The peak tourist season is quickly approaching and the Grand Marais area is getting busier by the minute. I used to get upset when the one and only stoplight turned red while I was driving through town, but now I am stopping multiple times for pedestrians who are crossing Highway 61 at the designated crosswalks. It may sound like I […]
Where are the fish biting?
Fishing is one sport that can be enjoyed all. Before becoming president George Washington was a commercial fisherman, and while in the White House he took several vacations to wet a line. Another president who had his priorities bobbing along just fine was Grover Cleveland. Grover, never one to miss an occasion to go fishing, even included fly fishing for […]
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Tales
CO Mary Manning (Hovland) attended instructor training at Camp Ripley in preparation for the upcoming statewide in-service. Manning patrolled area lakes and campgrounds, took reports of possible cougar scat on a party’s driveway, and a dead loon that appears to have swallowed a hook. The officer also investigated a wolf depredation complaint in which a calf was killed. One angler […]
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, July 175:46 a.m., Grand Marais: Caller’s white husky ran off.12:35 p.m., Schroeder: Trespasser seen at MinnesotaPower.1:03 […]
