Although recent weather has seemed quite summery, fall is just a few days away. Autumn means backto school and the Cook County News- Herald checked in with our local schools for a bit of last minute advice. . Birch Grove Community School Switching gears from summer to back to school can be a hectic time for families, said Birch Grove […]
State Patrol offers school safety advice
With schools throughout the state starting classes soon, the Minnesota State Patrol reminds motorists that safety is a two-way street. Motorists are reminded: . That they must stop at least 20 feet from a school bus that is displaying red flashing lights and/or its stop arm is extended when approaching from the rear and from the opposite direction on undivided […]
Cook County youth baseball on the upswing
Local youths are getting ready to head back to school soon with just the memories of baseball remaining. It was a great season, according to Baseball Commissioner Mitch Dorr. The Twins won a 14-11 thriller over the Dodgers in the Cook County Little League championship game. “Isaac Sandstrom and Paul Dorr pitched very well for the Dodgers,” said Dorr. “Daunte […]
Local fisherman protests DNR gill netting local lakes
Recently Joe Carlson watched two Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) workers pull walleye and smallmouth bass from gill nets, weigh the fish, measure them, remove the ear bone, split the fish bellies and then sink them to the bottom of the lake. “They didn’t even put them onshore where they could be eaten by animals or birds. They were […]
Off the Trail
Summer is almost a memory as families retreat to the great north woods for one last vacation before the school bell rings. The weather has been fantastic this week with warm sunny days and cool starry nights for visitors to enjoy while telling stories while roasting marshmallows around a campfire. Soon the leaves will change colors marking the “beginning of […]
Where are the fish biting?
Captain Jerry Skarupa said he has been finding lake trout at 80- to-100-foot depths. He said there have been very few salmon. Jerry reports water temps around the 70-degree range. Captain Kelly Shepard of North Shore Outdoors Lake Superior Charters reports that lake trout are biting very well from 40 feet to 120 feet deep. Chartreuse and blue are the […]
Nolan goes to bat for bats
On Tuesday, August 9, U.S. Congressman Rick Nolan announced that a $40,000 grant had been awarded to Minnesota from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to research and develop a response to white-nose syndrome (WNS), a disease that is killing millions of bats in Minnesota and across the country. Minnesota’s first confirmed cases of WNS were reported in January […]
Conservation Officer Tales
CO Thomas Wahlstrom (Tofte) focused enforcement efforts on bear bait stations and angling activity. The officer spent time on Lake Superior checking anglers, and some nice trout were seen in the bag. Enforcement action was taken for keeping fish in closed season and license violations. CO Mary Manning (Hovland) checked anglers on area inland lakes. The officer also checked bear […]
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. 156:54 a.m., Grand Marais: Biker struck a deer at mile marker 101.7:44 a.m., Grand Marais: […]