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 Monday, August 21 to Sunday, August 27. 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 Sheriffs Office at 218-387-3030.
| Monday, August 21 | ||
| 1:48 a.m. | Gunflint Trail | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 10:01 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party dropped off wallet found at Cedar Grove Business Park. |
| 10:17 a.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 10:31 a.m. | Cutoff Rd, Grand Marais | Welfare check. |
| 10:32 a.m. | Grand Portage | Project life saver. |
| 10:47 a.m. | West Highway 61, Schroeder | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 11:16 a.m. | West Highway 61, Schroeder | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 11:28 a.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Cited for passing on right. |
| 11:41 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party requesting call back from deputy. |
| 12:15 p.m. | Super America, Grand Marais | Attempt to locate a white Avis van - drove off with the hose attached, searching for the vehicle to pay for damage. |
| 12:19 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Party asking about vendor permit for company selling gravel door to door. |
| 1:11 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Gold sedan all over the road - heading towards Duluth. |
| 2:08 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | 911 hangup, county called back, left a voicemail. |
| 2:17 p.m. | Harmon Sever Road/Pike Lake Road | White mini van stuck. |
| 2:36 p.m. | Grand Marais Rec Park | Damage to Spartan trailer hauling 1750 Crestliner Sportfish. |
| 2:45 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Has a client for Project Lifesaver, asked for call back. |
| 3:05 p.m. | East Highway 61, Hovland | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 3:18 p.m. | East Highway 61, Hovland | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 3:31 p.m. | Grand Marais | Party having problems with child’s mother. Family custody issue. |
| 3:48 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party requesting call back. |
| 4:15 p.m. | Lullabye Creek Road/Gunflint Trail | Party stuck about 5 miles in on the Lullaby Creek Road, one person is diabetic and will need insulin soon. Needs a tow, party will be waiting out on the road – tow company responded and assisted. No medical or further action required. |
| 4:51 p.m. | School House Road, Grand Marais | Three pigs are in her yard eating her strawberries. |
| 5:43 p.m. | Boostrom Way, Grand Marais | Somewhere on South Clearwater Road there is heavy white smoke. |
| 7:19 p.m. | East Highway 61, Grand Portage | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 10:28 p.m. | Blue Water Café, Grand Marais | Found iPhone, dropped it off. |
| Tuesday, August 22 | ||
| 08:03 a.m. | Hovland | Family selling party’s belongings. |
| 09:33 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Test only. |
| 10:28 a.m. | 170 Mile Creek Rd, Grand Portage | National Monument rangers concerned that ATVs are going around the gate up to Mt. Rose and destroying vegetation. Further patrol requested. |
| 10:33 a.m. | Harbor Light, Grand Marais | White pick-up truck, westbound, had a big ladder fall out of it. |
| 11:07 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Transporting party to court. |
| 11:16 a.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Motorcycle vs. deer – no injury. |
| 11:18 a.m. | East Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 11:39 a.m. | Isak Hansen & Sons, Lutsen | Semi crossing white line and into the dirt. Bison transport. |
| 12:11 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Pick up party at Birch Tree facility to be put on mental health hold in St Luke’s. |
| 12:27 p.m. | Sawbill Trail, Tofte | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 1:05 p.m. | Arrowhead Trail, Hovland | Two dogs chained to kennel area. Look neglected. |
| 1:31 p.m. | Grand Marais | Lost Prius keys. |
| 1:56 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Question on Project Life Saver |
| 2:23 p.m. | Cook County High School | Four young boys riding on the tennis court and being mouthy. |
| 2:51 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Dump truck crossing the center line. Red dumper with white cab. |
| 3:47 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Someone was picking rocks in their driveway yesterday. |
| 4:19 p.m. | Grand Marais | Cited for driving after suspension. |
| 5:17 p.m. | Best Western Superior Inn, Grand Marais | No emergency. Dialed by mistake. |
| 6:25 p.m. | Hungry Jack Road | Party experiencing power voltage drops and that their lights have been going up and down. |
| 7:06 p.m. | Grand Portage | Motorist assist. |
| 9:21 p.m. | Morgan Road, Grand Marais | Party with medical issues. Ambulance responded – no transport. |
| Wednesday, August 23 | ||
| 10:31 a.m. | Grand Marais | Party’s dog was attacked yesterday – owners will work it out between themselves for further medical action with the dog. |
