The board of directors of the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation is pleased to announce the 2011 recipient of the Lloyd K. Johnson Post-Secondary School Scholarship. The scholarship award pays for all tuition, fees and books for one academic year at Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minnesota with opportunity for a second year renewal scholarship based on academic performance. Linnea Leonard […]
Great Expectations School wins finance award
On May 3, 2011, the Minnesota Department of Education announced the winners of the 2011 MDE School Finance Awards. The Minnesota Association of Charter Schools is pleased that almost half of this year’s winners (62 of 129 winners) were charter schools. These 62 charter schools represent 40 percent of the 154 operating charter schools across the state in FY 2010. […]
Mayflies in June
Tails from the TrailIf it were not for the bugs, June would be a perfect month. I am sure anyone spending the night in a tent or paddling a canoe this past week would disagree, but the fishing is topnotch. The wind and rain just keep coming. Three straight weeks of east winds before the pattern finally broke last Friday with bright sunny […]
Where are the fish biting?
Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank filed this report: I have received a couple reports of some success, but on the whole more were disappointed than were pleased. People seem to be getting walleyes off their docks in the evening. That’s always nice, just toss out a leech on a bobber and wait for dinner. Good evening reports from Seagull and […]
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 […]
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, June 20 8:05 a.m., Grand Marais: Deputy requested to pick up a wandering dog on West […]
