Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho graduated from St. Olaf College on May 29 and so far, like a lot of other college graduates, it’s been all upstream and against the current for them. Literally. To date, Natalie and Ann have paddled upstream on the Minnesota River into 35 mile per hour winds. Endured several days of over 100-degree heat. Gotten... READ MORE >
Due to high water and fast currents, Ann Raiho and Natalie Warren had to delay the start of their Hudson Bay canoe trip by about a week. Raiho (whose parents have a cabin on Saganaga Lake) and Warren hope to become the first two women to make the arduous three-month canoe and portage expedition made famous by Eric Sevareid and... READ MORE >
Wayne Hensche told the Schroeder town board on May 10 that he would like to survey “the last big piece of private land in Cook County.” “I would do this [survey] cheaper than any property I have surveyed in the county. I really would like to get this done,” Hensche told the board at its May 5 meeting. The land... READ MORE >
On May 7, Cook County Boy Scout Troop 166 leader Dan Baumann presented Daniel Ditmanson with the Boy Scout’s highest honor, Eagle Scout. Ditmanson is the fourth young man from Troop 166 to earn this award in the last five years. Phil Solem gave some personal remarks and Zach Baumann gave Daniel the “Eagle Scout Challenge” by encouraging him to... READ MORE >
Every day 15,000 children wither and die of starvation. Does it have to be this way? Last summer a group of Cook County teenagers associated with local churches traveled to Coon Rapids and volunteered their time helping a group called Feed My Starving Children. What came out of that trip was remarkable. The kids decided to do the impossible by... READ MORE >
The Cook County girls’ softball team ended their game early against the Ely Timberwolves last Saturday after they outscored their opponents 11-1 through five innings. It was the first time the Vikings have 10-runned an opponent this season. The win sent the Vikings into the play-offs with a 5-10 record. Once again Kristina Rude pitched a masterful game for the... READ MORE >
Not even a dramatic “Ruthian” home run by Colin Everson could propel the Vikings to their second win of the season on Saturday, May 21, but Ely had to play a couple of extra innings to get the best of our Vikings. Daniel Lunde and Dylan Quaife shared the mound duties, with Lunde trying to close out the Timberwolves in... READ MORE >
If you build it, will they come? And if you build it, who will pay the maintenance costs? Will it go on the county coffers if, down the road, costs exceed revenues? Then what? Do the county taxpayers pick up the extra costs? These were some of the questions asked at the meeting held at the Birch Grove Community Center... READ MORE >
Playing their third game in as many days, the Viking girls’ softball team traveled to Floodwood on Thursday, May 12 and faced the Polar Bears. Kristina Rude pitched six strong innings for the Vikings, not allowing any runs the first three innings. Floodwood went on a tear in the fourth inning, however, scoring 6 runs while keeping the Vikings scoreless.... READ MORE >
In 1846 Father Baraga, a Slovenian priest, and his Ojibwa guide set off by rowboat from LaPointe, Wisconsin to Grand Portage to help with an outbreak of smallpox. But a terrible storm arose and they were blown pell-mell across the lake until they skittered over a sandbar into the quiet mouth of Cross River. In praise for their safety they... READ MORE >
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