For the second time in three years, the CCHS girls’ volleyball team traveled to Esko and beat the mighty Eskimos on their home court. It was a big win for the defending Section 7A champion Vikings who came in with a 1-1 record. Esko was 3-1 on the season and is always tough to beat at home. The Vikings rebounded […]
Local athletes participate in Minnesota High School Mountain Bike League
Henry DeArruda- Weaver and Will Surbaugh are no strangers to mountain bike races. Now joined by teammate Leif Anderson, these three mountain bike enthusiasts are new to the Minnesota High School Mountain Bike League…and so is Cook County! The Minnesota High School Cycling League was founded in 2012 and is a statewide independent activity provider for student athletes in grades […]
Emma Spoon sets Moose Mountain Marathon record
Despite a hard fall and despite it being her first 26 miles, 385-yard marathon, Emma Spoon, 27, Grand Marais, broke the women’s course record at the Moose Mountain Marathon held on Saturday, September 9, crossing the finish line in 4 hours, 8 minutes and 30 seconds at Caribou Highlands. Spoon was muddy, and her hip was sore at the finish, […]
Where are the fish biting?
When you see vehicles parked along the road next to streams entering into Lake Superior at this time of year you know one thing, the “Pinks” are running. Some call this salmon species “humpy” salmon. Pinks or humpies or whatever you like to call them like to hit on pink jigs. Their mouths are soft so be careful when you […]
Grand Portage band to hold limited moose hunt
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will take part in a bulls only moose hunt this fall, allowing nine permits to be issued to tribal members to hunt in 1854 ceded territories. Boise Forte band will also distribute nine permits to band members for the subsistence hunt in Northeastern Minnesota. Grand Portage and Boise Forte set their season […]
Tourist Towns
Anyone of the opinion that the seasons are too short in Cook County has never owned a restaurant here. Summer has been escaping with every changing leaf as we enter the final few weeks of busyness, and I cannot remember a season lasting this long when I was just a fishing guide – I guess time does fly when you […]
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Tales
CO Mary Manning (Grand Marais East) followed up on bear hunting cases and checked hunters in camps and in the field. The officer located the remains of a bear in which minimal meat had been removed; anyone with information on who may have wasted most of the animal is urged to call the TIP line. CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) […]
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, Sept. 49:06 a.m., Grand Marais: Traffic citation issued.10:36 a.m., Grand Marais: Traffic citation issued.10:42 a.m., Grand […]
Matters of Record
William Jay Olson Jr., 21, Grand Marais, pled guilty Aug. 1 to charges of driving without a valid license and failure to drive with due care (speed greater than reasonable) on Aug. 1, and was fined $230. Barclay Norman Jones, 56, St. Louis Park, pled guilty Sept. 2 to speeding (56/40) on Aug. 19, and was fined $150. Zhihang Deng, […]
