Bruce Kimmel of Ehlers met with commissioners to discuss options for financing the county’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Cook County anticipates spending as much as $13.4 million over the next five years to upgrade buildings nearing or exceeding expected lifetimes. In a past column Administrator James Joerke pointed out, “By catching up on deferred maintenance and adopting regular equipment... READ MORE >
On a great day to ride a bike last Saturday three waves of gravel grinding bicycle racers left from downtown Grand Marais on a sunny day and traversed through the back country roads to take part in the Le Grand du Nord. 110-mile results There were 166 finishers, 135 men and 31 women who completed the 110-mile race. The average... READ MORE >
The Vikings played the Silver Bay Mariners and Moose Lake-Willow River at home on Tuesday, May 23, and lost both games. After three innings, Moose Lake-Willow River (MSLK) was up 7-0. However, the Vikings scored three in the fourth, two in the sixth and one run in the seventh and lost 11-6. The Vikings recorded four hits in the game.... READ MORE >
The Cook County High School boys’ baseball team beat Northwoods 8-2 and then lost 10-0 to Cherry on May 30 in the first and second round of the Section 7A play-offs. With the first game win the Vikings were guaranteed two more games, however, their next loss will drop them from the play-offs. Kole Anderson pitched 6.1 innings to take... READ MORE >
Several boys and one girl qualified to run in the Section meet based on their finishes at Section 7A- Sub-Section North track meet held May 25 at Mesabi East High School. The top six in each event qualified for the Section meet. Ryan Christiansen, 12th grade, won the 100 meters with a time of 11.92. MaCoy Fairbanks, 8th grade, finished... READ MORE >
When the building burned that housed Sydney’s Frozen Custard & Wood Fired Pizza this April, it looked like it would be a long summer with no frozen custard, Vienna hot dogs, gyros, salads, sundaes, etc. But owner Bruce Block has come up with a new version of Sydney’s. Bruce has leased the old Joynes parking lot and is installing a... READ MORE >
Awesome! Stupendous! Fun! These words may be a bit understated to use to describe the day the Cook County Kool Cats had at the Special Olympics Minnesota Track and Field Day. Melissa Oberg who teaches special education at I.S.D. 166 filed this report. “Congrats to the Cool Cats for a victory at the Special Olympics, Minnesota Track and Field Event... READ MORE >
Between make-up games lost to weather and regularly scheduled games, the Vikings boys’ baseball team has been jam-packed over the last week. And all of those games seem to be good tonic for the team as their errors have gone down, hitting has improved and pitching become much more solid which has led them to some much-needed wins. Vikings topple... READ MORE >
It was good day for Cook County runners at the Superior Spring Trail races sponsored by Rocksteady Running as Joey Chemlik won the 25k race and his former high school track and cross country coach April Wahlstrom won the women’s division of the 12k race. 25K, 297 entrants Joey Chmelik, 27, Grand Marais, took first place in the Superior Spring... READ MORE >
Wednesday, May17 was a celebration of hard work paying off for a lot of the 2023 senior graduating class as academic/sport, and scholarship awards were given out at the ACA. The following high school kids were honored at the ceremony for their accomplishments over their high school careers or in some cases, for participating in activities that qualified for state... READ MORE >
