So much for a summer slowdown of COVID-19. Cook County has had 20 cases of COVID-19 in the last seven days. The county has now recorded 1,130 cases of covid since the start of the pandemic. Some 2,414 country residents are fully up to date on their vaccinations. The Minnesota Department of Health began using vaccination reporting beginning in March […]
2022 Gunflint Trail Canoe Races Return: A Splashing Success
For The Gunflint Trail’s Volunteer Fire DepartmentWhile the weather was iffy to start, and the wind kept the water choppy, more than hundred people registered to race and several hundred more came to watch and cheer at the 2022 Gunflint Trail Canoe Races. After a two-year hiatus, this annual event that benefits the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department (GTVFD), raised substantial funds from raffles, t-shirt and […]
CC/SB Junior Legion baseball team defeats International Falls, moves on in post season play
It took a while, but the Cook County/Silver Bay Legion baseball team got their offense fired up and ran away with a 7-2 victory over the International Fall Junior Legion baseball team. The away game was played on July 24 in Proctor. The Vikings scored first on a Hunter Gomez ground out which drove in a run, and the team […]
Cook County/Silver Bay Junior Legion team takes victory over Proctor
After six innings of shutout ball, the Vikings bats came alive in the seventh inning and the Vikings escaped from Proctor with a 4-2 win in Legion play-off baseball. The Vikings are now 2-0 in the play-offs. The game was played in Proctor on Sunday, July 24. Jacob Carpenter had a outstanding day on the mound. Carpenter threw seven innings, […]
Jt. League team shutout by Esko, falls into the loser bracket
After winning its first two play-off games in the Jt. Legion playoffs the Cook County/Silver Bay Junior Legion team was soundly beaten by Esko 13-0. The game was played in Proctor on Tuesday, July 26. With the loss the Vikings fall to the loser’s bracket. One more loss ends their tournament hopes. The game against Esko was delayed by rain […]
Cook County Historical Society needs help identifying photos
Can you help identify these football players? If you know any of these (or all of them) please send the names (left to right) to cchs@boreal.org or history@boreal.org.
A story about Macaroni
Macaroni first appeared in the pages of the Cook County News-Herald in 2010. Then, Macaroni was a champion bed bug detective, a 2 ½-year-old, 34-pound dog, part beagle, part lab and maybe part whippet. “That would make him a ‘wabble’”, said his owner and business partner Walter Penny Jr. who was here visiting his parents. Walter bought Macaroni from the […]
Gunflint Trail’s biggest blueberry contest is back
Enter your largest, locally picked berry for a chance to winCook County recently added 11 weigh stations along the Gunflint Trail. Not for trucks, but for blueberries. From July 22-Aug. 14, berry pickers can stop at one of one of the 11 official weigh stations located at Gunflint Trail businesses to enter their largest find in the sixth annual Biggest Blueberry Contest. Blueberries will be measured by weight and must […]
Order now for “Buffet in a Box” coming August 3
The annual kick-off to the Fisherman’s Picnic was always hosted by the Lioness Fisherman’s Picnic buffet at St. John’s Catholic Church. However, the Lioness Club morphed into WISE, (Women’s Imitative for Service and Education) which is now hosting the meal through “Buffet in a Box.” Choose lunch or supper and the time you want to pick up your meal. The […]
