On March 20, Senator Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook) formally ended his bid to receive the 2010 DFL endorsement for governor. Bakk made his announcement at the St. Louis County DFL Convention. Bakk said he hopes his campaign slogan of “jobs, jobs, jobs” will stay at the forefront of the gubernatorial race. “As a carpenter who ran out of unemployment in the […]
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This fox looks as agile as a cat on the edge of this birdbath. Sandy Updyke imagined the fox might be thinking, “If the deer can get a drink out of this thing, then so can I!” Updyke’s Hovland neighbors enjoy the photos she captures of area wildlife.
County fiber optic saga continues
Thepursuit of delivering fiber optic to almost every Cook County home has met with a new twist, but new twists are becoming routine. “Every time the phone rings we get a new piece of information,” Cook County Information Systems Director Danna MacKenzie told the county board on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. MacKenzie reported that the Northeast Service Cooperative of Mt. […]
School board hears pleas to save the best teachers
TheISD 166 school board opened its St. Patrick’s Day 2010 meeting with a standing-room-only crowd in front of it. On the agenda was a vote to start the process of placing teachers on unrequested leaves of absence in the face of declining enrollment and budget shortfalls. Some people were there to address teacher layoffs along with other cost-saving measures discussed […]
Termination requested for “Tip of Trail” sale
The “Tip of the Trail,” a 5.6- acre parcel of land at the end of the Gunflint Trail, has been the center of controversy for more than a decade, and disagreement over the property continues with a court date scheduled for June 8, 2010 to determine whether title concerns should terminate the current contract for sale. The scenic resort on […]
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. Monday, March 8 11:32 a.m., Grand Marais: Report that the Howlin’ Wolf was broken into. The back […]
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 items […]
Census facts about Cook County
In 2008, 78.3% of Cook County residents owned their home, a percentage greater than the statewide average of 74.6%. Median household income for that year was $46,406 versus $57,318 for the rest of the state, however. Some 9.1% of Cook County residents fell below the poverty line while 9.6% percent lived below poverty levels throughout Minnesota. These and other interesting […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few who 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 […]
Cook County Math Masters finish in top ten
Is it cool to be good at math? You bet! The Cook County sixth grade Math Masters teams went to the regional competition in Superior, Wisconsin Friday, March 12 and did not feel nerdy at all. Thetwo Cook County Middle School teams of five kids finished third and seventh out of 30 teams from around the northland. Joe Rauzi was […]