High school seniors throughout northeastern and north central Minnesota who plan to major in math or science in college are encouraged to apply for a scholarship from the Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund. Applications are now available and can be completed online at www. futurestakeflight.com. Theapplication period continues through Jan. 15, 2010. To be considered for a scholarship,... READ MORE >
Birch Grove Community School has received a $750 grant from the ExxonMobile Educational Alliance program to support the school. Paul Goettl of Clearview General Store in Lutsen worked with the school administration to secure the grant. The grants were made possible by funding from the ExxonMobile Corporation. The ExxonMobile Educational Alliance program is designed to provide Exxon and Mobile retailers... READ MORE >
Stacey Anderson of Two Harbors, a registered dental hygenist, has received the 2009 Cherokee “Inspired Comfort Award,” in recognition of her work to establish a dental health program to prevent and reduce dental disease among uninsured children. Children in kindergarten and first grade at Sawtooth Elementary School in Grand Marais are beneficiaries of the program known as “Just Kids Dental... READ MORE >
Biodiversity Project’s Great Lakes Forever program and Budweiser have announced the winners of this year’s photography contest to select the best professional and amateur photographs of the Great Lakes. Thegrand prize winners in both categories will have their original photographs printed on the 2009 Great Lakes Forever/Budweiser beer coasters to be distributed to bars and restaurants in eight Great Lakes... READ MORE >
One of the many benefits of living in the northland is being able to go out to the forest to cut your own Christmas tree. The ritual of hiking through the woods with your family and choosing your personal tree from among the millions of spruce, fir, and pine can greatly enrich a holiday season. However, there are rules to... READ MORE >
Deer rifle season closed Sunday, November 22, and a new winner has been named in the Buck’s Hardware Big Buck Contest. Paul Swearingen of Buffalo, MN, who had the lead in the contest for several weeks, was bumped by Treg Axtell of Hovland. Axtell earned the prize for the largest deer with a buck weighing 245 pounds. The prize for... READ MORE >
A holiday tradition will begin after Thanksgiving — the ringing of bells at Salvation Army kettles. This is the only fundraiser enabling Cook County’s Salvation Army service group to provide services in our community. If you could help by spending an hour or two at one of the big red kettles, you will make a critical difference in the outcome... READ MORE >
In just one day, more than $14 million was raised for 3,434 Minnesota nonprofits—many in Cook County—during the first Give to the Max Day on Nov. 17. More than 38,000 donors participated in the day of giving. Every donation made through GiveMN.org—will receive a portion of a $500,000 match. “We are so thankful for the thousands of donors who helped... READ MORE >
Have trouble keeping your hands out of the cookie jar? Then you better not watch the newest WDSE Cooks program “C” is for Cookie! Nineteen area cookie masters prepared their favorite recipes and you can see them all on “C” is for Cookie premiering Saturday, November 28 at 12:30 p.m. on PBS-eight of Duluth. Among them is Deb Steenbakker of... READ MORE >
When the Grand Marais Art Colony held its very successful Empty Bowl Dinner November 12, the beautiful bowls created for the event were made possible by community volunteers—and a grant from the Cook County Community Fund. Some of the soup that filled the bowls came from vegetables grown in the WTIP Community Garden by the “Stone Soup Gardeners, a children’s... READ MORE >
