After a brief hiatus, the fishing report is back, thanks to Jon at Buck’s Hardware. Jon said he has been told that walleyes have been tough unless anglers head to places like Deeryard, Elbow, or Devilfish lakes. Hungry Jack Lake was reporting good action at about 20 -25 feet last week. The bigger lakes like Gunflint, Sag, and Seagull are […]
Happy Trails
At press time, local ski and snowmobile groups provided the following snow report: Banadad TrailsJan. 1 update: “Twelve inches of snow now on the groundafter another 3 inches fell last night. The Gunflint’s Nordictrails are open. Along the Banadad Ski Trail System 10 kmof trails are tracked on the eastern end. The BWCA’s longesttracked trail, the Banadad, has been packed […]
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 […]
Wolf hunting season proposed
With the Interior Department’s delisting of the gray wolf in Minnesota from the Endangered Species Act, it is time to get the exploding wolf population under control in Northern Minnesota, said two Minnesota House of Representatives Iron Range lawmakers in an announcement on January 4, 2012. State Representative David Dill (DFL-Crane Lake) and State Representative Tom Anzelc (DFLBalsam Township), with […]
Tim Dabney will be acting supervisor for Superior National Forest
When Jim Sanders announced his retirement after 15 years as Forest Supervisor of the Superior National Forest in November 2011, one of the first questions was—who will replace the long-serving forester? That question is yet to be answered, however, in the interim, Tim Dabney will be serving as the acting forest supervisor. Dabney already has his feet on the ground […]
With little or no snow cover, Jack Frost may be nipping at your septic system
It’s beginning to look a lot like potential problems for rural septic systems this winter. “It may not be such a happy new year for some households if we don’t get snow cover before temperatures really start to drop,” Dan Olson, public information officer with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), said. “Snow helps to insulate septic systems and keep […]
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, Dec. 26 8:13 a.m., Lutsen: Ambulance requested at the ski hill for a 54-year-old woman who […]
