For the past 50 years Ron Gervais Sr. has spent his winters indoors on ice mastering the sport of curling. He figures he has driven his car the equivalent of around the world three or four times. “I’ve got it all written down in my journals. The first four of five years I only kept track of whether I won... READ MORE >
Improvements will be made to the Grand Marais Recreational Park next year, but just how much money is available for those improvements and how far down the road the park board should look when setting its priorities were two main topics of discussion for the board at its first meeting of the New Year on January 8. Grand Marais Park... READ MORE >
It was a tough week for the Vikings girls’ basketball team who lost one game in overtime and played two other teams tough in close losses on the road. A fourth road game in a killer six-day stretch was cancelled due to icy weather. Overtime fight against Mesabi East On Thursday, January 10 the Vikings traveled to the Iron Range... READ MORE >
For the second time in two weeks the Cook County High School boys’ basketball team beat the Cromwell Cardinals, but this time it was by nearly 20 points and on the Cardinal’s home court. The score was 62-43. Last time out they were 9 points better then the Cardinals. The Vikings led all of the way, going into the locker... READ MORE >
With temperatures 50 to 60 degrees warmer than last year and snow falling continuously, Grand Marais Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre has found pulling a 150-pound sled filled with gear while carrying a 50-pound backpack through snow as deep as four feet extremely grueling and exhausting as he makes his way forward on his quest to become the first person to... READ MORE >
Minnesota Department of Natural Resource workers plan to fit 150 moose in Cook and Lake counties with GPS collars this winter and spring so that researchers can track their movements and study them in a further effort to determine what is killing northern Minnesota’s largest herbivore. The moose will be spotted by air and darted by researchers. Once asleep, they... READ MORE >
The Cook County High School Viking girls chalked up two wins last week on the road and at home, defeating the Southridge Panthers 51-47 and the Cromwell Cardinals 51-39. Vikings pounce on Panthers One month ago the Vikings defeated the Southridge Panthers 44-33 at home in a close contest. On January 3 the Vikings traveled to play at Southridge to... READ MORE >
Senior forward Justin Goldstein hit a nice 3-point shot to give the Vikings an early 3-0 lead against the Cromwell Cardinals on Friday, January 4, in a game that saw junior center/forward Jonny Jacobsen play for the first time this season following surgery and recovery for a knee injury suffered during the football season. The Cardinals took their only lead... READ MORE >
A dither, a dather, a too warm winter in Talkeetna, Alaska was turning Lonnie Dupre’s plans all a blather as he patiently waited for the weather to clear so he could begin his third attempt at climbing Mount McKinley (Denali) in January, the darkest, coldest month of the year on the mountain. Wondering whether the wimpy weather was ever going... READ MORE >
The Cook County High School girls’ basketball team traveled to Virginia on Thursday, December 27 to play in a holiday tournament. Up first for the Vikings was host school Virginia Blue Devils. The Vikings got off to a slow start and fell behind early, but fought back to trail by 10 points, 26-16 at the half time. “We were down... READ MORE >
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