Opinion

Are we prepared to stop a giant wildfire in Cook County?

After watching the terrible fires in California, Cook County officials and residents should take notice that Cook County could, in the future, have forest fires again. The reason is that the Spruce budworm infestation is killing the Balsam and Spruce trees, creating a very flammable forest. In the early 90s, the county had spruce bud work killing trees, and then we had a decade of forest fires, starting with the Temperance Lake fire and ending with the Ham Lake and Pogamy fires.

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Aspiration

It had occurred to me before. I now knew for sure why Ketanji Brown Jackson was a Supreme Court Justice, and I was a State District Court Judge. She may well be smarter, but for sure she works harder than I did.

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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!

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