In the 20th Century the development of new infrastructure helped turn the United States into the greatest superpower the world has ever seen. Electrifying rural America, providing phone service, the interstate highway system, airports for the jet age, even opening the Great Lakes to the oceans of the globe with the St. Lawrence Seaway gave our society mobility for people […]
Metro area hunters charged with illegal shooting
Three men from the Metro area in a blue Ford extended cab pick-up were spotted allegedly shooting a deer off Devil Track Road at 2:12 p.m. on Sunday, November 8. The reporting party was a neighbor of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officer Darin Fagerman and he reported that the deer was shot at the end of the […]
Landlocked property owner seeks access through land trade
Part-time Cook County resident John Scheef has a piece of land he would like to develop, but he can’t get to it. On Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Scheef proposed to the county board that they try to obtain a large piece of U.S. Forest Service property adjacent to his land so the county could grant him access to his property. […]
Woman found dead in hospital parking lot
A Grand Marais woman, Lorna “Micky” Vale Shell, 82, apparently committed suicide outside the Cook County North Shore Hospital on November 4. A nurse at North Shore Hospital called Cook County Law Enforcement at 12:36 a.m. reporting a person on the ground outside the emergency room entrance, next to a white car. The car was registered to Shell and it […]
Veterans Day concert–a moving tribute
A large contingent of local veterans assembled with Cook County Schools student body and staff for a Veterans Day concert by the Cook County High School band Wednesday, November 11, 2009. “It is our responsibility as citizens to say thank you to our veterans,” Principal Gwen Carman said before the music began. Pastor Mark Ditmanson, who emceed the event, stated […]
Spontaneous coal combustion causes fire at Minnesota Power
Schroeder, Tofte, and Silver Bay fire departments as well as the Tofte Rescue Squad and Cook County Ambulance responded to a fire in the coal bunker at Minnesota Power at Taconite Harbor Energy Center Thursday, November 5. The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office received a call at 5:42 a.m., with the caller reporting that the fire was contained but still […]
What to do when you seen an emergency vehicle approaching
Do you know what you are supposed to do when you are driving and see an emergency vehicle approaching with its lights on? Are you sure you know? What’s the first thing you should do? According to Cook County Sheriff Mark Falk, “Don’t panic.” People do it all the time, he said, often slamming on their brakes. Falk said drivers […]
Narrowband radio to improve emergency communication
Governmental agencies in Cook County have had many occasions to work together – Cook County Law Enforcement and U.S. Forest Service during the Ham Lake Fire, U.S. Coast Guard and the Cook County ambulance service for water rescues, Border Patrol and state highway patrol for law enforcement actions, First Responders and fire departments during fires, etc. A new Federal Communications […]
Benefit for fire victim
A benefit is being planned for John R. “Ivan” Pederson, who was severely injured on Saturday, October 17, by an explosion and fire at his home at 183 County Road 60 in Grand Marais. He remains hospitalized at the Hennepin County Medical Center burn center. The benefit will be held Friday, November 20 at the Harbor Light Supper Club from […]