My keen sense of birch pollen has finally released its grip this week—either the trees are going to have a bumper crop this season or my allergies are getting worse. A good rainstorm would certainly help wash away the green haze that is stuck to everything outdoors. This might be the latest warm-up I can remember. I was told you […]
Spring transforms forest into an insect smorgasbord
If you go out in the woods this week, take the time to stop and be still. Water trickling somewhere, a breeze through the new leaves, insects buzzing, and the song of birds everywhere. The forest has now woken fully from the winter and instead of the hushed silence of snow or the quiet of early spring, it is full […]
Where are the fish biting?
In between the raindrops, a few scattered snowflakes and plenty of cold, some hardy souls have been getting out to ply the waters for fish, while others are waiting until the weather warms and the bugs hatch. Tyson at the Beaver House reported that walleyes are biting on Devil Track, Two Island, Elbow, Seagull, Gunflint, Sag and Crescent lakes. For […]
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Tales
CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) reports going from the land of ice and snow to black flies in about 60 seconds. Boat rides over the 55-degree water are about as cool as the below-average fishing has been. Fagerman assisted with a firearms safety field day and took a complaint about snowmobilers during the week. He also took a call from […]
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. Sunday, May 261:04 p.m., Grand Marais: Business check.1:11 p.m., Lutsen: Money clip and ID were found on […]