Deer fencing, tree planting program for landowners on the North Shore
This spring, the North Shore Forest Collaborative (NSFC) is again hosting a program to provide low cost fencing materials to private landowners who plant white pine and cedar seedlings on their lands along the North Shore of Lake Superior. The fencing keeps deer from eating the newly planted trees. This is the third year of this program. In the first […]
Ski Trail Report
Lots of snow and warmer temperatures have made early March a great time to be out cross country skiing, snowshoeing, fat tire biking or snowmobiling. Enjoy the snow while you can, it won’t last forever. . Upper Gunflint Trail: Gunflint Lodge naturalist John Sillman reports: “We have amazing ski trail conditions right now on the Upper Gunflint Trail System. Even […]
Conservation Officer Tales
CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) worked a BWCA detail with other officers. He checked anglers and completed a couple of snowmobile patrols on area lakes and trails. CO Thomas Wahlstrom (Tofte) taught snowmobile safety at the Cook County Middle School with a volunteer instructor. The officer followed up on complaints of motorized vehicles driving on non-motorized trails and loud exhaust […]
Spring is near
The sun has been making regular appearances, days are getting longer, and the winter season will soon be nothing more than a memory. March has arrived, and I am sad to say that I can count the number of fish I have pulled through the ice on one hand. Not to worry, the best couple of weeks are still ahead […]
Vikings win first playoff game
Riding the hot hand of Trusen Gordon, the Cook County Vikings got off to a big lead against the Northland (Remer) Eagles on Tuesday, March 6 in a home Section 7A play-in game. The game was initially scheduled to be played on Monday in Grand Marais but was canceled due to high winds and snow that mostly hit the Duluth […]
Ramberg makes second team all-conference, Eliasen makes first team
Will Ramberg has had a stellar season on the basketball court for the Cook County High School boys’ basketball team, and for his fine play on the court he earned second team All-Conference honors in the Big School Polar League division. The 6’2” junior forward has averaged 22 points and 14 rebounds per game for the Vikings over the course […]
Girls bow out of the playoffs
The Cook County High School girls’ basketball season came to an end on Saturday, March 3 at UMD’s Romano Gym when the team fell 73-50 to Cromwell. The Vikings ended with a 9-15 won-loss mark. Cromwell advanced to play Bigfork on Wednesday, March 7. The Cardinals entered that game with a record of 19-7. Sophie Eliasen made four 3-point baskets […]
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, Feb. 266:58 a.m., Lutsen: Report of an injured deer off thehighway between mile markers 91 and […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $150 and/or 10 days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. Jared Scott Brett, 31, Lutsen, […]