Local Food Market Open from 5 – 6 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center every Thursday starting June 14 through mid-late October. Food brought to you by Cook County growers and producers. Support locally made and grown! Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 5 – 6:30 p.m., $20 (cash only) Sponsored by […]
Rainy day fun
This is the last week of summer vacation for Cook County students, and I cannot believe how fast the season has gone. We tried taking our kids swimming on Seagull Lake for an end-of-summer family day, but instead were faced with misty cold weather that felt like the beginnings of fall. Swimming at the Seagull beach was not happening once […]
1855 Treaty Authority sets wild rice harvesting for Chippewa daylight hours, sunrise to sunset
The 1855 Treaty Authority has opened all public waters in the ceded territory for Chippewa treaty beneficiaries to harvest wild rice during daylight hours, sunrise to sunset. Three years ago today the 1855 Treaty Authority held a wild rice rally at Hole in the Day Lake in Nisswa to bring attention to Minnesota DNR violating Chippewa rights to hunt, fish […]
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 […]
Grouse hunters can volunteer to help collect samples for West Nile virus study
Ruffed grouse hunters in northern Minnesota can voluntarily submit samples for a West Nile virus research project being conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Minnesota is collaborating on this project with researchers in Wisconsin and Michigan, and will be sharing protocols and results. West Nile virus is known to exist in the upper Midwest and cases have been […]
Hunters reminded about whole carcass importation ban
Hunters who harvest deer, elk, moose or caribou outside of Minnesota are reminded that whole carcasses cannot be brought into the state. The prohibition on importation of whole carcasses of these cervids from anywhere in North America was put into place in 2016 as a proactive measure to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease in Minnesota and bring consistency […]
Boundary Waters Boy
the story of Alec BoostromJack Blackwell’s account of his grandfather Alec Boostrom is an excellent read for anyone who loves local history or who wants to know more about the area and early settlers who came here at the turn of the last century. To say that life was hard for the natives and early settlers is an understatement. It was September 1914 when […]
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, Aug. 201:48 a.m., Lutsen: Public assist on Ski Hill Road.7:09 a.m., Grand Portage: Alarm sounded on […]
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. Richard Teric Furlong III, 21, […]