Over two days nine members of the local Tread Lightly Off-Roaders club cleaned more than 2,400 pounds of trash from the ditches of a county roadway. “We also cleaned dispersed camp sites from the Arrowhead Trail to the Sawbill Trail along with gravel pits,” said local leader Scott Benolken. To make the work possible Tread Lightly Off Roaders have a […]
Hunters asked not to shoot eartagged, radiocollared research bears
Collared bears provide important management dataThe Minnesota bear hunting season opens Thursday, September 1, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is once again asking hunters to avoid shooting marked research bears. These bears are marked with distinctively large, colorful ear tags and wear radio collars. Researchers with the DNR are monitoring 25 radio-collared black bears across the state, especially in bear hunting zones 25, […]
Rendezvous and POW WOW Days return with a flourish!
The Rendezvous returned to Grand Portage National Monument on Friday, August 12 – Sunday, August 14 with 127 camps and 240 re-enactors. Grand Portage’s very own Stone Bridge Singers opened the event with a traditional drum ceremony and welcome to the public and camp participants. John Stealey, a first-time re-enactor to the event, demonstrated his late 18th century replica hot […]
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 […]
Cook County Historical Society needs help identifying photos
Trinity Lutheran church 1950. If you can identify photo 95N please email to history@boreal.org.
One Small Step, at least for me
I finally got my chance—last week I sat down with a woman from “The Other Side” to discuss our values, opinions, and feelings about issues we disagree on. And you know what? We had a lot more in common than I ever would have guessed. Go figure. The One Small Step Initiative, sponsored by Story Corp, has selected Grand Marais […]
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Brandi Erickson said she thought she was snagged on a rock but instead she had this 28-inch northern pike on her line!
Minnesota Starwarch for September 2022
September’s mild nights and darkening skies make for some of the year’s best star watching. In the west, brilliant Arcturus is slowly sinking, dragging its kite-shaped constellation, Bootes the herdsman, with it. Just east of Bootes hangs the semicircular Corona Borealis, or northern crown; its sole bright star is called Gemma or Alphecca. Moving east again, an hourglass of stars […]
Back to school
The phrase “back to school” means different things to different people. To some, Back To School is a 1986 comedy starring Rodney Dangerfield where he goes well, back to school. Robert Downey Jr. is in the film. And Sam Kinison is a professor who, if you remember the comedian, is always SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS!! The gutsiest […]
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Paul and Karla Sundberg took time away from paddling to catch a break on a recent trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).