I don’t like sending my money to Washington, D.C. so career politicians can build airports and bridges we don’t need and put their names on them. I don’t like sending my money to St. Paul so less famous but equally entrenched politicians can fund programs that spend more on their own operations than on the people they were intended to […]
School gets financial gifts
With declining revenue and results of the upcoming local levy referendum uncertain, donations to the school district are a welcome blessing, superintendent Beth Schwarz said to the school board at its Oct. 13 meeting. And gifts this month were abundant, noted Schwarz. Arrowhead Electric gave $3,000 to the mobile computer lab and also kicked in another $500 for the Knowledge […]
Community Foundation announces new scholarship
Sue Riley remembers her husband’s love for life and education fondly. “Dan was a lifelong learner,” she says. “He was always supportive of the young people we knew pursuing their dreams through education.” And now, thanks to Sue’s efforts to keep her husband’s legacy alive, a new scholarship is available in Cook County for high school seniors pursuing a liberal […]
Local metalsmith combines art with function
What has six roots that look like they’re standing on tiptoe, is made of 2,000 linear feet of steel, and weighs about 300 pounds? A bike rack, of course! Thanks to an Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Art for the Bikes grant, Cook County artist and metalsmith Don Hammer was commissioned by Cook County Higher Education to create a functional piece […]
Banadad volunteers clean up in prescribed burn areas
Banadad Trail Association members and volunteers were out in force clearing the Banadad Ski Trail this past weekend. Twenty-five volunteers worked 250 hours clearing over 13 miles of trails, including the seven miles within the US Forest Service’s Mead and Dawkin prescribed burn areas. Trail clearing work was coordinated with the Forest Service. Volunteers report only one 2,000-foot section along […]
Comments wanted on state parks and trails
A draft strategic plan outlining goals and priorities for the Minnesota State Parks and Trails system is now available. The 30-day public review period began Friday, Oct. 22. The draft plan, which lays out the direction for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Division of Parks and Trails from 2011 to 2020, focuses on the division’s state park, state […]
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. 18 1:04 a.m., Grand Marais: Deer struck by a vehicle on County Road 7 […]
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. Tyler Wilson Drake, 21, Eden […]
