Cook County Higher Education is now accepting applications for the Wes Hedstrom Scholarship Fund. The fund was created in honor of longtime resident Wes Hedstrom, and is for Cook County residents who are enrolled or in the process of enrolling in a distance degree program. Financial awards are determined by the Cook County Higher Education Scholarship committee and awarded until […]
Wild winds weekend
It seems we have experienced the last of the warm weather for this year. Frigid winds and rain have taken over the Northland and the leaves have left us as well. It feels like November should feel and I could be wrong, but I think our sunny October days are a thing of the past. My wife and daughter spent […]
Where are the fish biting?
Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank has this report: Fishing has slowed quite a bit as a lot of people are settling in for the grouse and deer archery hunts. There are still some going out looking for some dinner. Walleyes are still a bit slow everywhere, but in Poplar Lake fish were being caught around 18 to 22 feet with […]
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 […]
Tennis wraps up the season with improvement
The 2011 Cook County High School girls’ varsity tennis team finished up an eventful season this past week, participating in the Individual Sub- Section Tournament at Virginia, MN on October 12. As in all their matches this season, the young and inexperienced Viking tennis players were just trying to show improvement and gain some much needed match-play experience, which they […]
