Cook County played host to the Northeast Range Nighthawks on Tuesday, September 20, feeding the Nighthawks a steady dose of spikes and hard to return serves. Mix that in with some great scrambling to save points and the Vikings had their hometown fans cheering them on to a 3-0 win over a scrappy team from the Iron Range. The first […]
Ekstrom boys combine to raise funds for Folds of Honor
Over the past seven years, brothers Drew and Heath Ekstrom have raised almost fifty dollars for the Folds of Honor golf program that provides educational scholarships to the families of military men and women who have fallen or been disabled while on active duty in the United States armed forces. On Sunday, September 11, 2022, Drew and Heath were joined […]
Cook County Historical Society needs help identifying photos
Cook County Historical Society needs help identifying these people Can you identify these people in this picture? If so, please state their names from left to right and put the number (G 315 b) on you answer and send your reply to history@boreal.org.
Duluth and Arrowhead Co-op wins award for inclusive outreach to lowincome communities
Local groups will relaunch the effort this yearThe U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) awarded Solar United Neighbors’ 2021 “Share the Sun” campaign an Inclusive Solar Outreach in recognition of an effective communications campaign to reach underrepresented audiences about solar energy adoption. The campaign helped low- and moderate-income Duluth and Grand Marais homeowners go solar as part of a solar co-op. The effort is […]
August Jobs Report Shows Pause in Growth
Unemployment rate remains below 2%This report was edited for length Minnesota’s unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a point to 1.9% in August, although it remains at a historic low, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Minnesota’s labor force participation rate ticked down two-tenths of a point to 68.2%. In August, the U.S. unemployment rate […]
Counting my blessings
My parents recently moved from the North Shore town of Schroeder to South Haven. They plan to stay until next spring or until my Dad can get his left foot under him, literally. He is doing great with lots of physical therapy, occupational therapy, and just plain family love. It is both a blessing and a curse to live with […]
Time after time
The funny thing about time is it’s always something I wish I had more of but the moment I have some actual free time on my hands, I have no idea what to do with it. I mean, where do I start? I could use my time to learn a new language. I understand there are many. How great would […]
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
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 […]
D’Artagnan and McDuff learn to hunt
The trail went through the woods, and although a white-tailed deer used it once in a while, it wasn’t a deer trail because it started from nowhere and because the woods were even and not special and not habitat, which was a concept I was learning about. In five minutes, you were deeper in the woods and the truck was […]