Nordic skiers thrive despite lack of snow
JEANNE WRIGHT There is a sense that time speeds up during this point in the nordic ski season. It is easy to feel that there just isn't enough time to teach, to practice, to just ski.
Gunflint Mail run cancelled for 2024
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.'
Vikings fall to Mesabi East Giants 62-49, defeat Floodwood in a romp
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.
Tim Cochrane has been nominated for a 2024 Minnesota Book Award
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.
Moving on
What can we do? Many of you are relieved at this winter’s untimely delay, but I’m not. I love winter.
Lehto & Wright coming to the ACA
The North Shore Music Association welcomes Lehto & Wright to the Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais on February 10 at 7:00 p.m. Lehto & Wright is a MN-based folk-rock and progressive rock band who first performed in 1999.
Superior National Forest’s Employee Awarded with new Memorial Award for excellence in coordinating partners for shared land management and conservation work
In 2023, the Superior had over 1,000 volunteers, contributing over 6,000 hours of project work. Outstanding partnership coordination by Superior’s recreation and wilderness staff was celebrated by honoring Jon Benson, receipt of the Inaugural Michael Manlove Memorial Award by the Boundary Waters Advisory Committee The Superior National Forest’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) at over 1 million acres contains 2,000 wilderness campsites,1,200 miles of canoe routes, and 12 hiking trails.
Ski teams rock!
The Cook County Alpine ski boys' and girls' ski teams had three races over the Martin Luther King weekend: Two at Giants Ridge on Saturday and one on Monday at Mont Du Lac. The two meets at Giants Ridge are called the MLK Invite.
Matters of Record
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