A look at the Law Enforcement Log
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The following is a record of calls made to the Cook County Law Enforcement Center from February 20 – February 26. These are the initial calls made to law enforcement dispatchers.
If you need help from Cook County Law Enforcement, dial 9-1-1. For non-emergency calls, contact the Cook County Sheriff's Office at 218-387-3030.
| February 20, 2017 | ||
| 12:35 a.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Traffic stop, citation issued. |
| 1:03 a.m. | Grand Portage | Caller from 911 only phone states an elderly female is on the side of the road near this address. Vehicle is broken down and she refuses to leave it. |
| 4:12 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party states he was driving himself to the hospital. Having a hard time breathing and has had a cough. Info passed to the hospital emergency room. |
| 7:01 a.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Party driving to the ER. Having breathing issues. Cook County asked several times if he wanted an ambulance. Stated he was going to drive himself in. ER notified. |
| 8:25 a.m. | West Highway 61 | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 8:50 a.m. | West Highway 61 | Back side street door alarm, false alarm. |
| 9:03 a.m. | West Highway 61 | Traffic stop, citation issued. |
| 11:04 a.m. | Grand Marais | Party called friend and stated that they were going to hurt themself |
| 11:58 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Permit to carry renewal app received. |
| 1:51 p.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Commercial fire alarm, false alarm. |
| 2:57 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party would like a call back |
| 3:03 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Caller hit a vehicle and would like deputy assistance. |
| 3:06 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Permit to carry renewal application received. |
| 3:07 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Permit to carry renewal application received. |
| 3:43 p.m. | Grand Portage | Counterfeit $100 bill was found this morning at 9:10. |
| 6:20 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Project lifesaver call. |
| 7:03 p.m. | South Point Road, Grand Marais | Caller states power just went out. |
| 7:45 p.m. | Holiday, Grand Marais | Reported suspicious vehicle. |
| February 21 | ||
| 7:57 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Caller reporting that a towing vehicle was traveling too fast on Highway 61. She states the truck passed her and was probably doing 65 mph, spraying water on her windshield. |
| 9:46 p.m. | Gunflint Trail/Greenwood Lake Road | Caller states water is draining off the Greenwood Lake Road and flooding the Gunflint Trail. |
| 10:34 p.m. | Cook County Whole Foods Co-op | Party states water in front of Whole Foods Co-op is extremely high. |
| 10:42 p.m. | East 1st Street, Grand Marais | Flooding behind Bally's Blacksmith Shop. Keyholder said that everything should be off the floor, they will check on the building in the morning. |
| February 22 | ||
| 7:52 a.m. | West Highway 61 | Reporting vehicle off the road. |
| 8:42 a.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Reporting he wants to pick up a deer kill at this location. Doe was dead. |
| 8:50 a.m. | County Road 44/County Road 7 | Reporting water on the roadway just west of this location. Party said it was pretty deep. |
| 9:08 a.m. | Best Western Superior Inn, Grand Marais | Would like a callback pertaining a party they housed for deputy. |
| 9:20 a.m. | East Highway 61 | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 9:33 a.m. | North Broadway | Requesting residence check. |
| 9:58 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Would like a callback from deputy. |
| 10:59 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Personal items not returned since Labor Day. |
| 11:33 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Transporting inmate. |
| 12:15 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Sounds of person walking in the background. No distress sounds. |
| 1:08 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Civil process attempt. |
| 2:25 p.m. | Grand Portage | 56-year-old old female needing transportation to hospital. |
| 3:54 p.m. | Schroeder | Requesting that deputy help with pick up of property in divorce settlement. |
| 3:58 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Misdial on a 911 phone. No emergency. |
| 4:09 p.m. | Caribou Highlands Lodge, Lutsen | Commercial fire alarm. |
