Many people thought last year’s Barnum boys’ team might have been Barnum’s best ever. Only a stunning Section 7A championship game loss to Esko—a team they had beaten earlier—marred what was otherwise a perfect season. But this year’s team might be just as good. Or even better. The Vikings traveled to Barnum on Friday, January 8 to face an opponent […]
Study finds Lake Superior warming faster than other Great Lakes
A new study published in the Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) shows that the Great Lakes are some of the world’s fastest warming lakes, with Lake Superior warming faster than its counterparts. The study cites the decline in ice coverage over the last 30-plus years as the major reason for the warming, and the study notes that the Great Lakes are […]
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 […]
Remembering winter’s sting
The sound of my boots crunching across a frozen driveway on an otherwise silent morning. Employing the delicate balance of pressure required to open a frozen truck door without breaking off the handle, again. Turning the ignition with angst as the engine slowly whines into a belt squeaking roar—this is how I remember winter in the northland. Our first week […]
Snowmobile Trail conditions improve but still need work
Dan Anderson said in his 35 years of snowmobiling in Cook County, “I have never seen anything like this.” What Anderson—who six years ago became a member of the board of the Cook County Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club—was referring to was the incredible amount of trees spider webbed across the 450 plus miles of snowmobile trails that traverse Cook County’s […]
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, Jan. 47:45 a.m., Grand Marais: Safe Routes to School.9:01 a.m., Grand Marais: Parking complaint regarding aminivan […]
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. Diane Marie Gust, 56, Cloquet, […]
