Last week the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced its 2008 ATV Safety Training Instructor of the Year. This year’s recipient of the statewide award is Richard “Dick” Parker of Grand Marais. Parker received his award before the youth ATV safety field testing at the old airfield at Devil Track Lake on Saturday, May 16. Cook County ATV Club... READ MORE >
The Arbor Day Foundation’s recently updated Conservation Trees booklet is now available for a $3 donation to the nonprofit tree-planting organization. The booklet is designed to help people plant and care for trees, and features illustrations, colorful photos and easy-to-follow text. Included also are tips on how to use shade trees and windbreaks to save on energy costs, attract songbirds,... READ MORE >
The Cook County baseball team had a rare week off from Section 7A competition, so the Vikings scheduled a doubleheader with a club team from Thunder Bay on Tuesday May 12. TheThunder Bay club team is a collection of their area’s best baseball players who are 19 years of age or younger. In the first game, Sammy Warren took the... READ MORE >
Carly Puch makes a grab in centerfield at a recent home games. The Cook County softball season came to an end in Floodwood on Tuesday, May 19. In the first round of the Section 7A playoffs, the Vikings lost a closely contested game to the Polar Bears, 3-5. Cook County was up against Floodwood’s ace sophomore pitcher, Molly Johnsen. In... READ MORE >
The Cook County Tennis Association held its annual Cook County Tennis Block Party Saturday, May 2, at the Cook County public tennis courts. This was also part of a nationwide celebration of Tennis Month (May). Fifty participants enjoyed the fun tennis activities, free barbecue lunch, and prizes, despite some cooler temperatures. Kathy Bolstad started things off by leading the whole... READ MORE >
The Cook County golf team has had a very busy spring, competing in six events during the past three weeks. Jake Sivertson and Kipp Sande have been a consistent “onetwo” punch for the Vikings’ boys’ team while Erica Borson and Tara Austin have continued to improve for the girls. On April 30, the girls’ team traveled to Giants Ridge to... READ MORE >
Walleye Releases Robi Wayne Minnetonka 30 1/2″ Saganaga Lake Mike Berg Grand Marais 29″, Saganaga Lake Ken Peters White Bear Lake 28 1/2″ Saganaga Lake... READ MORE >
A pleasant surprise greeted North Shore residents as they passed the Grand Marais harbor in the early hours of Tuesday, May 12. The U.S. Corps of Engineers, with Derrick Barge H.J. Schwartz and the tug Hammond Bay, as well as two barges piled high with boulders, were hard at work repairing the outer breakwall on the west side of the... READ MORE >
Despite a last-minute wave of protests, the Cook County commissioners voted 4-1 May 12 to accept the recommendations of the kennel committee, putting in place an ordinance governing kennel operations. However, the board promised to rework or redefine some of ” its zoning classifications in an effort to clear up the issues left unresolved by the new dog ordinance. The... READ MORE >
Preliminary autopsy results for Quincy Adam Pederson, a robbery suspect who died after his vehicle crashed when he was fleeing from law enforcement on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, have determined that the 38-year-old man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sheriff Mark Falk said today that the St. Louis County Medical Examiner reported that there were no other gunshot wounds.... READ MORE >
