Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner All are invited to the Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the First Congregational Church, 1:00 p.m., on Thanksgiving Day. The church is located at the corner of 3rd Avenue West and 2nd Street. There is no charge for this traditional meal. Call the church at 387-2113 for information about home-delivered and take-out meals and rides to […]
Knowledge Bowl moves on
Cook County School District 166’s Middle School Knowledge Bowl Coach Dorie Carlson has a lot to be proud of this season. Over the course of three meets the school’s two teams have done very well, with Team 1 placing 4th overall and Team 2 placing 14th out of 53 teams from the region. Team 1 has scored 227.5 points in […]
Cook County Northerns achieve personal bests
Twelve swimmers from Cook County traveled to Duluth on Saturday, November 7, for a swim meet at Lincoln Park Middle School. The meet had over 100 swimmers from Cook County, Duluth, Ridgedale, and West St. Paul. Despite several illnesses and a late start due to cross country, the Northerns were outstanding. The swimmers all placed very well, achieved personal bests, […]
Vikings heading to State!
Phyllis and Pete Ryden came into the News-Herald last week to change the address for their newspaper. They wanted the paper sent to Florida as soon as possible. “Ah, you know there’s a volleyball game on Wednesday and then, when the girls win, one on Saturday, right?” I asked. “We talked a lot about that,” said Pete. “But we decided […]
Hunting new ground
The Buck Fever I was experiencing last week was short lived, like a 24-hour bug that ended with a rifle blast around 8 a.m. Saturday. A nice 10-point buck wandered into my sight on opening day of rifle season, and now I am not sure what to do for the rest of the week. Maybe I should have kept the […]
Lehto leading Buck’s Big Buck Contest
Half way through the two-week Minnesota firearm deer hunting season, Grand Marais hunter Don Lehto has the top entry in “Buck’s Big Buck Contest.” Lehto registered a 252.8-pound beauty early in the contest. His deer eclipsed the 243.8-pound leader entered by Silver Bay’s Mark Harrington. Patrick O’Sullivan is currently in third place with a 228-pound deer. Grand Marais hunter Seth […]
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 […]
Deer antler find of a lifetime
Many deer hunters find either moose or deer antlers as they walk through the boreal woodlands and brush in search of a white tail during the two-week Minnesota hunting season. Some people specifically search the woods for those antlers and become collectors. But imagine Ricky Meacham’s surprise when he discovered the remains of two large bucks that had fought to […]
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, Nov. 28:02 a.m., Grand Marais: Traffic citationissued.12:34 p.m., Grand Marais: Someone wasknocking on the door of […]
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. Jeffrey Wayne Carlson, 48, Grand […]