Cook County Higher Education (CCHE) received a $70,000 grant from the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation for the 2023-24 academic year. The grant is comprised of two components: a $40,000 grant for tuition scholarships for Cook County residents enrolled in long distance educational programs and a $30,000 grant to support CCHE’s student support services.
Age 4 1st – JJ Hawsen 2nd – Oliver Dean 3rd – Joslyn Meyer Age 5 1st – TNG 2nd –Sadie A. 3rd – Segoera S.
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.
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.
Lucky No. 13 We joke, those of us who remain, that the Second Greatest Working-Class Infield was the ‘92 Schlitz team.
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.
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.
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.