Come see the documentary Cold LoveThe documentary ‘Cold Love’ will show at the CookCounty Community Center on Saturday, March 15that 6:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation at the door. Struggling with understandingyour business financials?We can help. Make an appointment with businessconsultant Pat Campanaro to help you understandyour numbers and use them in your business tomake a difference. Small Business DevelopmentCenter (SBDC) […]
Cold Trout Derby
An unusually low attendance for this year’s Cook County Ridge Riders Trout Derby on Gunflint Lake was not too surprising since the morning started with a bone-chilling 30 below, and just enough wind to keep anglers from wanting to participate. Thirty-some contestants braved the elements with only six fish being caught, and unfortunately I was not one of the lucky […]
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 […]
Taxpayers can help wildlife with checkoff
Taxpayers can once again help the state’s many wildlife species by donating to the DNR’s wildlife checkoff fund when they submit their taxes. Donations made to the DNR’s wildlife checkoff fund are used by the DNR to help protect and manage the state’s “nongame” wildlife species, which includes more than 800 kinds of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, butterflies and […]
Combat wounded veterans face arctic challenge on Gunflint Trail
When most of Cook County was hunkered down at home to stay out of the bitter cold, a group of 10 combat wounded and injured veterans—many from warmer climes— spent a week skiing and exploring the Poplar Creek and Banadad Ski Trails in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hosted by Ted and Barb Young of Boundary Country Trekking. For […]
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, Feb. 242:16 p.m., Lutsen: A vehicle was stuck on the state trailbetween the Lutsen access and […]
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. Bruce Clark Zimpel, 56, Lutsen, […]
