Cascade River and Judge Magney State Park to remain open during deer hunt on November 6-21 Staff report A special deer hunt will be held November 6-21, 2021, at Judge Magney and Cascade River State Parks to control deer overpopulation and to protect natural resources. Judge Magney and Cascade River State Parks will remain open to visitors, but the Minnesota […]
HRA board members selected at county board meeting
Cook County Commissioners appointed five people from the county’s five districts to serve on the first ever Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) board. The decision was made at the commissioner’s October 12 meeting. HRA’s are formed to undertake or assist in developing affordable housing projects. The county board voted to form an HRA at its August 24 meeting to address […]
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 […]
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Call it “Lucky to live here.” Don Davison took this scenic picture of a beaver house that is located in Grand Portage. Fall rains and continued warmer than usual weather has resulted in spectacular fall scenery and no place in the state of Minnesota is any prettier than Grand Portage.
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Last week Bob LaMettry came across a small army of Shaggy Mane mushrooms at the Pike Lake gravel pit. He used a dollar bill to show the scale of these edible mushrooms.
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Always on the lookout for unusual birds, Jean Brislance took this picture of a Lapland Longspur. Said Brislance, “These birds nest way up in the arctic tundra, and they are currently moving through our area.”