The third-seeded 10-5 Cook County High School baseball team fell to the sixth-seeded Carlton Bulldogs 5-2 in a subsection 7A game played Tuesday, May 29 in Virginia, ending their season. Had the Vikings won, they would have entered into double elimination play. A first round loss, however, knocked them out of the tournament. If there is a silver lining to […]
Answering the Call: Kim Linnell
Kim Linnell is a founding member of the Colvill Fire Department. He served on the board that organized the department in 1996, and served as Colvill’s first chief for 10 years. He is currently still serving as the assistant chief. Kim has lived in the Colvill district since 1983, and is the owner/operator of Almost Home Appliances in Grand Marais. […]
Thanks to donation, Sheriff’s Office and deputies carry Narcan
The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office and deputies, including K-9 Deputy Eddy, are now equipped to carry the opioid antidote Narcan, thanks to a citizen donation through their 501(C)(3) charitable medical organization. The overdose reversal drug protects the public as well as the officers themselves. “We are extremely grateful for this donation and for the Schloot family’s concern for our […]
Memorial Fishing Report
Fishing reports varied greatly depending on where anglers decided to drop a line this past holiday weekend. Tourists flooded the Gunflint Trail and Grand Marais area trying to beat the heat wave happening in the metro area. There was a major temperature difference between Devil Track Lake and downtown Grand Marais this holiday. Lake Superior kept the city temperature in […]
Comment sought on Great Lakes Compact Council
The Great Lakes Compact Council and the Great Lakes Regional Body are seeking public feedback on draft updates to the procedures for reviewing requests to divert water from the Great Lakes Basin. The compact is federal law that governs the use of water in the Great Lakes watershed. The compact council and regional body are accepting comments through June 21. […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News- Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to […]
Great Lakes states to collaborate on West Nile virus monitoring in ruffed grouse
A region-wide effort to better understand West Nile virus in ruffed grouse is getting under way in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. “In the Great Lakes region, West Nile virus has been found in a small number of grouse with no known population-level effects at this point,” said Charlotte Roy, grouse project leader with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Still, […]
