Doug Tuttle of Grand Marais has qualified for the 2011 winter quarter dean’s list at the Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis. Nearly 390 students are included by upholding a 3.5 grade point average or higher. Tuttle is in the Electrical Construction & Maintenance Technologytronics Technology program. Founded in 1914, Dunwoody College of Technology is the only private, not-for-profit technical […]
Spring showers
There was the unfamiliar sound of thunder rumbling in the distance last night. A true sign that spring is upon us. The golf ball-sized hail and 60 mile per hour winds that were forecasted fell a little short of the mark, but the storm had plenty of strength nonetheless. I called a friend up at Sea Gull Lake when I […]
Ice fishing Scouts enjoy day on Moss Lake
The early morning of the annual Boy Scout Troop 167 ice fishing trip seems to always start off cold, but that is expected— along with dreams of good fishing and catching the big one. This year the Boy Scouts invited the Cub Scouts to join us for the day and enjoy fishing on the frozen lake through holes in the […]
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 […]
Making tracks through the backwoods
This winter brought a lot of snow to the Northland. Stan Tull lives pretty far off the beaten track, about a mile past the portion of Murmur Creek Road that the county plows. Every year, the private road he shares with his neighbor Jim Malters gets narrower and narrower as winter goes on, and eventually, he’s been reduced to getting […]
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, April 41:49 p.m., Grand Marais: Ambulance and FirstResponders called out to help a heart attackvictim.Tuesday, April […]
