An emergency call went out to Tofte First Responders and Cook County Ambulance at 2:36 p.m. on Friday, August 20, reporting that there was a man in the water at the mouth of the Temperance River in Tofte. It was not known if the man was a kayaker, a swimmer, or whether he had been swept into the river’s current,... READ MORE >
Cook County Law Enforcement received an unusual emergency call from campers along the Superior Hiking Trail at 3:43 a.m. on Saturday, August 14. Joseph Olsen, 17, of Finlayson, MN, reported that a member of his party, Mark Kenneth Bruns, of Hinckley, MN, was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Olsen said Bruns had been sleeping on a top bunk and he... READ MORE >
Grand Marais Golf ‘n Stuff is usually the place to go for some lighthearted fun. Unfortunately, sometime during the night between August 19 and 21, the mini-golf course was the scene of theft and vandalism. Cook County Law Enforcement was called at 3:29 p.m. on August 22 when the damage was discovered. Missing was the chainsaw-carved eagle that was perched... READ MORE >
Contacted to confirm citizen reports of chemical spraying in the Highway 61 right-of-way in the Lutsen area, Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) spokesman Tom Jacobson said some herbicide treatment had been conducted in Cook County the week of August 12, but no treatment is taking place at this time. However, Jacobson, the roadside vegetation manager for Mn/DOT District 1, said... READ MORE >
The headline on www. WalleyeCentral.com on Monday, August 23 was Dircks and Blake Take the Win! A triumphant Curtis Blake of Grand Marais was pictured with his childhood friend and fishing partner, John Dircks, accepting the grand prize in the Cabela’s Master Walleye Circuit (MWC) Devils Lake, ND tournament on August 21 – 22. Theduo won $500 each in Cabela’s... READ MORE >
Did you get through Friday the 13th unscathed? I hope so. I hope you are not a paraskevidekatriaphobic. Instead, I hope that, like me, you didn’t even realize that it was the supposed day of bad luck until it was long past. Friday wasn’t a bad day at all. I had my bad luck day on Thursday the 12th when... READ MORE >
[caption id="attachment_6886" align="aligncenter" width="300"]The Grand Portage National Monument fur trade depot was a busy place on Rendezvous weekend, August 13 – 15. On Saturday, there was a rousing game of lacrosse on the lawn of the Great Hall—skins versus shirts.[/caption][caption id="attachment_6887" align="aligncenter" width="225"]Entertaining the voyageurs in the encampment under the pines was Boon’s Lick Strings—Al...... READ MORE >
Sergeant First Class Michael Ross of Lutsen, a member of the US Army Reserve, has been recalled to active duty and will be deploying to Afghanistan in a few weeks with the 309th Engineer Company. Ross, who is employed at Taconite Harbor Energy Center and is a Lutsen volunteer firefighter, served in the Army over 20 years ago. He attended... READ MORE >
Although District 6A State Representative David Dill (D-Crane Lake) did not face a DFL challenger in the August primary election, he made several trips up the North Shore to visit with constituents. He stopped by a few days after the primary, visiting with the Cook County News-Herald on Thursday, August 5. In light of the news coverage of his health... READ MORE >
In August 2009, Cook County Land Commissioner Mary Black informed Cook County commissioners that the US Forest Service was accepting comments on a proposed reroute of a 2½-mile snowmobile trail between McFarland and South Fowl Lakes in Hovland. The intent of that comment period was to gather “information and issues” regarding how the sound from the proposed snowmobile route would... READ MORE >
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