The eight-inch snow storm and winter advisory for the Arrowhead of Minnesota this week amounted to only a couple of inches and that is all of the snow we need for now. It seems like the meteorologists were eager to scare us with the threat of snowstorms, but now the forecast looks dry and cold. I am no weather expert […]
Apply now for Conservation Corps summer jobs
Young adults (ages 18 to 25) are encouraged to apply for one of 160 positions available with Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa. Conservation Corps is currently accepting applications for AmeriCorps field crew leader and member positions for the 2014 program year. Positions are available statewide including northern, central and southern Minnesota, as well as central Iowa. Priority application deadline is […]
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 […]
Carlson spends summer traveling from El Salvador to the frigid northern Canada
Nate Carlson began his first day of cross country running practice with a seven-mile run, pretty good considering he hadn’t run much this summer. “I’m out of shape but it will be all right. I’m just going to jump right in and do the workouts even though my teammates have been running all summer,” said a smiling Carlson. The ever-smiling, […]
Huge results for Cook County motocross racers
In the 2013 dirt bike race season Cook County riders once again showed huge results. In the Northern Series conducted at the Echo Valley Race track in Brookston, Minn., Lance “Boomer” Wilson of Grand Marais won second place overall racing in the Senior 40+ B class. Devin Smith of Grand Marais won first place overall in the 250 C class. […]
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, Nov. 41:48 p.m., Grand Marais: Caller was bumped by a blackSuburban at the intersection of Second […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $150 and/or 10 days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. Andrew A. Carothersliske, 45, Oakland, […]
