Vikings fall to Mountain Iron-Buhl

Brian Larsen The Cook County High School football team opened its season at home on Friday, August 31, and lost 66-14 to Mountain Iron-Buhl (MIB) last year’s 9-Player State Champions. Rohan Rude, who is listed as a running back, outside linebacker and middle linebacker, was named Offensive Player of the Game for the Vikings.

Football team takes the field

Viking Head Football Coach Steven Anderson welcomed 25 kids to Viking football practice this fall. Assistant coaches alongside Anderson are Theo Rex, Mike Theisman.

Cook County Historical Alliance

In February 2022, four of the Historical Societies in Cook County (Schroeder Area Historical Society (SAHS), Tofte Historical Society (THS), Cook County Historical Society (CCHS), and the Gunflint Trail Historical Society (GTHS)) entered into a planning process to form an Alliance.

Ballet Magnificat! Presents

Experience one of Ballet Magnificat!’s most popular and longest touring ballets, Deliver Us! Set to the music of Dreamworks’ The Prince of Egypt, this riveting story will jump off the stage and into your life! Under the blazing Egyptian sun within the shadow of the pyramids, the enslaved Jewish people cry out for a deliverer. One man, Moses, challenges Pharaoh and leads the people to freedom - a vivid prophetic picture pointing to the Easter story of what Jesus Christ did on Calvary.

GSA awards $6.8 million for construction manager as advisor for Grand Portage, Minnesota, Land Port of entry modernization and expansion

Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the announcement is part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a contract for construction management and commissioning services in support of the Land Port of Entry (LPOE) modernization project in Grand Portage, Minnesota.

Cook County Higher Education Director Karen Blackburn

Photos courtesy of Malorie Brazell Cook County Higher Education Director Karen Blackburn and Visit Cook County/Cook County Grand Marais Chamber Director Linda Jurek (holding the winning ticket) announce that 1973 Cook County High School graduate Clayton Rindahl had won the bright red 16’ Greyduck Clearwater Canoe. On August 23rd, the Cook County Chamber of Commerce hosted their first Chamber Membership Drive Kickoff BBQ.