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 […]
Representative Dill encourages hunters to apply for wolf license
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is now accepting applications for the state’s first regulated wolf hunting and trapping season. The application period closes on Sept. 6. Last session, state Rep. David Dill (DFL-Crane Lake) authored legislation to establish a wolf hunting and trapping season and licensing process. “A total of 6,000 licenses will be available for a targeted harvest […]
Coping with cluster flies
I remember growing up in a house that had its share of what I always called basement bugs and playing with the sow bugs on the basement floor. And in the late winter there were always two harbingers of spring— the first ladybug and those flies that seemed to come out of nowhere. I didn’t understand it at the time […]
DNR advice for reporting aquatic invasive species
The Minnesota Department of Resources (DNR) Invasive Species Program recently made several confirmations of new aquatic invasive species (AIS) infestations in lakes around the state. The DNR urges people who think they may have discovered an aquatic invasive species to contact the DNR immediately or bring it to a local DNR office for verification. “If people have a true concern […]
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, Aug. 209:11 a.m., Grand Marais: A wallet was found at theLaundromat.4:46 p.m., Grand Marais: Caller said […]
