Praying for rain
During the past three or four football seasons, we have dealt with an over-used football field that produces weeds and a barren dirt center way too early in our season. By the time the playoffs start, we are playing on a dirt track with whatever remaining grass we have left on the sidelines. It is safe to say that we had a field that didn’t measure up to any of our conference rivals. Full Story
Gunflint Hills – Lions Scramble a foggy success
Staff reports
Despite foggy weather, the first Gunflint Hills - Lions Club Three Person Scramble Tournament on Sunday, September 13 was a great success. Over 60 golfers turned out to play 18 holes and take a chance at a $10,000 hole-in-one. Full Story
Viking volleyball rolling on the road
The Viking volleyball team was busy last week with back-to-back away games at Lake View Christian Academy
on September 14 and Wrenshall on
September 15, then after a few days of
practices at home, they were back on the road traveling to Barnum to play in a tournament hosted by Barnum. Full Story
Ogilvie rematch tough on Vikings
Well, Vikings fans, there’s really no way to sugar coat the 52-8 loss suffered by the Vikings at the hands of the Ogilvie Lions at Lyle Anderson Field, on Friday, September 18. It was a loss the likes of which hasn’t been witnessed or experienced by Vikings players and fans at Cook County High School for a long time. Full Story
Hotter than July
Stevie Wonder sang about it and he could not have been further from the truth—at least for this summer. July was cold, wet, and windy and now we are seeing some hot and miserably humid days in the last week of September. It is still better than the sleet and rain we are used to seeing this time of the year, but not by much. Full Story
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows
that the majority of sportsmen and women are
law-abiding folks, there are a few who run
afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers.
Periodically, the DNR provides a report of
some of the miscreants the Conservation
Officers (CO) have encounter Full Story
Photo
Photo by Joe Carlson Marian Kimball of Grand Marais had a great day fishing with Joe Carlson of Joe’s Inland Fishing Service. Full Story
Bear season continues
At press time, the following bears had been registered at local stations:
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