Kids Tractor Pull – Pedal to the Medal
Age 4 1st – JJ Hawsen 2nd – Oliver Dean 3rd – Joslyn Meyer Age 5 1st – TNG 2nd –Sadie A. 3rd – Segoera S.
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Memories of the Minnesota River mudflats Towards the end of summer there was a place in the river bottoms that all the kids from all the high schools in the cities seemed to know. It was a place in the Mississippi River bottoms in the cities, although few but me of the others knew that it was not the Mississippi, but the Minnesota River, because I paid attention to such things, and if you were young then all you knew was the airport and the great airplane runways over the river, and maybe Interstate 494, possibly Cedar Avenue.
Read MoreJunior Legion Cook County/Silver Bay wins one, loses two in Junior Legion play-offs
The Cook County/ Silver Bay Jr Legion baseball team was up 5-2 after their at bats in the fourth but Ely came storming back to score five in the bottom of the fourth to take a 7-5 lead. It was a deficit the Vikings could never overcome.
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Lucky No. 13 We joke, those of us who remain, that the Second Greatest Working-Class Infield was the ‘92 Schlitz team.
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Exciting upset for The Trail Cup at 2023 Gunflint Trail Canoe Races
Tuscarora/Hungry Jack Outfitters combo takes top prize The Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department is The Real Winner Vi Nelson The predicted rain never came, but several hundred friends, neighbors and guests on the Gunflint Trail were there July 19th for the 2023 Gunflint Trail Canoe Races. They came to Gunflint Lodge to support their favorite racers and the Gunflint Trail Fire Department.
Read More2023 Fisherman’s Picnic Tennis Tournament
With the Fisherman’s Picnic right around the corner the tennis courts at the high school will be very busy as players prepare for the Fisherman’s Picnic tennis tournament. The three-day tourney will be held August 4-6 and will draw top female and male amateur singles and doubles players from all over the state.
Read MoreJunior Legion team powers by Taconite
After the first inning, Taconite led 1-0 over the Cook County/ Silver Bay Legion baseball team, but the boys from Aurora would only lead for a short time. Neither team scored in the second, but the Vikings erupted for ten runs in the third and added one in the fourth and one in the fifth to take a 12-2 win.
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Duclos performs well at the Lumberjack World Championships
In her first year as a professional, Allie Duclos, Lutsen, placed sixth in the Women’s Boom Run and ninth in the Women’s Elite Log rolling competition at the Lumberjack World Championships held in Hayward, Wisconsin from July 20-22.
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Seeds have taken root I cannot stop gardening. We are in the dogs’ days of summer and the early spring cold crops – radishes and beets and lettuces - are coming to an end.
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Exciting upset for The Trail Cup at 2023 Gunflint Trail Canoe Races
Tuscarora/Hungry Jack Outfitters combo takes top prize The Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department is The Real Winner Vi Nelson The predicted rain never came, but several hundred friends, neighbors and…