| 8:26 p.m. | Grand Marais | Civil process attempt. |
| 8:33 p.m. | Grand Marais | Traffic stop, citation issued. |
| 11:19 p.m. | Lockport Store, Lutsen | Party states a fox needs to be dispatched at this location. |
| February 23 | ||
| 6:54 a.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Reporting dead deer on the side of the road near this location. |
| 7:29 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Deputy is finger printing party. |
| 8:10 a.m. | County Road 7, Grand Marais | Requesting residence check. |
| 08:31 a.m. | Superior National Golf Course, Lutsen | Vehicle in the ditch with 3 people, no injuries. |
| 9:53 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Transporting inmate to Lake County for court. |
| 10:39 a.m. | North Broadway, Grand Marais | Residence check request. |
| 10:50 a.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 11:10 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Received permit to purchase application. |
| 1303 p.m. | Sawtooth Mountain Clinic | Received a suspicious email with attempted fraud. |
| 1:34 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Requesting callback from deputy. |
| 1:41 p.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 2:22 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Reporting driver all over the road. |
| 2:52 p.m. | East Bay Suites | 62-year-old needs ambulance. |
| 3:03 p.m. | Pincushion Drive/Gunflint Trail | Large black pickup passed caller in no passing lane, above speed limit heading up the Trail. |
| 3:23 p.m. | Bluefin Bay, Tofte | Abandoned 911 call. Bluefin Bay reported false alarm. |
| 3:51 p.m. | West Highway 61, Schroeder | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 4:22 p.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 5:25 p.m. | Grand Marais | Civil process attempt |
| 6:22 p.m. | Grand Marais | Resident in the apartments yelling and swearing loudly for some time |
| 7:01 p.m. | Grand Marais | Requesting a deputy. |
| 8:06 p.m. | Grand Portage | 36-year-old, needs medical assistance. |
| 9:01 p.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 9:43 p.m. | Grand Marais | Party believes people are smoking pot in their SUV. |
| 11:59 p.m. | Grand Marais | 70-something female needs medical assistance. |
| February 24 | ||
| 7:26 a.m. | Tofte | Party, fell, hurt right hip. |
| 7:50 a.m. | Cook County High School | School patrol. |
| 8:03 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Requested call back from deputy. |
| 8:10 a.m. | North Broadway, Grand Marais | Residence check. |
| 8:19 a.m. | County Road 7, Grand Marais | Residence check. |
| 8:37 a.m. | Grand Portage | EMT requesting ambulance for transport to the hospital of deceased person. |
| 9:01 a.m. | Cook County North Shore Health | Reporting that they are having issues with their phones. Just called to give law enforcement center their back room phone number in case of emergency. |
| 9:58 a.m. | East Highway 61 | Fell down and needs help getting up. |
| 11:49 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Inmate transport. |
| 1:14 p.m. | Grand Marais | Party received a scam phone call but he knew it was a scam and did not deal with them. |
| 2:31 p.m. | Grand Marais | Requesting that deputy help with pick up of property in divorce settlement. |
| 3:21 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party returning a call to deputy. |
| 4:23 p.m. | Grand Portage Health Services | Party dropped off medicines to be disposed of. |
| 6:19 p.m. | East Highway 61 | 2 callers reporting injured deer at this location. |
| 7:16 p.m. | Grand Portage Lodge | 79-year-old male needs medical assistance at canopy entrance to casino. |
| 8:19 p.m. | Caribou Highlands Lodge, Lutsen | 911 from lodge. They have no way to determine where it originated, but haven't heard of any problems there. Will call if there are any problems. |
| 8:38 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 9:15 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Assist State Patrol. |
| 9:44 p.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| February 25 | ||
| 3:50 a.m. | East Highway 61 | SuperAmerica basement motion - line is busy when they try to call. False alarm. |
| 8:16 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Long sparkly wallet missing. May be Gene’s or pharmacy. |
| 8:54 a.m. | East Highway 61 | Dead deer in the westbound lane. |
| 9:21 a.m. | Oddz & Endz, Grand Marais | People leaving junk outside their door - A refrigerator, couch, and miscellaneous junk being left at their place. |
