Vasco wins Buck’s Big Buck Contest
A Stillwater, Minnesota hunter’s big buck held up as the largest field dressed deer entered into the annual Buck’s Big Buck Contest. Jack Vasco’s 229-pound, 6-ounce submission topped the rest of the field, but not by much.Vasco received a Remington Mode 700 BDL 30-06 for his winning entry. In the largest antler spread category, Joey Pederson, Grand Marais, won with […]
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 […]
2018 annual Audubon Christmas bird count helpers needed
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will be held Saturday, December 15 for the Grand Marais CBC, which is a 7.5-mile radius circle from a point three miles south of the middle of Devil Track Lake. The count circle covers Highway 61 to Lindskog Road and north, some of County Road 60, the Gunflint Trail to the landfill road, the Pine […]
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. Tuesday, Nov. 132:25 a.m., Grand Marais: Business check.8:36 a.m., Grand Marais: Deputy called to a disturbanceon Gunflint […]
Beware of carbon monoxide dangers
As Cook County residents turn up the heat to stay warm this fall and winter, it is also important to be alert to the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. About 500 people die each year in the United States from exposure to carbon monoxide (CO), an odorless and colorless gas formed by the incomplete combustion of fuels. CO is produced […]
ASK A TROOPER
Question: When I learned to drive 50 years ago, my Driver’s Ed teacher instructed me to pull into the intersection on a green light, even when there was oncoming traffic, to attempt to make a left turn. I still practice this, green arrows or not. I actually asked a driver’s test person at the DMV office about this and was […]
