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 to be safe and to follow the rules!

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 be granted.

Work on the Overlook Landing is nearing completion

It's taken some time, but the work on the Overlook Landing is nearly completed. Workers have installed the rails for the steps and the upper deck section and finished the wooden arbor and metal art panels inspired by the late Ojibwe artist George Morrison.

Bear hunt lottery applications available

Prospective bear hunters have until Friday, May 3 to apply for a bear hunting license from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Applications for the 2024 season can be submitted online, at any license agent or by telephone at 888-665-4236.

Moving on

What’s clean enough? I’ve always considered myself a clean person. I wouldn’t win awards at housekeeping or personal hygiene, but I do well enough.

Wellness

Healing Held Within “We all contain [an] inner healer, but sometimes help is needed from someone who chooses to follow their own inner healer as their passion and calling in life. This is the beautiful relationship between client and healer, people and nature, and the relationship with all.

Outdoors with James Egan

Training dogs to find shed antlers a lost cause Here is how we trained systematically to find and fetch up shed deer antlers in the spring woods. The pup comes home at either 49 or 56 days old depending on the enlightenment of the breeder, the more leading-edge providing an extra week with the dame.

A North Shore Golf Trail?

Do not read this column unless you care about tourism in the Arrowhead of Minnesota. Recently, the County-owned Superior National Golf Course was reported as considering its future—whether to seek more public subsidy or a private operator.