With area lakes still frozen over it doesn’t look like any spear fishing will take place this spring on eight lakes located in Cook County, said Fond du Lac fisheries biologist Brian Burkholder. The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa announced this winter that it intended to exercise its right under the Treaty of 1854 to spear fish […]
Iced over opener
The good news is that the snow is actually beginning to disappear along the Gunflint Trail this week, and the bad news is that the ice is not. Gunflint Lake was reported to still have 20 – 30 inches of ice as of last weekend, and the temperatures are still cold enough to inhibit thawing. Little Iron Lake has always […]
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 […]
CBP to issue I-68 Canadian boat landing permits
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations will be issuing I-68 permits from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 11 at the Grand Marais Coast Guard/ Border Patrol Station. Form I-68 allows certain applicants entering the United States by small boat to telephonically report their arrival to CBP. There is no requirement that boaters obtain Form […]
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. Saturday, April 261:11 a.m., Grand Portage: Deputychecked on some passengers eithersleeping or passed out in a vehicle […]
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. John Cameron Fagerman, 24, St. […]
