Applications for Minnesota bear hunting licenses are being accepted now through May 6 wherever Minnesota hunting and fishing licenses are sold, online at www.mndnr.gov/buyalicense and by telephone at 888-665-4236. A total of 3,850 licenses are available in 13 permit areas. Bear licenses cost $44 for residents and $230 for nonresidents, and there is a $5 application fee. The season is […]
DNR offers wildfire prevention reminders
Every year in Minnesota, wildfires cause property losses, injuries and threaten the lives of fire fighters. Because most wildfires happen in the spring between the time snow has melted and plants and grasses have greened up, the Department of Natural Resources is offering some safety reminders. “Most wildfires in Minnesota are caused by humans, and the number one reason is […]
State park changes coming this summer
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced that some key customer service improvements are coming to Minnesota state parks and recreation areas this summer. According to DNR Parks and Trails Division Director Erika Rivers, the following changes, which begin taking effect in early May, are important steps to modernize services and meet the needs of today’s visitors to the […]
Spring cleaning
The only pitfall to the first weekend of beautiful spring weather, is the annual responsibility of removing an entire winter’s worth of excess stuff from our home, while cleaning areas that only get attention once a year. The brighter side of this annual commitment, at least this year, is that we have a few more weeks to have some outdoor […]
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 […]
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, April 11 7:25 a.m., Grand Marais: Deputy participated in SafeRoutes to School.11:44 a.m., Grand Portage: Report […]
Please use temporary email for News-Herald
Local Internet provider Boreal Access has had an outage in its email program since early yesterday, April 26. Because it is uncertain when the email service will be restored, the Cook County News-Herald asks readers who want to submit information or advertisers who need to contact us to use the following alternate email until service is restored: Halccnh09@qwestoffice.net Information […]
