It was jacket weather on Sunday, October 7, but that didn’t stop 64 hearty golfers from competing in the 17th annual North Shore Health Care Foundation golf tournament held at Superior National at Lutsen Golf Course. And while the word “competing” might be too strong to use for some of the people playing, all of the golfers on the course... READ MORE >
By a 4-1 vote the school board of School District 166 voted to terminate Facilities and Transportation Director Mike Groth from his job effective Friday, October 5. Tom Nelson, a custodian at the school, was approved as acting director and will be paid at a rate of $19.05 per hour plus overtime. The board met in special session on October... READ MORE >
By the time Colin Everson got done running last Friday night the Deer River Warriors might have thought there were two of him. Maybe even three. The bus ride to Deer River is long, and Deer River, a 2A school, has a great tradition of putting tough-minded, wellcoached football teams on the field. But all of that went south for... READ MORE >
After months of work by a multitude of construction crews and volunteers, the new playground, hockey rink, warming house, outdoor learning center and outdoor woodfired pizza oven were unveiled on Saturday, September 29 at the grand opening of the 1 percent recreation and infrastructure sales tax funded projects built at Birch Grove Community Center in Tofte The county allocated $970,000... READ MORE >
Vaughn Swindlehurst’s cheeks were as red as the maple leaves splattered against the sky and matted on the ground around him and his legs looked a little bit like spaghetti noodles when he got off his bike. He took off his sweaty helmet, adjusted his glasses and told his dad he was headed to the food stand for some nourishment.... READ MORE >
Representatives of the Cook County Community Fund (CCCF) gathered with Birch Grove Foundation members and West End community folks at the celebration and unveiling of the newly completed projects at Birch Grove Community Center on Saturday, September 29, and announced that they had awarded $11,427 in annual grants to six local nonprofit organizations. This is the eighth consecutive year of... READ MORE >
Viking running back Peter Warren ran wild against the East Central Eagles on Friday, September 28, to lead the Vikings to a 43-13 victory. Warren carried the ball 20 times, gaining 179 yards and scored two touchdowns to earn Vikings’ Offensive Player of the week. Jonny Jacobsen led the defense with 6 tackles, and Head Coach Mitch Dorr said, “He... READ MORE >
Andy Smith has always been a good golfer. Early on he possessed a sweet swing and soon learned to hit the ball a county mile. He reads greens like a cartographer reads a map and has a nice touch with his putter. He was so good in fact he started for his college team at U.W. Stout and before that... READ MORE >
The Cook County High School Viking girls made short work of Lakeview Christian Academy last Thursday night when they defeated the Lions 25-9, 25-6, 25-19 to take the match 3-0 in the best of the 5 game series at home. For the game, Rachel Wieben had 11 digs, Ali Iverson had 7 kills, and Jessica Berg-Collman had 11 set assists... READ MORE >
Six Minnesota Chippewa tribes will soon know when they will receive a $28 million settlement from the U.S. government first awarded 13 years ago. Last March U.S. Congressman Chip Cravaack and U.S. Representative Colin Peterson testified before the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaskan Native Affairs and asked that the money be released to the tribes. After two weeks of discussion... READ MORE >
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