Mittens or baseball mitts? Stocking caps or baseball caps? Snowballs or baseballs? Getting ready to head outdoors in spring in northern Minnesota can be confusing, especially if you’re a baseball player. But that doesn’t matter to the hearty Cook County High School (CCHS) boys who are out for the 2011 season. And once again the Vikings will be in the... READ MORE >
On June 2 two hearty young women will put their 17-foot Langford canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling and begin their quest to paddle 2,250 miles from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay along the route made famous by Eric Sevareid in his book Paddling with the Cree. If they succeed, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho will become the first... READ MORE >
How fast has time flown for Paul and Cara Sporn, owners and operators of My Sister’s Place restaurant? “It doesn’t seem like it, but in June, we will have been here six years,” said Paul, gazing about his establishment last Monday as it filled up with the noonday lunch crowd. Over that time the couple, with input from their staff,... READ MORE >
Green beer might make you laugh, but not as hard as the high school seniors who entertained a packed house at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Twenty-two Cook County High School seniors participated in the 6th annual College in the Schools Theater Sports competition and they brought the entire ACA audience to gales... READ MORE >
Brea Boomer’s senior season of basketball was memorable for a lot of reasons. First of all, she helped the team to a 20-4 record with her heads up, all out hustle, unselfish play. The team’s final loss came against Mountain Iron-Buhl (MIB) in the play-offs in a hard fought, close contest. MIB would go on to finish third at state,... READ MORE >
In a game marred with numerous fouls and exciting runs by both teams; in a game marked with great defensive stops and artistic passes and some beautiful rebounding; in a game like that, in a game as exciting and eventful as that, usually one player decides things. And the Section 7A semifinal game against Mountain Iron-Buhl (MIB) contest held on... READ MORE >
Viking Ashley Deschampe’s junior season in basketball is over but the awards for her fine play at the guard position keep coming in. Last week Ashley and fellow Viking Brea Boomer were named to the Polar League All-Conference First Team. Several weeks earlier, Ashley received a game ball for becoming the fifth Viking player ever to go over 1,000 points... READ MORE >
With senior guard Ryan Martinson watching from the bench, the Cook County Vikings boys’ team still took care of business and beat Floodwood 54-40 on Thursday, March 10 in Duluth in their first game of Section 7A payoffs. Martinson, a 6’4” senior guard, had sprained his ankle playing basketball in gym class a couple of days earlier. Dylan Quaife had... READ MORE >
Once again Paul James was called to moderate the annual Tofte township meeting, and once again he did a great job. In election news, Allan (DC) Olsen garnered 15 votes and won a three-year supervisor term and Mary Jane Huggins was elected treasurer with 16 votes. Emergency services report Fire Chief Richie Nelson reported that his crew had been paged... READ MORE >
What’s the neighborhood coming to? Brandishing pins, needles, scissors, and good ideas, a bunch of sew and sews met in Crystal Nelson’s log home in Grand Marais on Wednesday, March 2 with one thought in mind: How many dresses can we sew, anyway? So far 40-45 dresses have been completed. “But we’ve just begun,” said Nancy Carlson. “We’ll sew until... READ MORE >
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