Homage to Librarians
I probably shouldn't be writing my first letter to the editor with this brain fog, but write I must. I find myself a week+ into COVID. Zero stars. It's my first time so I know I'm lucky on many levels.
COUNTY CONNECTIONS
In Cook County this fall we watched the beautiful leaves turn color and fall and had an above average temperature deer season. But as the air turns crisp, we know that a Minnesota winter is soon on the way. Even though we are hearty northlanders, it’s a good time to refresh our cold weather skills and ensure that we are prepared for winter challenges.
Frank Junior Fredlund ‘Coach’
December 22, 1932 – November 8, 2023 Frank was born to Frank and Clara (Jary) Fredlund in Bear River, MN. He graduated from Alango High School in 1950. He attended Hibbing Community College for two years, served in the U.S. Army from 1953-55, and then earned his master’s degree from St. Cloud State.
Honor Roll
Robert Christianson MaKai Fairbanks Karis Ford Elias Monson Brooklyn Nelson Lucas Peters Aitan Seim Mali Sheils Liam Smith Elizabeth Anderson Sophia Christianson River Foster August Gulstrand Charlie Hackett Jadin Kimball Jenessa Kimball Bennito Mendivil Ty Mielke Bea Mueller Lucas Oberg Alexander Rodriguez Wyatt Sandstorm Lucille Walters Carter Watkins 8th Grade Jorjah Backstrom Shelby Bissell Lucas Hackett Scarlet Higgins Alivia Higgins Rolan King Justin LaBoda Hazel Liechty Ava Niemeyer Jeremy Swanson 9th grade Leah Belmore Ashlyn Childs Ayden DeRosier MaCoy Fairbanks General Higgins Lute Jansen Adam Oberg Dylan O’Brien Devan Rude Avery Sjoberg Kadence Swader 10th Grade Tobias Anderson Parker Backstrom Sofi Boen Bear Foster Jack LaBoda Edward Larson Alexis Plummer Adalin Roberts Sophia Sheehan Landon Sheils Nicholas Spry Rio Tersteeg Amber Theiner 11th Grade Tucker Berglund Kendra Berglund Jeffery Burton Wyatt Clay Anakwad Redix Hunter Rex Rohan Rude Isaac Schmidt Cade Smith Elsa Sorensen Finnley Taylor Chandler Young Reuben Youngdahl 12th Grade Calvin Battees Ian Brooks Arlo Christiansen Taylor Everson Amos Falter Wyatt Hadley Weston Higgins Kamryn Johnson Amery Oberg Brayden Schmidt Ryan Shannon ISD 166 High Honor Roll for fall quarter 6th grade Lindy Dix Liam Gillespie Lucy Kartes Nico Tersteeg 7th grade Landon Berglund Trygve King Dwight Likiaksa Leif Lindstrom Jack Radloff Waylon Sjoberg Anthony Waver Aubrey Williams 8th grade Ella Hallberg Garrett Plummer Kaitlyn Shannon Lilija Smith 9th grade Lauren Berglund Ian Cooley Talon DeBoer Anni Dix Kajsa Ekstrom Ethan Fish Noah Gregg Sophia Lindstrom Sidney Litterest Brianna Monson Eero Moody Grant Oberg Graham Oberholtzer Cole Pederson Elias Pszwaro Paitence Sifferath 10th Grade Emma Crook Georgi Dimitrov Ben Fitzgerald-Wells Ruby Gulstrand Zoe Kacures Hans Mehlhaff Maya Rodriguez Mary June Wharton Grete Youngdahl 11th grade Jordan Backstrom Grace Blomberg Kaj Erickson MaTaya Fairbanks Claire Lindstrom Molly Quello Knut Remmem Noah Smith Frances Surbaugh 12th grade Kalina Dimitrova Raymond Dressely Wren Ferry Kyla Knapper Cy Oberholtzer Robert Rodriguez Trinity Rude Genevieve Silence Maggie Smith Siena Woerheide .
Dexter Blood and Isaiah Deschampe win Buck’s Big Buck contest
It’s been a year of few deer in Cook County. Many deer hunters are coming away empty, reporting few sightings of bucks in the firearm portion of the Minnesota deer hunting season.
Let’s make some toys!
This month, area libraries will be offering Handmade Toy Take & Create Art Kits as the Arrowhead Library System’s (ALS) newest Legacy event, available December 4-30. This art experience, created by 321 Art Studio, explores toy making for beginners.
Peck just misses a double-double
Katie Peck scored ten points and pulled down nine rebounds in the Minnesota North-Mesabi Range Lady Norse basketball home opener. The Lady Norse lost 62-55 to Bay College.
Lutsen Trailbreakers received a grant that will help finance the building of a washed-out snowmobile bridge
On Thursday, November 16, Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII) announced it was giving donations of more than $100,000 to off-road vehicles (ORV), all-terrain vehicles (ATV), and snowmobile organizations across the United States and Canada as a part of its TRAILS GRANTS program.
The community is still left wondering why Dr. Dahlman was fired
Approximately 60 people crowded into the hospital board's meeting room last Thursday morning to learn why a doctor with 39 years of service was terminated. On November 1, 2023, Dr. Bruce Dahlman was told by Wapitit Medical Staffing, Health Care Agency, that he would no longer be employed. Located in Milbank, South Dakota, Wapiti hires emergency room doctors to serve at North Shore Health and other rural hospitals in the upper Midwest.
Grand Portage Hat Point Ferry Terminal to undergo a major rebuild
Even though there wasn't a golden shovel on site, a tremendous 'groundbreaking' ceremony was held on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, to acknowledge the culmination of nine years of planning and work to ensure that the Grand Portage Hat Point Ferry Terminal would get rebuilt.