There’s nothing like a silly squirrel scampering about the deck to keep the cat’s interest piqued.
Gunflint Green up coming soon!
Andrea Mark your calendars for the weekend of June 2 – 4 and be sure to travel up the Gunflint Trail for the beauty of green-up after a long winter! It’s a fun-filled, family friendly weekend with nature, garage sales, prizes, food, games, educational booths, and a chance to GET OUTDOORS AND GET INVOLVED. The Gunflint Green Days focus is […]
Save the date! Gunflint Trail Canoe Races on July 19, 2023
At Gunflint Lodge on Gunflint LakeEach year neighbors and friends on the Gunflint Trail plan and execute all aspects of the beloved Gunflint Trail Canoe Races to raise money for a worthy cause. This year’s Canoe Races will take place at Gunflint Lodge on the south shore of Gunflint Lake, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, beginning at 4:30 p.m. All funds raised will support the […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., $25 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church. Ruby’s Pantry will now be at the COOK COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus food for all! Cook County Higher Education Career training and college courses at the […]
Kid’s Bicycle Safety Rodeo
Saddle up and hold your horses for the Cook County Safe Routes to School Kid’s Bicycle Safety Rodeo! Yee Haw! Bring your bike or borrow a bike from the SRTS bike fleet, get a free helmet and helmet fit check, bike checkup, ride the safety course, and even blend your own smoothie using pedal power using a special “blender bike”! […]
Pet of the Week
Pet of the Week celebrates pets, past and present. Please share some of your favorite photos with all of us. If you bring a photo to the newspaper office, we can create a quality digital image with the scanner and give the photo right back to you. If you mail a photo to the newspaper office, we are careful to […]
Northland SBDC team honored with six-state excellence and innovation award presented May 3 by Governor Walz and SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman
Northeast MN – The Northland Small Business Development Center (Northland SBDC) has been honored with the Small Business Administration’s 2023 Small Business Development Center Excellence and Innovation Center Award for Minnesota and SBA Region V, out of all 121 SBDCs within the SBA Great Lakes Region V states of Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The award was presented […]
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Last Thursday May 18th at 5 p.m. we had a Chamber Connect at Sivertson Gallery. There was live music by Fred Anderson, beverages, and appetizers. Jan Sivertson, owner of Sivertson Gallery, gave all guests a copy of Howard Sivertson’s book, Once Upon an Isle, as well as a 2024 calendar that has pictures of Howard’s work.
Cool Cats take home some medals at Special Olympics
Awesome! Stupendous! Fun! These words may be a bit understated to use to describe the day the Cook County Kool Cats had at the Special Olympics Minnesota Track and Field Day. Melissa Oberg who teaches special education at I.S.D. 166 filed this report. “Congrats to the Cool Cats for a victory at the Special Olympics, Minnesota Track and Field Event […]
Boys beat Northwoods, fall to MIB, and take a doubleheader
Between make-up games lost to weather and regularly scheduled games, the Vikings boys’ baseball team has been jam-packed over the last week. And all of those games seem to be good tonic for the team as their errors have gone down, hitting has improved and pitching become much more solid which has led them to some much-needed wins. Vikings topple […]