Lake Superior College open house Nov. 4
Are you graduating from high school and thinking about college? Looking to change your career path? Find quality education with affordable tuition at Lake Superior College’s fall open house in Duluth on Thursday, Nov. 4 from 3 to 6 p.m. More than 60 booths will feature information and demonstrations about various college programs. There will also be free chair massages, […]
Fire on the mountain
It is prescribed burn time on the Gunflint Trail and the smoke is haunting. Theactivity levels are unseasonably busy up here with Forest Service vehicles combing the area. The Sea Gull Guard Station looks very full and everything seems to be going well. There are two separate burns taking place in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). One is […]
State preservation agency honors Chik-Wauk work
Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center was one of 16 projects to receive recognition at the 2010 Minnesota Preservation Award ceremony on Sept. 16 in Winona, at the new Laird Norton addition to the Winona County Historical Society. Betty Hemstad, past president and museum chairperson for the Gunflint Trail Historical Society, accepted the award on behalf of the Gunflint Trail Historical […]
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, Oct. 11 8:30 a.m., Schroeder: Caller caught a man using the showers at Lamb’s Resort. […]
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 […]
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 $150 and/or 10 days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. Douglas R. Mason, 56, Prairie […]
Prescribed burns cover the county with smoke
Thelong process of cleaning up the hazardous fuels left behind after the July 4, 1999 windstorm downed 477,000 acres of trees in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) continued this week as the US Forest Service conducted several prescribed burns. At press time, the Meeds and Dawkins prescribed burns were winding down after several days of sending plumes of […]
Fiber to the home project assessments begin countywide
The work to bring fiber optic broadband Internet to homes and businesses throughout the county began this week. Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc.’s fiber to the home (FTTH) project began October 19 as Pulse Broadband workers started assessing AECI’s power lines on the north and south ends of the Gunflint Trail in Grand Marais. Arrowhead’s Joe Buttweiler said workers will be […]
Senator Franken visits Cook County to learn about local issues
Jane HowardSenator Al Franken had a beautiful day for a drive through Cook County on Friday, October 15, 2010. He met with officials in Grand Portage and Grand Marais before joining senators Amy Klobuchar and James Oberstar at the Lake County courthouse in Two Harbors to celebrate broadband coming up the North Shore. At the suggestion of Senator Franken’s office, Mayor […]