Cook County News

After visiting with and walking around Fairview Ridges Hospital, Dr. Philip Randall, center, says goodbye to clockwise from top right: Georgia Muelken, 10; Maggie, 6; Monica, 2; and Maggie, 6. Dr.

A 20-year-old man from Minnesota's Iron Range apparently drowned on the Cascade River just west of Grand Marais.

From a town ball field in Chaska to a big fish statue in the northern resort town of Bena, Minn., the list keeps growing of Minnesota's most endangered historic places.

The St. Louis County Medical Examiner says the man wanted for robbing a Metro restaurant and shooting at an officer died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

May 7, 2009 10:47 pm US/Central ST. PAUL A preliminary autopsy found that a Twin Cities robbery suspect involved in a shootout with officers in northern Minnesota died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Minnesota BCA will investigate whether a Twin Cities robbery suspect shot himself or was killed by an officer's bullet after a chase in North Minnesota.Quincy Adam Pederson died yesterday after a brief standoff near Grand Marais.Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota State Patrol were involved in the shooting.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension , the Cook County Sheriffa s Office and the Minnesota State Patrol today released new details on the police pursuit and the shooting that happened Tuesday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. on County Road 60 near Grand Marais.

Law enforcement agencies from across the state spent Monday searching from both the air, and ground manning five different checkpoints near the Sawbill and caribou trails "We're just taking precautions and if he's here, then we want to catch him," Cook County Sheriff Mark Falk said they are looking for 38 year old Quincy Adam Pederson.

Authorities in Cook County continue to search for a suspect they believe was involved in a robbery and shooting in St.

It seems to me the government grew larger during the Bush administration and republicans didn't seem to mind.

Larry Saur was a 23-year-old "kid" with a degree in business education when he applied for and got the job as deputy court clerk.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation today unveiled its 2009 construction program of 223 state highway and bridge projects with a combined construction cost of $1.4 billion.

Washington County commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday morning to cut funding for 4-H in mid-September. The decision means the county's 4-H'ers will be able to participate in the county fair in July and the Minnesota State Fair in August.

The American Red Cross plans to open a shelter in northeastern Minnesota after an ice storm snapped trees and powerlines, leaving thousands in the dark.

C ook County, at the tip of Minnesota's Arrowhead region, wants to build a fiber-optic network along its major highway routes -- Hwy.

Just when the grass was starting to peek through the snow piles, winter is reminding us that it still has some punch left.

The National Weather Service has issued an ice storm warning for Carlton County from 9 a.m. Monday to noon Tuesday.

A fire has destroyed several townhome units at the Lutsen ski resort. The fire broke out Monday night in an unoccupied unit in a six-unit townhome building at Caribou Highlands Lodge.

For decades now, and maybe longer, Minnesota's oft-ignored county officials have been as noisy as toddlers throwing temper tantrums when it came to unfunded mandates, those things the state requires counties to ...

Five fire departments in Northeast Minnesota have been awarded $468,662 in federal grants to buy new equipment and provide additional training to first responders.