The days are numbered for fair weather anglers since high temperatures are barely reaching the 60s with plenty of rain in the forecast. It has been a wet season, which many believe will translate into a wet winter with plenty of snow—let’s hope they are correct. Gunflint Hills municipal golf course became saturated enough last week, that it was difficult […]
Where are the fish biting?
While fall colors peak, fade and leaves float, flitter and skitter like worn colorful sun-kissed kites to the ground, most leaf lookers will scatter to the winds. It’s not quite that way with fishing, although with the close of stream fishing past the first barrier and lake trout season ending October 8 for Lake Superior, many anglers become hunters, seeking […]
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Tales
CO Mary Manning (Grand Marais 2) took an abundance of nuisance bear complaints, including one which resulted in the closure of a BWCAW campsite. The officer also assisted Cook County emergency responders with a boating accident in which the boater was thrown out of the boat, which was then making the “circle of death” on the lake. The gentleman was […]
Vikings polish off Agates, then add five more wins
Two take-aways from the Thursday, September 28 home game against the Two Harbors Agates. The first, Cook County won’t always be this good. The second, the Agates, a much larger school than CCHS, won’t always be this bad. Before the players took the court Viking head coach Pam Taylor announced to the crowd that senior Meredith Sutton was the first […]
North Shore Storm runs the Mud Run in Hibbing
Well, we finally got a rest from the heat this past week on Thursday, September 28. However, with all of the rain that we have had, the poor golf course looked more like an adventure mud run course. This week was an off week for racing for the majority of our varsity squad, so this will give me an opportunity […]
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. 258:07 a.m., Grand Marais: School patrol.9:10 a.m., Grand Marais: Border Patrolreported a theft.12:12 p.m., Grand […]
