The state climatology office in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources needs volunteer rainfall monitors for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). The network includes more than 20,000 volunteers nationwide who measure precipitation in their backyards using a standard 4-inch diameter rain gauge. Volunteers perform rainfall monitoring activities at home and submit their reports online. The data […]
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 […]
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, February 172:20 a.m. Gunflint Trail: Welfare check. Man was foundsleeping in his vehicle. He was waiting […]
Matters of Record
Jeremiah James Leiviska, 36, Eagan, Minnesota, pled guilty on February 16, 2021, to a petty misdemeanor of traffic speeding 70/45 on July 5, 2020. Fines and fees total $225. Joel Kenneth Bonin, 29, Lutsen, Minnesota, pled guilty on February 17, 2021, to a petty misdemeanor of possession or use of non-preserved minnows on a Designated Trout Lake. Offense occurred on […]
PRESS RELEASE : Award Winning Team – Coldwell Banker North Shore
Virginia Detrick Palmer named to Coldwell® Banker International President’s Elite – Virginia Detrick Palmer of Grand Marais, President – Broker of Coldwell Banker North Shore, has been named to the company’s International President’s Elite. Only the top two percent of all sales associates / representatives worldwide in the Coldwell Banker® system qualified for this distinguished group. Bob Carter named to […]
Kalina Dimitrova shares her experience at the Alpine state ski meet
Kalina Dimitrova was the lone CCHS slalom skier to make the Minnesota State High School League this year, but it was quite an experience for this talented ninth grader. To qualify, Kalina placed seventh at Sections in the individual competition, just .02 tenths of a second ahead of the young lady who placed eight, who did not qualify for state. […]
Preserving Documents and Protecting Individual Rights
Walking into the Recorder’s Office is like walking into a giant history book! We have records that date back to the late 1800s, from patents signed by famous presidents and deeds issued to your ancestors to easements and mortgages for your property today. It is the mission of the Recorder’s Office to promptly record, file and preserve documents in an […]
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Three Goldeneye ducks swam about the harbor last week, two females and one male. The male is flipping his head back in a courtship ritual, but the two females don’t look too impressed.