The rugged Silver Bay Mariner 4-4-1 defense once again shutout the Cook County Vikings, and the Mariners won 26-0 in the first round of the section play-offs. In a harbinger of things to come, two weeks ago the Mariners beat the Vikings 18-0 in a game played here. While the Vikings’ offense had trouble sustaining drives, Silver Bay used some […]
JV Knowledge Bowl team wins championship
If you want to know the answer to a difficult question, there’s a fine group of highly intelligent knowledge seekers at Cook County ISD 166 that could probably give you the answer you are seeking. In fact, those kids make up the ISD 166 Junior Varsity Knowledge Bowl team, which recently took first place in the 2020 Northeast Cooperative JV […]
No safe place
The wolves are howling three-quarters of a mile away along the Kadunce River and across Trout Lake Road. I am incontinent. It is late afternoon in our late fall with the crisp layer of snow and ice on the maple leaf duff. I am incontinent and it is as though the wolves can sense it. They can smell it. That’s […]
DNR announces camping and lodging reservation changes to improve access
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is updating its camping and lodging reservation policies to improve access, fairness and equity for visitors and to reduce the frequency of no-shows at state parks and recreation areas. The new policies will take effect on December 1. Under the new policy, visitors who cancel 14 days or more prior to their scheduled visit […]
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. Wednesday, November 4 6:59 a.m. Grand Marais: Neighbor complaint. Caller wanted to know if there was […]
Take caution around open water, newly formed ice
With the continued surge in the number of people recreating outdoors this year, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds everyone that lakes and ponds across the state have started to freeze, and where there isn’t ice, the water is dangerously cold. Ice thickness is highly variable at this time of year and subject to Mother Nature’s whims. Even where […]
Winners announced in the 30th annual Buck’s Big Buck contest
Buck’s Hardware’s 30th annual Big Buck contest wrapped up at the close of Minnesota’s firearm season last weekend, and several hunters were rewarded with some very nice prizes. Duon Olson’s 224- pound field dressed buck took first place in the contest. For his win Duon will receive a new 30-30 rifle. A 30-30 rifle was selected, said Buck’s Hardware owner […]
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 all […]
Matters of Record
Lorman Lee Jahnke, 57, Tofte, Minnesota, pled guilty on November 10, 2020, to a petty misdemeanor of failure to register big game (a bear) on September 13, 2020. Fines and fees total $185. Joey Brian Moliter, 61, Crystal, Minnesota, pled guilty on December 8, 2014, to a felony of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance […]