Fisheries staff from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Grand Marais area office will continue its surveys and assessment project on several Cook County lakes and streams during the next few months. The project began in April and will run through the fall as follows: . Sept. 7 – survey Morris, Birch, Gadwall and Vale Lakes. . Sept. 14 – […]
Third Holiday
September is upon us and the third holiday of the summer, Labor Day, will mark the “beginning of the end” for visitors on the Gunflint Trail. Soon the leaves start showing signs of autumn as we slip into the next season. Until last week’s major rain, Saganaga’s lake level had been dropping faster than I can remember seeing before. The […]
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 […]
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, Aug. 241:57 a.m., Grand Marais: Power outage on BloomquistMountain Road.9:54 a.m., Schroeder: A dog was […]
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. Stephen E. Leisander, 39, Ontario, […]
