Competitors in the 2023 Norpine Fat Bike Classic couldn’t have asked for a better day to ride than race day, Saturday, January 7. With temperatures hovering in the low 20s and little wind, it was a great day to be outside on the wooded Norpine trails in Lutsen. Bot h races started and finished at Cascade Lodge. Riders who entered […]
Boys fall to Floodwood in close game
The CCHS boys’ basketball team took on the Floodwood Polar Bears last Friday at home and the game was close throughout. The Vikings trailed by one point, 35-36 at the half, but the Polar Bears pulled away to take a 66-57 victory. Senior guard Derek Smith led the Vikings with 18 points, 11 rebounds, five steals, and five assists. Derek […]
Local husband and wife take first place in the Gunflint Mail Run
Last weekend was a big day for the Sawtooth Mountain Racing kennel. Husband and wife Matthew Schmidt and Erin Altemus each won their races. Erin Altemus’s dog sled team took first place in the Gunflint Mail Run’s 8-dog team, and Matt won the 12-dog team event, the longer of the two races; this was Matt’s second win in a row. […]
Cook County Historical Society needs help identifying photos
The Cook County Historical Society needs help identifying people in this picture. The photo is from the Clearwater school. Please use the photo ID A057 and send your reply to history@boreal.org.
Goodbye to two old white pines
We lost two old, old white pines (Pinus strobus) over at our operation within the last month. Of course, everyone saw the one that came down on 61 on the end of the north side sidewalk, across our two-car parking spot, the top of the white pine come just out onto the shoulder of 61, the other end uprooted, the […]
Ode to an Ode
To write about a thing, like, say, I don’t know, hypothetically, an ode, you might really want to have an intimate knowledge of the thing. Or perhaps you might want to really get to know the thing, so you spend hours and days and weeks researching the thing. Or you might chat with experts, folks that spend their life studying […]
Got a Pea Coat?
You’ve finally decided to give up the beloved Navy pea coat that’s resided in the back of your closet for years. Oh, the memories! You bought it in college, your biggest purchase besides tuition and books, and it kept you warm as you forged your windy way across campus. It’s never gone out of style, but you’ve graduated to Gore-Tex […]
Richard I Bong Veteran’s Center to celebrate Four Chaplain’s Day with speaker program
The American troop ship, SS Dorchester, was sailing off Newfoundland on February 3, 1943 when it encountered a German submarine and came under torpedo fire. There were not enough life jackets for all the men on board so four chaplains, each of a different faith, who were traveling with them willingly gave up their own life jackets to save civilian […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]
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 […]