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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.

Library set to move back in late Nov.

Work on the new Grand Marais Public Library expansion has gotten to the point where Librarian Linda Chappell can set a move-in target date.

Budgets and buildings dominate county board meeting

The county board met this week and budgets were a big part of the discussion. Building projects were also discussed.