Six Minnesota Chippewa tribes should soon know when they would receive a $28 million settlement from the U.S. government first awarded 13 years ago. The United States Court of Federal Claims awarded and appropriated $20 million to the Minnesota Chippewa tribes in 1999 after the government was found to have improperly de-valued native timber and took tribal lands under the... READ MORE >
Saturday, March 3, Harriet Walsh went to the counter of the newly reopened, refurbished Dairy Queen in downtown Grand Marais and ordered a shrimp basket. Her grandson, Robert (Rob) Hackett made her the food and, with a big smile, gave it to her. With that transaction it was official, the Dairy Queen was reopened for the season. Thank goodness! It... READ MORE >
Nine Cook County residents competed in the 39th annual Birkebeiner 54K Classic cross country ski race held from Cable to Hayward, Wisconsin. The Birkie is February 23-25 and is part of the Worldloppet circuit of 15 international ski marathons and part of the American ski marathon series of 13 races. Two locals competed in the 50K skate race, won for... READ MORE >
The Vikings continued their stellar play in the Section 7A playoffs, advancing to the semifinals on Wednesday, March 7 against Mountain Iron-Buhl. Deschampe sets scoring record in first playoff game Ashley Deschampe has always been good at scoring points, but never better than March 1 in Esko when the CCHS girls’ team met the Carlton Bulldogs in the second round... READ MORE >
The Viking boys’ basketball team has had its second best season ever, going into play-offs with a 19-2 win-loss record. All of those wins and fine play were noticed by Polar League coaches who voted two Viking seniors, Dylan Quaife and David Bergstrom, to the 2012 First Team Polar League All Conference team. They also named two Viking juniors, Colin... READ MORE >
A series of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) aerial surveys conducted this winter has indicated that the moose population in Northeastern Minnesota has again fallen. Results of those counts indicate that the 2011 estimated population of 4,900 has dropped to 4,230 in 2012, a decline of 14 percent. “Estimates from the survey and results from research using radiocollared moose... READ MORE >
Twenty-nine Cook County Republicans met on Tuesday, February 27 at 7 p.m., at the Senior Center in Grand Marais to pick delegates for the 8th District Convention and the State Convention. Mark Delamater and James Dusheck were selected to attend the 8th District Convention on April 21 in Park Rapids. Jim Hall, who has been a member of the local... READ MORE >
The first time around, the Two Harbors girls’ basketball team beat CCHS 57-52 in a game played in Two Harbors. This was the first loss in what would grow to five straight losses for the Vikings. But since those five losses, the Vikings have played much better, and one way to show that marked improvement was to face a team... READ MORE >
The Cook County boys’ basketball team extended its record to 18-2 on Friday, February 24 when the Vikings faced their North Shore rival, the Two Harbors Agates. Getting his first start of the year, Hunter Farley took the opening tip from senior Dylan Quaife and scored the first two points of the game. It seemed a good omen and the... READ MORE >
After some heated discussion, the Cook County/Grand Marais Joint Economic Development Authority (EDA) chose a domain name for its new website. By a 3-2 vote, the board agreed to choose grandmaraiseda.org for the domain name for its economic development website. Although the EDA has had a website, it had not been updated for many years. Last month the board voted... READ MORE >
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