Melanie Stoddard of Grand Marais was a participant in this year’s Miss Minnesota Teen USA Pageant held Nov. 30 in Burnsville. “We are overwhelmed by the response and caliber of all of the participants,” said Denise Wallace of Future Productions, state pageant producers for The Miss Universe Organization. “There is no better opportunity for ambitious young women out there today. […]
2nd Lieutenant Hellner earns criminal justice degree
William H. Hellner graduated Cum Laude from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, in April 2014. He received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and achieved a 3.99 GPA. The following day he was commissioned into the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant. He received his officers’ bars from his grandfather, Lt. Col. Harry P. Hawkins, retired. 2nd Lieutenant Hellner […]
Our Frozen Forest
The warm weekend nearly melted winter away with balmy temperatures reaching mid 30s on the Gunflint Trail this week. Humid air caused a misty fog to creep over the land during the day while an overnight freeze created a brilliant hoar frost the following morning that was too cool for words to describe— but I’ll try anyway. Imagine an endless […]
Wolf hunting closes in Northeastern Minnesota
It didn’t take hunters and trappers long to fill the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource’s late season wolf quota for Northeastern Minnesota. In just six days the DNR cancelled the hunt after 40 wolves had been taken. The quota was 35, but was exceeded on the last day the state ended the season. The early season was closed after hunters […]
Gypsy moth count down in Cook County
Last winter’s bone-chilling cold wasn’t good for much except pushing up heating bills and freezing fingers and toes, but it may have also contributed to slowing the spread of gypsy moths. On the heels of a record number of gypsy moths caught in Minnesota in 2013, with over 90 percent of those caught in Cook and Lake county, the state […]
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 […]
Hahn and Skildum participate in emergency response invasive species training
Two members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s emergency response crew traveled to San Francisco Bay in California to participate in testing new rapid response tools for combatting invasive species. The trials are being conducted on the California Maritime Academy training ship Golden Bear, a U.S. Coast Guard ballast treatment system test facility. The trials will provide […]
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, Dec. 812:42 a.m., Grand Portage: Grand Portage TradingPost submitted a list of drive-offs for the […]
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. Patrick Abalan Duffy, 40, Golden […]
One man dead, another missing after being washed into Lake Superior near Tofte
U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard continuing searchAt approximately 3:03 p.m. on Tuesday, December 23, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office received a report that a person was in Lake Superior near Bluefin Bay Resort in Tofte. A 66-year-old man who attempted to pull the person to safety was pulled into the lake by a large wave and is still missing. The first person in the water was […]