Vikings start season with Blue & White scrimmage
The 2009 Cook County High School football season has finally arrived! All summer the weather felt like a football game would break out at any moment, but instead we sports junkies huddled together watching baseball and softball in weather fitting for football or perhaps skiing! However, now that football season is here the weather has turned rather baseball like. Full Story
School's In!
Ringing in the new school year! Birch Grove Community School rang in the 2009-2010 school year on Tuesday, September 1, the first day of school. Full Story
Gunflint Trail Historical Society gearing up for Chik-Wauk opening
The Gunflint Trail Historical Society has reached Membership Chairman Lee Zopff's goal of 500 - with five extra members to spare. The mood at the society's Monday, August 31, 2009 picnic at the future home of the Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center was celebratory. Full Story
Railroads once abundant in Arrowhead region
Todd Lindahl knows a lot about railroads. He also knows a lot about the old days of logging in northeastern Minnesota, and he has been collecting information on the relationship between the logging industry and railroads for the last 40 years. Full Story
Invasion of earthworms?
Citizen volunteers needed for research along the North Shore
The hunt is on for invading earthworms in North Shore parks and wayside rests. In late August, scientists searched the forest floor for visual indicators that non-native earthworms might be having an effect on this ecosystem. Full Story
Bakk receives another Legislator award
State Sen. Tom Bakk, DFLCook, was presented with two 2009 Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities' (CGMC) Legislator of Distinction Awards on Land Use and Tax Policy on July 31. Bakk was recognized for his positive impact on land use and annexation reforms guiding state tax policy, and leadership in crafting the 2009 Omnibus Tax Bill. Full Story
Who are our elected officials?
By popular demand, we are once again running contact information for our elected officials. If you want to talk to decision makers—from our county commissioners to the President of the United States, here's how: Full Story
Mert Kvelland's blueberry picking adventure
Mert Kvelland is a very determined blueberry picker. Three broken ribs and a collapsed lung didn't stop him from picking the last of his three quarts of berries as he crept back to his car after falling backwards onto a log Saturday, August 15, 2009. Full Story
DNR seeks comments on state park rules
If you camp in a state park, hunt in a state forest, or bicycle in a state recreation area, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) would like to hear from you by Sept. 30. The DNR also hopes to hear from geocachers, antler collectors, and others who visit Minnesota state parks, state forests, state recreation areas, and state waysides. Full Story
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