At press time, Mike Link and Kate Crowley—the “Lake Superior walkers”— had nearly reached their destination. On the day this newspaper hits the stands—September 18—they will complete their 1,525-mile shoreline circumnavigation of Lake Superior. The Cook County News-Herald, after being notified by several county residents of the walkers’ whereabouts, caught up with them at Java Moose in Grand Marais. The […]
Izaak Walton League honors Phyllis Green
The Izaak Walton League of America, a national leader in community-based conservation, presented Phyllis Green of Houghton, Mich., with its prestigious Honor Roll Award. Green received the award at the League’s July annual convention in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the conservation of America’s natural and renewable resources. As superintendent of Isle Royale National Park in Michigan, Phyllis Green […]
Forest Service facilitating Boy Scout service project
Note to Cook County merchants for your spring ordering: stock up on candy bars and Gatorade. The Order of the Arrow is coming, and that means 500-700 Boy Scouts will descend on the community with lots of hunger and thirst as they tackle several trail projects on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) land in Grand Marais, on Maple Hill, and in […]
Wolf delisting considered again
After three failed attempts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is again considering whether to remove the gray wolf from federal protection in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Spurred by petitions from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and others, the federal agency has opened a public comment period and is expected to issue a recommendation in six months. The Fish […]
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, Sept. 6 8:04 a.m., Grand Marais: Four cows were seen walking down County Road 7, almost […]
Statewide DWI crackdown nets 1,775 arrests
An 18-day statewide enhanced DWI enforcement effort conducted Aug. 20 through Sept. 6 resulted in the arrest of 1,775 motorists. Preliminary DWI arrest totals were reported to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Office of Traffic Safety by 332 law enforcement agencies. Consequences for a DWI include loss of license for up to a year, up to $20,000 in legal […]
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 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 […]
Arrowhead Electric receives funding for broadband project
Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) learned on September 13, 2010 that it would be the recipient of $16,137,484 in grants and low interest loans from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help provide fiber optic connections to residential and commercial members of AECI and in the City of Grand Marais. According to AECI Assistant Manager Jeanne Muntean, the money […]