Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding 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 […]
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, Aug. 23 3:51 a.m., Grand Marais: A deer was struck and killed by a vehicle on […]
Memorial flagpole plans still up in the air
Plans to put up a memorial flagpole in Harbor Park are still up in the air. Gene Erickson, who is spearheading the effort to erect the flagpole memorializing Richard Joynes, visited Grand Marais City Council Aug. 25 to discuss the situation and make a formal request. Erickson explained that he and a group of Joynes’ friends who regularly get together […]
Gravel storage may reduce Tofte paving bill
The Tofte town board decided to try to meet with KGM Contractors Inc. construction manager Keith Line regarding a bill of approximately $13,900 it sent to the township for paving it completed this summer. KGM had agreed to do $30,000 worth of paving in exchange for being allowed to store 30,000 yards of blasted rock on the township’s old airstrip. […]
Forest Service monitoring Lizard Lake wildfire
U.S. Forest Service firefighting planes are again being seen over the Northland as a wildfire burns in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), 1½ miles north of Long Island Lake and 1 mile south of Dawkins Lake on the Gunflint Trail, approximately one mile from the Gunflint Trail. At press time on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, the Forest Service […]
Superintendent suggests broadband could help ISD 166 compete
Superintendent Beth Schwarz reported to the ISD 166 school board Wednesday, August 18, 2010 that thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Blandin Foundation, the county is seeking proposals for projects that would demonstrate how ultra high speed Internet (“broadband”) could benefit the community, and the school could be one of the prime projects. Schwarz showed the board a diagram […]
Grand Marais man injured in motorcycle accident
Cook County Law Enforcement received a call from Naniboujou Lodge at 4:41 p.m. on Monday, August 16, reporting an accident in front of the lodge on Highway 61. Hovland and Colvill Fire Departments, First Responders, and Cook County Ambulance were called and arrived on the scene to transport Tim Miller, 46, of Grand Marais, to Cook County North Shore Hospital. […]
Heeren purchases Swanson Law
Slipping into a conversation with Baiers Heeren is as easy as slipping into a favorite easy chair: warm and comfortable. For those of you who don’t know Baiers, he is the new owner of Heeren (pronounced Herron) Swanson Law firm. “We’re glad to be back,” said Heeren. Baiers and his wife, Allison, their two children Anna, a first grader, and […]
