Following is the Cook County Board of Commissioners meeting schedule for December, which is different from the typical monthly schedule due to the Association of MN Counties Annual Conference and the holidays.
Recent rains have bloated the area rivers and they are running like it was spring after the snowmelt
The Superior National Forest has published an update to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Permit and Visitor Use Report.
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold individuals' identification in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court processes are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a full accounting of names and penalties in its 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 $125 and/ or ten days in jail and/or includes one year of supervised adult probation. It is the Cook County News-Heraldâs policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.
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!
The Winterer's Gathering Festival
The North Shore Music Association is delighted to sponsor the annual Borealis Chorale & Orchestra Christmas concerts on December 13 and 14. The concerts will begin night at 7 pm at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Come enjoy both new and longloved seasonal works by celebrated composers, sung by your friends and neighbors, and led by director Karina Roth.
The Minnesota Department of Health and its rural health partners today awarded its prestigious 2024 Rural Health Team Award to the Sawtooth Mountain Clinicâs Oral Health Task Force (OHTF). The OHTF team will be honored during the 2025 Minnesota Rural Health Conference in Duluth June 9-10, 2025 The OHTF works to provide dental care, regardless of income, to every child to age 26, every pregnant woman and every senior over 65 years in Cook County and on the Grand Portage Reservation.