Cook County News

Last year was the earliest statewide ice-out for Minnesota lakes on record. On April 10, 2012 the last lake, Greenwood Lake in Cook County near the Ontario border, was declared ice-free. Most lakes around the Twin Cities were free of ice by mid March when the mercury spiked to a record 80 degrees on St.

If you're going to court, leave your cell in the car. Beginning April 15, electronic communication devices will be banned from Cook County courthouses .

Somehow, some way this cruel hoax of an extended April fool's joke will not happen.

Four months after he was hit was a court order to stop communicating with a 17-year-old girl with whom he was romantically involved , Cook County Attorney Tim Scannell is under investigation for possible criminal charges.

A former federal prosecutor will investigate whether criminal charges are warranted against Cook County Attorney Tim Scannell for his relationship with a teenage girl.