March 8 is International Women’s Day. Don’t ask me how I know this. I just do. So let us speak of Woman, specifically the International Woman. I like her. Very much. In my opinion She deserves much more than a day. But time waits for no man. Or woman, it seems. So… let’s get to it. To begin, let it […]
DNR reminds homeowners to plan ahead for spring burning restrictions
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds Minnesotans who intend to burn vegetative debris, such as grass, leaves, brush and untreated lumber, to do so now, when there is ample snow on the ground, rather than in the spring when wildfire risk is greatest due to brown grass and low humidity. Each year, spring burning permit restrictions are put in […]
“Living on the Edge” selected by the Phipps Center for the Arts for 2023 Show
“The North Shore Artists League has been juried into the Phipps in 2023!”, announced Kathy Fox Weinberg of Grand Marais and Chair of the League. The League responded Fall of 2021 to a call for artists issued by the Phipps Center for the Arts, located in Hudson, WI. The Phipps jury selected the North Shore Artists League to exhibit and […]
Wildlife Matters
Liver FlukeOne more parasite before I switch to other topics. There will be more on parasites and diseases in the future as some can be very serious for people too. The “Large American Liver Fluke” is well named as it can be three inches long, 1 ½ inches wide, and the adult lives in the liver. The normal hosts for it […]
We need sunshine and each other
I recently spent a week in North Carolina, Denver, North Carolina to be exact. When I left it was 29 below zero, 24 hours later I was on a boat touring Lake Norman in 71-degree weather. Yes friends, the 100-degree difference in 24 hours!! I was in weather heaven. I was wearing capris and flip-flops. I left my parka and […]
Boys end season with a win over Littlefork-Big Falls
Leading 21-8 at the half, it looked like the Cook County boys’ basketball team would take a relatively easy victory over the Littlefork-Big Falls Vikings in a game played Tuesday, March 1. However, the LFBF Vikings clamped down on defense and held our boys to nine second half points while scoring 20 points. A last second LFBF three-point shot was […]
E.A.T.S. “isn’t in the cards” for 2022
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, E.A.T.S. (Enriching Academics Through Sustenance) once again will be missing from our local March calendar. With all the snow, and the last E.A.T.S. occurring during one of our many Minnesota March snowstorms, it just doesn’t seem right not to have this event this year. But, even though case counts are down and most in our […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the punishment exceeds $150 and/or ten days in jail and/or includes one year of supervised adult probation. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not […]
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 […]
Wondering ‘61
The Curious History of BWCA Mining RightsIn 1972-3 I was privileged to serve as one of two law clerks to the late Honorable Philip Neville, Judge of U.S. District Court. During that time, he decided Izaak Walton League v. Saint Clair, et al, 3 ELR 20196, 1973, 497 F. 2nd 849 (8th Cir. 1974), 353 F.Supp. 698 (D. Minn. 1973). [The citations here are typical for […]