Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are lawabiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers(CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all to […]
Call 211 for help
The United Way is an umbrella organization for numerous groups and agencies that provide assistance. The United Way recently enacted a special, easy-to-remember, phone number to help people in need—2-1-1. Similar to 911 for emergencies and 411 for directory assistance, 211 can be called from any landline and the individual will be connected to a trained call specialist who can […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Sunday, May 3 1:42 a.m., Grand Marais: Grand Marais man, 36, arrested for fourth-degree driving while intoxicated. […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $100 and/or 10 days in jail. All fines have additional surcharges and fees and may be much higher. It is the Cook County News- Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for […]
Unorganized Territory
A simple rearrangementAs readers know, I am on a lifelong quest to be more organized. I joke that I am unorganized because I grew up in the unorganized tax district of Grand Marais. I don’t know if that is the reason I tend to be scattered, but I am forever trying to get my life in order. I keep hoping that […]
the good news
Together with ChristThe shock Kay and DeeAnn must have felt can hardly be imagined. The two 56-year-old women did not know each other, even though their mothers were neighbors and they were born on the same day in the same hospital. Recently, the two met for the first time to resolve a mystery and put away rumors once and for all. […]
Historical Reflections
In a recent Taste of Home, our food columnist Sandy Holthaus asked about the origin of the name of Devil’s Track Lake in Grand Marais. Sandy shared the story she had heard, that the lake received its name when a one-legged trapper left an unusual trail of tracks—one snowshoe, one imprint from a peg leg. According to folklore, the Ojibwe […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · May 17, 1999 • About 25 people braved the wind and cold of Tuesday to meet and greet two members from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources who were in town to discuss the possibility of a large grant from the DNR to assist with the purchase of Gene’s Standard property by the city of Grand […]
OVER THE HILL
Even the Robin Looks DepressedIn the tradition of the great naturalist, Edwin Way Teale, I kept a short journal in which I documented the South Shore of Devil Track Lake’s journey into spring. Winter has outstayed its welcome in this little microclimate. I’ve lived in northern Minnesota long enough to know that a cold snap in May is not rare, but this is getting […]