There will be a fall sports meeting for parents, guardians and athletes on August 5, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. in the Arrowhead Center for the Arts (ACA) building. It is open to kids who enter 7-12 grades. This will be a chance to fill out paperwork, pay activity fees, and meet the I.S.D. 166 coaches. If your child isn’t sure […]
Live auction, flea market boutique fundraiser set for Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department
Residents and visitors on the Gunflint Trail are deeply grateful for our Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department (GTVFD) that has been responding to fires, medical emergencies, and search and rescue along the Trail since 1992! The Mid-Trail Property Owners Association is proud to raise funds each year to support their services. Our fundraiser will be held on Wednesday, August 7 […]
Community Calendar
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 Spirit of the Wilderness Church. You will be amazed at all the food you get at the Community Center. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus food for all! Cook County Higher Education Career training and college courses […]
Study of Deer Yard and Poplar Lake shared
Dr. Mark Edlund, senior scientist from The Environmental Research Center of the Science Museum of Minnesota, shared his research at the Schaap Community Center July 22. Edlund presented his work in paleolimnology, the study of lake sediments to reconstruct environmental history of a lake. Through the process of taking sediment core samples from lakes, Edlund is able to go back […]
The importance of fire in the forest
In the summer, land heated by the sun warms the air above it, which starts to rise. As it rises, it cools and can no longer carry the same amount of water it did when it was hot and humid at ground level. The water condenses out into a puffy cumulus cloud on a warm summer afternoon, one of those, […]
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 […]
Where are the fish biting?
Note to self. Sport fishing began in the 1500s, but fishing rods were used in ancient Egypt, China, Trina, Greece, Trinidad and Tobago, Rome and medieval England. Today fishing rods come in all shapes, sizes and are made of bamboo, fiberglass, graphite and other chemical composites. There are spinning rods, casting rods and fly rods. All of the modern fishing […]
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, July 1412:42 a.m., Tofte: Animal disturbance reported on Sawbill Trail.A small brown-and-white dog escaped the camper, […]