Youth ATV Safety Training coming in May
The Cook County ATV Club reminds parents that an ATV Safety Training course is available in May for students, ages 11 – 15. Sign up now for a safe summer! The course is part independent study and part field test. When students sign up, they receive a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) CD to study for the written test […]
Take Mom fishing on Mother’s Day
Need a Mother’s Day present? Take Mom Fishing Weekend will once again be held throughout Minnesota on May 10 and 11, which coincides with the 2014 walleye and northern pike fishing opener. Any mother who is a resident of Minnesota can fish without a license during the weekend. Also, moms who live in the seven-county metro area or are visiting […]
Ham Run Fun
My prediction of iceout happening in time for the 2014 fishing opener is beginning to look like nothing more than wishful optimism. The ice is not melting very quickly and the temperatures are still hovering a few degrees (plus or minus) from freezing. I have even heard some reports of areas that are making ice overnight. We might be 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 […]
Walleye limits on Sag and Sea Gull?
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input this summer on experimental walleye regulations being considered for Saganaga, Sea Gull, and Gull lakes, and the Sea Gull River. All are in Cook County, on or near the Minnesota-Ontario border. Regulations may include a 17-inch minimum size limit and a bag limit of three fish, with only one fish […]
North Shore Timber has it all cookin’
Angelique Edgerton of the Cook County Invasive Species Team gave a presentation at the Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center on the gypsy moth and the steps being taken to control its spread westward. Although there are a number of measures that can be followed to potentially slow the spread and control the insects, extreme heat is one “sure-fire” way of insuring […]
Moving Matters:
Rethinking how Cook County movesChristine Angelo has lived on the Gunflint Trail for the past four years, and loves it. But after three car accidents in three years, she’s interested in seeing the Trail through a different window— a window that is less expensive, more energy efficient and one that will help her maintain her health. “The beauty is phenomenal and I will almost […]
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, April 219:02 a.m., Grand Marais: Caller’s black lab ran awayon Old Shore Drive.9:18 a.m., Grand Portage: […]
