The Cook County High School boys’ basketball team played two games in the last week, taking a win over a good Wrenshall team on Friday, February 15, and losing to Lakeview Christian Academy (LCA) on Tuesday, February 19 at home. LCA’s Anders Broman led his team with (for him) a meager 20 points, 25 points below his scoring average, but... READ MORE >
One event winter enthusiasts look forward to each year is the Trout Derby. With a long-storied past, the derby is a time for the community to gather on the ice for laughs and fun and hopefully, to catch a fish or two. This year the vaunted fishing contest will be held Sunday, March 3 on Gunflint Lake. Registration is 9... READ MORE >
Up 32-20 at the half, the Vikings seemed like they were headed for an easy win against the Wrenshall Wrens on Friday, February 15 in a game played at Wrenshall. But the one-win Wrens displayed a lot of grit in coming back against an inexperienced Vikings team. Playing with 3 starters out, it took a lot of resolve by the... READ MORE >
Two St. Olaf graduates (both with ties to Cook County) who became the first women to paddle 2,000 miles from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay in 2011 are returning to speak about their three-month paddle. They will be at Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply on Saturday, February 23 at 4:30 p.m. Ann Raiho and Natalie Warren will tell their story about following... READ MORE >
Folks who passed by Sven & Ole’s pizzeria in Grand Marais this week may have seen “Sven” madly shoveling snow, landing most of it on the head of an oblivious “Ole.” Why was the famed Scandinavian duo in front of Sven & Ole’s? They were promoting the Sven & Ole World Championship Joke telling contest that will be held Feb.... READ MORE >
Fans who like good defense saw plenty of it on Friday, February 8 when the 14-3 Floodwood Polar Bears came to town to face the 10-5 Vikings. Floodwood’s 6’4” center Ross Schminski was held scoreless but had half a dozen blocked shots and altered several more in a game that was close from the opening tip-off. The Vikings’ leading scorer,... READ MORE >
As the season winds down towards the section playoffs the Vikings have steadily improved, and with two more wins have upped their record to 9-13. The Vikings faced Marshall on Thursday Feb. 7, taking a win from the Hilltoppers. The next night they played Floodwood and lost to a scrappy Bear team but on Tuesday, Feb.12 they played and beat... READ MORE >
Moose continue to die at an alarming rate, and with no end in sight the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has called an indefinite halt to the bulls only hunting season. Last year 45 bulls were taken during the hunting season in the Northeastern Zone, which includes Cook County. During 2012 the DNR said the northeast population declined 35... READ MORE >
You didn’t know it, but you have been training your whole life. Anytime you told a Sven & Ole’s joke at home or school or to your dog, you were sharpening your skills. And now it’s time to show the world just how good you have become at delivering a punch line. On February 20 the first world championship Sven... READ MORE >
Now that he is safe and warm, Grand Marais adventurer Lonnie Dupre has had time to reflect on his third attempt to become the first person to climb Alaska’s Mount Denali (McKinley) solo in the dead of winter. Dupre came down from his camp at 17,200 feet after 19 days of climbing and the weather deteriorating around him. Once he... READ MORE >
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