The Cook County High School girls’ fast pitch softball team started the season with a win over the always-tough Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels last Tuesday, April 10 at the Grand Marais Recreation Park. Senior pitcher Sarissa Falk (and a capable defense behind her) led the way, holding Moose Lake to 1 run through six innings. Meanwhile, the Vikings took advantage... READ MORE >
Last year at this time the Cook County High School girls’ fast pitch softball team had a total of one practice outdoors. And, as Head Coach Jessie Anderson said, “It’s hard to learn to field ground balls when you’re practicing in the gym. The ball comes off grass and dirt a lot different than the floor of the gym. We... READ MORE >
Baseball Head Coach Arleigh Jorgenson had his young baseball team going through their paces last week—fielding, hitting, throwing, catching—all the while exhorting them to concentrate on the fundamentals. “We’ll do well if we don’t make mistakes, don’t make errors,” Jorgenson said. Many of the starters are in Florida on the band trip this week, so Jorgenson, Assistant Coaches T.J. Super... READ MORE >
Like few people before him, Lonnie Dupre, of Grand Marais, captures the hardships and the heartwarming experiences or exploring the Arctic in his book, Life on Ice: 25 years of Arctic Exploration. Lonnie Dupre was born for adventuring in the Arctic. His great-grandfather was 15th century explorer Jacques Cartier, who claimed the territory known as Quebec for the French. As... READ MORE >
At the Tofte township annual meeting on March 13, citizens heard an interesting update from Birch Grove Foundation Director Patty Nordahl—about bread. Nordahl said the foundation was looking at installing an outside brick oven on the Birch Grove Community Center grounds. Brick ovens are popular and are used by groups to make pizzas and bread (among other things) for large... READ MORE >
Logan Backstrom capped off a great year of skiing by saving his best efforts for his last ski meet. Backstrom finished 35th in the USSA J-4 division out of 80 of the top male ski racers in the 11-12 age group in Steam Boat Springs, Colorado. Racers came from seven or eight states to represent the Rocky Mountain region. Logan... READ MORE >
After red-shirting her freshman year because of a knee injury, Essa Jacobsen has been putting up some big numbers for the Mesabi Range Community & Technical College Lady Norse basketball team. Essa finished second on her team in points scored and second in rebounding. For the year, Mesabi ended with a 24-6 record. A 2010 graduate of CCHS, Essa scored... READ MORE >
As a proposed Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wolf hunt opens in Minnesota to thin the burgeoning wolf population, two wildlife scientists from Michigan Tech are advocating for more wolves to be brought to Isle Royale to bolster the wolf pack— now down to a population of nine with only one female in the mix— to stave off extinction at... READ MORE >
Back in 1972 gasoline cost 55 cents a gallon. The average U.S. worker brought home $165 a month and a new house cost $27,500. A Kodak pocket camera was 28 bucks and a hand-held scientific calculator was going to run you a steep $395. Tie-dye shirts and flaredlegged pants and beads and long hair were still around, but they were... READ MORE >
Tim Meyer of Meyer Group said he understands the concerns raised by the Tofte township supervisors when they received a much larger bill for architectural services then they had expected. The bill was presented to the board at its March 8 meeting by Supervisor D.C. Olson. It was $7,000 more than the $5,000 agreed upon by the two parties. “Neither... READ MORE >
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