Two unbeatens will play for the nine-man state championship. The Mountain Iron-Buhl (MIB) Rangers football team will face the Spring Grove Lions for the nine-man state championship Saturday, December 3, at 10:00 a.m. at US Bank Stadium. Coming into the state playoffs Spring Grove was ranked third and MIB fifth. Spring Grove is 13-0 and MIB is 12-0. MIB beat […]
Gate blocking snowmobile trail must come down, judge rules
A judge ruled that the gate blocking access to a snowmobile trail in Lutsen must come down, at least for now. The gate was placed across the trail by the landowners Richard and Natalie Feddie. The snowmobile route is a spur that allows riders who want to go to a store or refuel in downtown Lutsen to access those businesses. […]
Minnesota Starwatch for December 2022
On the night of December 7-8, Earth finally catches up to Mars in the orbital race. Mars will then be opposite the sun in the sky and so up all night—not to mention gloriously bright. But despite this being its big night, Mars gets upstaged by December’s full moon. On the evening of the 7th, the moon occults—that is, passes […]
Cook County Historical Society needs help identifying photos
If you recognize these girls and have an idea about why the picture was taken, please contact the Cook County Historical Society. Please include the “E 787” number on your reply. Email your answer to history@boreal.org.
Et Tu, Vince
While I am quite fond of the Vince Guaraldi, the solo artist and his Trio, there are limits to my affection. I happen to dislike Christmas songs. Yes, each and every one of them. Even the ones by the Vince Guaraldi and his Trio. Some people call them holiday songs but let’s call it like it is. These are Christmas […]
Wondering ‘61
How can we live more green?Help! We all want to live in a way that reduces warming of the planet, makes more waste biodegradable, uses less plastic and fewer resources. As we attempt to do so, I find that there is too much information available on the internet— and not enough. For example, trying to reduce plastic waste from laundry detergent and bleach, I tried […]
Glory days gone past
Our Polar girls went to the soccer State Championship game at the Dome the autumn of my senior year. The warm and airy, blue and green, plastic and nylon and concrete Dome. Not very outdoors y. Mike Ditka called it the “Rollerdome”; he actually put on rollerskates before one Bears game just to ridicule us, and was out there like […]
The two R’s
I grew up with the three R’s: reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. Yup, days gone by. Those R’s continue to be a part of my daily life. Well, maybe not ‘rithmetic so much, but it comes in handy. I have a different pair of R’s that consume me these days: Routines and Rewards. They keep me on track. I get up […]
Taste of Home
December is here and it’s time to focus on one thing…. a Cookie Exchange. I have 12 friends that each make 12 dozen cookies and then we exchange, hopefully bringing home a huge variety of cookies to enjoy over the holidays. I am already Googling recipes and wrapping ideas for our exchange in two weeks. Do I go traditional? Think […]
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 punishment exceeds $150 and/or ten days in jail and/or includes one year of supervised adult probation. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not […]