Since 2007 Minnesota’s watersheds both large and small have been looked at and studied in a far more comprehensive way then they were in the past, Karen Evens said to about 20 people gathered in the Cook County commissioners’ room on Friday morning, October 5. According to Evens, a water quality specialist who works for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency... READ MORE >
Chris and Terri Goettl will soon partner with Mike and Laurie Schwartzwald of Brainerd, Minnesota as co-owners of Arrowhead Pharmacy in Grand Marais. “We will take over day-to-day operations of the pharmacy on December 1,” said Chris Goettl, who will manage the business. Current customers will see Chris Goettl in the store earlier, however, as he transitions out of his... READ MORE >
Do you have new or lightly worn shoes gathering dust on a shoe rack or cluttering up your closet? If you do, Eric Humphrey would like you to donate them to Soles4- Souls, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes shoes to people in need the world over. Over the last four years the Lake Superior Trading Post has donated... READ MORE >
A tough first half of football led to defeat for the Cook County High School Vikings against the Barnum Bombers in the Section 7A championship game played on Thursday, November 1 at Public School Stadium in Duluth. Earlier in the season the Bombers beat CCHS 30-6, so the Vikings were happy to have the rematch. But Barnum’s quick-strike offense and... READ MORE >
Seventy-three gray wolves were taken over the first five days of Minnesota’s first wolf hunt held in nearly 40 years, 30 of them from the northeast zone, which encompasses much of Cook County. The season coincides with Minnesota’s firearm deer hunting season and is being conducted in three zones. A quota of 200 wolves has been allowed for those zones... READ MORE >
As the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op prepares to move into temporary quarters during reconstruction, efforts to save the much-loved mural attached to the north side of the co-op building in downtown Grand Marais have gone into high gear. The date to tear down the old co-op building is looming. Good year for co-op “We had a banner year,” Co-op... READ MORE >
Fans shivered and cheered in windy 36-degree temperatures while the Cook County Vikings got hot on the field and beat a good Blackduck Drake football team 42-12 on Saturday, October 27 at Lyle Anderson Field. Senior running back Colin Everson celebrated his birthday in style by scoring two touchdowns and playing some great defense. But Everson didn’t celebrate alone. Quarterback... READ MORE >
As a sophomore at Cook County High School, Kieran Scannell went to State in cross country running and placed 5th at the state track meet in the 1600- meter run (mile) with a time of 4:25, setting a CCHS record in the process. But a chance to attend a prestigious college prep school out east was a chance of a... READ MORE >
During the regular season the Vikings played Cromwell and won the match 3 games to 1, although the games were close. Expectations then were high for the Vikings to beat the Cardinals a second time when they played each other at Cook County High School on Wednesday, October 24 to see who would advance to the Section 7A final. Cromwell... READ MORE >
The Cook County Vikings scored points about as fast as a football team can score them when they faced the Mesabi East Giants in Aurora last Wednesday night on the Vikings’ last regular game of the season. On the Vikings’ first offensive series Peter Warren took a handoff from quarterback Kale Boomer and raced 59 yards for a touchdown. Colin... READ MORE >
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