Cook County High School senior Dylan Quaife was the lone Polar League football conference player in the 39th annual Minnesota High School All Star Football game. After several days of practice held at St. John’s University, the game was played June 30 at Husky stadium on the campus of St. Cloud State University. The Minnesota Football Coaches Association selected the... READ MORE >
Davey Crockett, Daniel Boone, Jim Bridger and just about any Native American born before 1950 were great trappers. Some of them legendary trappers. Tyler Kasper and Nick Bogyo may join that group. Then again, maybe not. The 1854 Treaty Authority of Fond du Lac and Grand Portage employs Bogyo and Kaspar and one of their jobs is mosquito trapping in... READ MORE >
The official search for missing pilot Michael Arthur Bratlie and his white twin engine Piper PA31 Navajo, a red and blue striped plane, has been discontinued. Bratlie, 67, of Lakeville, Minn., disappeared on Friday evening, June 8, after he didn’t come home from a trip to Duluth. He told family members he was flying from Fleming Field in St. Paul... READ MORE >
With the planned renovation and expansion of the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op in Grand Marais now taking shape, it has been determined that the beloved mural on the outside north wall has to come down. An architect recently inspected the wall the mural is attached to and determined it couldn’t withstand the re-building and expansion planned for this fall,... READ MORE >
Last March Colvill musher Frank Moe and his team of 10 sled dogs left Grand Marais and made their way to Saint Paul where Moe delivered over 13,000 petitions to Governor Mark Dayton from Minnesotans opposed to non-ferrous metals mining in northern Minnesota. All told, Moe spent eight days on the trail meeting people and gathering petitions as he covered... READ MORE >
Bill Dalin is co-owner of North Shore Pest Control with his wife Kate. When he isn’t busy ridding homes and businesses of unwelcome pests, he is busy making Union or Confederate flags and taking part in Civil War reenactments. A couple of months ago Dalin was asked to make five flags for a movie being made about the War Between... READ MORE >
Authorities are continuing their search for missing pilot Michael Arthur Bratlie and his white twin engine Piper PA31, a red and blue striped Navajo plane that disappeared on Friday, June 8. Bratlie, age 67, of Lakeville, Minnesota, had told his family he was flying from Fleming Field in South Saint Paul to Duluth and back again that day. When he... READ MORE >
If the rain holds off, by the time you read this crews from Edwin E. Thoreson Inc. will have already begun getting the ground ready for the pouring of a cement slab for the new floor of the fire hall and community center (town hall) addition in Lutsen. Lutsen Township supervisors signed the necessary contracts on June 19, 2012, signaling... READ MORE >
Twenty-three Cook County residents competed in the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon held Saturday, June 16 in Duluth, while eight Cook County residents completed the longer Grandma’s Marathon race. The day was perfect for running with temperatures in the low 60s and a slight breeze at the runner’s backs. Lucas Will, 31, Grand Marais, was the fastest local finisher in the... READ MORE >
After five days of searching through thick forests and flying over and sailing on Lake Superior’s cold waters from Duluth to the Canadian border, authorities still have no clue where 67-year-old pilot Michael Arthur Bratlie or his white twin engine Piper PA-31 red and blue striped Navajo plane are. Most of the current activity is being conducted in Cook County... READ MORE >
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