State Patrol offers motorcycle safety tips



With summer upon us and motorcycles sharing the highways once again, now is a great time to provide motorcycle crash facts and safety tips, said Sgt. Neil Dickenson of the Minnesota State Patrol. In Minnesota, over half of motorcycle crashes are single vehicle crashes. Motorcycle use is at an alltime high and the two primary factors involved when they crash […]

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, June 2911:38 a.m., Grand Portage: Customsreported that a pick-up was pullinga possibly stolen U-Haul trailer.8:30 p.m., […]

Matters of Record



Richard M. Bilek, 79, Arlington Heights, Ill., pled guilty June 29 to speeding (77/55) on May 29, and was fined $230. April Lynn Jamnick, 25, Silver Bay, pled guilty June 27 to speeding (70/55) on June 3, and was fined $150. Sara Kelly Miller, 56, Rochester, pled guilty July 6 to speeding (74/55) on June 30, and was fined $150. […]

Minnesota Power representatives explain plan to idle Taconite Harbor Energy Center



Housing was once again the top agenda item for the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) in June. At the June 9, 2015 meeting, EDA Board Member Anton Moody gave an update on the work of the Workforce Housing Committee. Moody said the housing committee—Moody, Scott Harrison, Heidi Doo-Kirk, Abby Tofte and consultant Randy Lasky of Northspan has been […]

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