The announcement wasn’t unexpected, but it had to disappoint area dog mushers when, on Monday, January 29, race officials posted, 'It is with great disappointment that the Board has decided to cancel the 2024 Gunflint Mail Run.'
BRIAN LARSEN The Cook County Boys Vikings varsity basketball team fell to the Mesabi East Giants 62-49 on Tuesday, January 23, in a game played at Aurora. The Vikings were down 22-29 at the half and scored 27 over the second half of play but could not stop the Giants, who put in 33 second-half points.
BRIAN LARSEN Local author Tim Cochrane’s latest book, Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater University of Minnesota Press) is one of four books in that category nominated for an Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction. The announcement came on Monday, January 29, from the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, who listed finalists in all nine categories for the 2024 Minnesota Book Awards.