| 9:26 a.m. | Lutsen Post Office | A strange package received. Would like someone to stop at the Post Office. Unfounded. |
| 11:01 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Civil process attempt. |
| 11:38 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party in for a urinalysis. |
| 12:52 p.m. | Grand Portage | Stated the house is full of people removing items. |
| :07 p.m. | Sawtooth Elementary | Dare 5th grade class. |
| 1:12 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Questions regarding a call he may be involved in. |
| 3:04 p.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Dead deer in traffic lane near this location. |
| 3:18 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Remove deer from roadway. |
| 3:34 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Requesting call back as soon as possible. |
| 4:19 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Ride given to party. |
| 6:16 p.m. | Grand Marais | Residence check. |
| 6:20 p.m. | Caribou Trail, Lutsen | 2 car vehicle accident. |
| 11:51 p.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Fire alarm, unit 9 at Bluefin Bay. Cook spoke to the unit - no smoke or fire, not sure why it’s going off. Someone on the way to check on it. Asked dispatch to not send the Fire Department. Will call back with what they find out down there. |
| February 26 | ||
| 7:48 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Questions about her cell phone and picking it up. |
| 8:57 a.m. | Sea Villas, Lutsen | Deer is stumbling around in the woods. Cook County advised there was nothing that we could do and nature would take its course. |
| 9:11 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Would like a follow up call on an accident. |
| 9:12 a.m. | Grand Marais | Concern about a vulnerable adult. |
| 10:07 a.m. | Grand Portage | 911 call. Party stated that his baby was playing with the phone. Apologized and all was ok at the house. |
| 10:36 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Deputy please call back. |
| 10:39 a.m. | Sawmill Drive, Lutsen | Civil process attempt. |
| 11:10 a.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 11:18 a.m. | Lutsen Mountains | 34-year-old female with broken wrist. |
| 11:38 a.m. | Grand Marais | Party in apartment has been smoking pot for the last two days and it is affecting caller’s breathing. |
| 12:27 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Returning your call. |
| 2:28 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Requests a callback. |
| 3:15 p.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Traffic stop, citation issued. |
| 3:33 p.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 3:40 p.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Traffic stop, citation issued. |
| 4:00 p.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 4:25 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 7:39 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party requests a callback about a neighbor. |
| 9:19 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 10:53 p.m. | Grand Marais | 83-year-old male needs medical help. |
| 11:12 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Requesting call back. |
| February 27 | ||
| 2:47 a.m. | West Highway 61, Schroeder | Car went in the ditch on the lake side just west of Satellite Inn. |
| 3:31 a.m. | Caribou Trail, Lutsen | Male patient, 28 years old, rolling to hospital looking for closest |
| 6:00 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Inmate transport. |
| 8:00 a.m. | East Highway 61 | Reported a red jeep wi plate west bound to grand marais reckless driving transferred to msp |
| 8:38 a.m. | Hovland | Traffic stop, citation issued |
| 9:45 a.m. | Trail Center, Grand Marais | Dark Avalanche pickup went by Trail Center going around 60 mph, heading down the Trail. |
| 10:48 a.m. | Gunflint Trail | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 11:44 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Civil process attempt. |
| 11:44 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Requesting assistance to go to party’s house to get their belongings. |
| 11:56 a.m. | Grand Portage | Out with party. |
| 12:04 p.m. | Ski Hill Rd, Lutsen | Traffic stop, warning given. |
| 1:06 p.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Traffic stop, citation issued. |
| 1:32 p.m. | Grand Marais | Caller coming to Law Enforcement Center to speak with a deputy regarding a possible assault. |
| 8:34 p.m. | Grand Marais | Party stated they repossessed a vehicle. |
| 9:21 p.m. | Bluefin Bay, Tofte | 911 hangup. Misdial |
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