Local News
Volleyball Vikings advance in post season play
-Despite some mental errors and missed cues, the Cook County Vikings won their Section 7-A volleyball playoff opener last night to set them up with a showdown with the Silver Bay Mariners.
Football Vikings advance in post season play
-The Cook County Vikings football team is travelling to highly regarded Deer River Saturday for a 2 PM semi-final round Section 7-A playoff game.
Volleyball Vikes start post season play tonight
-At 7 p.m. tonight, the Vikings’ number-one seeded volleyball team hosts the second round match in Section 7-A playoffs. The 18 and 2 Cook County team will host 10-17-and-1 Duluth Marshall.
Nice fall, but we could get a tough winter -- La Nina
-It’s officially fall, but the weather has been accommodating. Maybe not so much this winter when we can expect cold weather and lots of snow.
Playoffs start tonight at home
-The football season gets really serious tonight when the 6 and 1 Cook County Vikings host the 2 and 5 Mesabi East Giants in the first round of Section 7-A playoffs in Grand Marais.
Border Patrol could be exempted from environmental laws
Associated Press (AP)-House Republicans want to give the U.S. Border Patrol unprecedented authority to ignore 36 environmental laws on federal land in a 100-mile zone along the Canadian and Mexican borders.
Football and volleyball post-season home games this week
-The Cook County Vikings open Section 7-A football and volleyball playoffs this week with action at home in Grand Marais.
Weekend News Roundup for Oct. 22
-Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories they’ve been following this week.
School board meets in Grand Portage to talk cooperation
-The ISD166 school board on Tuesday met in Grand Portage.
Post season puts winning Vikings on the field and the court
-The Cook County Viking football team heads into the playoffs at the top of the Great Polar Red with a perfect 6 and 0 record and a 6 and 1 regular season record.