriches who took part in “cleansing” New England of Native Americans, beginning soon after 1620 and 1631. I did not learn that in history classes. And a family genealogy reports that George Aldrich was one of the 1660’s founders of Mendon, Mass. No mention is made of the first […]
BEYOND REASON
The War on NovemberI saw eggnog in the store. It was Halloween. I did not check the expiration date, but I assume it was not a holdover from last year. This means the eggnog is from this year. Which means someone, somewhere thinks the holiday season has begun. And I would like to plead: Wohhhhh there, Nellie. Hold the phone! I do not […]
A Cook County Chapter of Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light
Sometimes the climate crisis can feel overwhelming. A number of community members have aligned with MNIPL to work on environmental concerns. Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light “works to grow the climate movement in Minnesota by empowering individuals and communities across the state to take action that is authentic, effective, and energizing in their context.” After meeting this summer and then […]
Moving on
CUSTOMER SERVICE, PLEASE Don’t you love calling customer service? “Press one if you’re a new customer, press two if you’re an irritated one, press three if you’ve spent more than three hours trying to get ahold of us. Press four to repeat this menu.” I press ZERO. Sometimes it gets me a person. If you haven’t been through this rigamarole, […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $150 and/or ten days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. Mackenzie Linnae Bruun-Bryant, 25, Saint […]
Registration information for youth COVID-19 vaccination opportunities in Cook County
Cook County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) and Sawtooth Mountain Clinic (SMC) are pleased to open registration for youth, 5 to 11 years old, COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the month of November. With the approval of the Pfizer vaccine for this age group, the CDC has issued the new recommendation that children between 5 and 11 years old receive […]
World Press Institute announces 2022 International Fellows
After a year and a half hiatus, the World Press Institute (WPI) will resume its annual journalism fellowship program and has chosen 10 journalists from Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China (Hong Kong), Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Kenya and Nigeria to participate in the program. The program will begin on March 18th, 2022, and conclude on May 21, 2022. The fellows will […]