| 11:17 a.m. | East Highway 61, Hovland | Upper side of highway. More trash dumped. |
| 12:20 p.m. | Moose Valley Rd, Hovland | Electricity has been off/not used since April and mail being returned. |
| 12:37 p.m. | Grand Portage | Two people in possession of an assault rifle. |
| 12:55 p.m. | North Shore Health | New ER is now open - use the new ambulance bay to enter with patients. |
| 1:01 p.m. | Grand Portage | On foot with National Park rangers to Fort Charlotte. |
| 2:32 p.m. | Gunflint Trail/Cut Off Road | Two vehicle crash. |
| 3:22 p.m. | Gunflint Trail, Grand Marais | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 3:33 p.m. | Grand Portage | Party would like to surrender guns left at her house. |
| 4:19 p.m. | School House Road, Grand Marais | Neighbor’s pigs are loose. |
| 4:22 p.m. | Schroeder | Truck off road, hit tree. |
| 4:26 p.m. | Grand Portage | 2 malamutes, barking uncontrollably. |
| 5:47 p.m. | Grand Portage | Civil contract issue. |
| 8:20 p.m. | Trout Lake Resort, Grand Marais | Party in cabin hears woman screaming and cursing, “Drop that, “Stop it” and “that hurts.” It was found that fishing line became tangled in dog’s feet, party was impaled in the finger by a fish hook and was yelling for help. |
| 10:04 p.m. | Devil Track Road, Grand Marais | Basement motion. |
| 10:29 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party has some question about some paperwork that might have been left. |
| 11:26 p.m. | Hovland | Garage door. |
| 11:30 p.m. | Temperance River State Park, Schroeder | 50-old-male has vertigo and needs medical attention. |
| 12:42 p.m. | Grand Portage | 89-year-old male with heart condition, needs medical attention. |
| 1:43 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Departing dispatcher sends message, “Thanks…Take care and be safe!: |
| 1:44 p.m. | Peninsula Point Trail, Lutsen | A chocolate lab is running loose. |
| 1:45 p.m. | Nelsons Travelers Rest, Grand Marais | Appears someone is setting up camp west of the resort on their property. |
| 2:07 p.m. | Grand Marais | Reporting sick crow in his yard. |
| 3:20 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Pocket dial 9-1-1. |
| 3:42 p.m. | Grand Portage | Party on a brownish Kawasaki motorcycle driving extremely fast on Townsite Road. |
| 3:53 p.m. | Grand Marais | Party cited for no proof of insurance and tires too wide for fenders. |
| 4:06 p.m. | Grand Portage | Unwanted party won’t leave. |
| 5:11 p.m. | Grand Marais | Equipment off loading on 5th Ave. Potential to cause traffic hazard. |
| 3:50 p.m. | Tuscarora Lodge, Gunflint Trail | 31-year-old male in Boundary Waters, conscious, breathing normally, throwing up about every 20 minutes. Party is diabetic, has been taking his insulin. Will be will be in a black Chevy Silverado. Gunflint crew has made contact with the patient and he is able to walk across the portage so they will walk out with him. |
| 5:52 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party would like to talk to deputy regarding his daughter. |
| 6:18 p.m. | Grand Portage | A store customer advised that about a mile up Highway 61 towards the border it looked like a male and female were fighting. |
| 6:34 p.m. | Two Island Rd, Schroeder | Removing a tree from the road. |
| 6:54 p.m. | Hovland | Party parked damaged vehicle in parking lot of Hovland Post Office. |
| 8:25 p.m. | West Highway 61, Schroeder | Party hit Onstar button accidentally, unable to disable. Advised to call Onstar directly to solve problem |
| 9:21 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Found i-Phone approximately 15 miles up the Gunflint Trail from town. |
| 9:37 p.m. | Dairy Queen, Grand Marais | Request to call the manager. |
| 22:25 p.m. | Linnell Road, Grand Marais | 66-year-old female needs medical attention. No transport, coming in by private vehicle. |
| 11:33 p.m. | W Hwy 61, 2sch | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 11:40 p.m. | Grand Marais | Neighbor trouble –conversation became heated, but no charges and the two went their separate ways. |
| Thursday, August 24 | ||
| 12:23 a.m. | Grand Marais | Vehicle partly on Highway 61 between mile marker 95 and 96, nobody in it, lights on. Lake side. Gold minivan - older, beat up van. |
| 7:16 a.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Audible burglary alarm – false. |
| 8:54 a.m. | West Highway 61, Lutsen | Removing a deer from the road. |
| 09:09 a.m. | West Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 11:00 a.m. | West Highway 61 | Party hit a deer with his vehicle and has some damage to the front passenger side of his vehicle headlight. |
| 11:04 a.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party requests callback. |
| 11:13 a.m. | East Highway 61 | Cited for no proof of insurance. |
| 11:56 a.m. | 2 North Broadway, Grand Marais | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 12:06 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party reporting suspicious activity regarding basement/garage of her cabin. Witnessed a male trying to gain entry but the suspect ran. No suspects identified so far. |
| 12:28 p.m. | Voyageur Brewing, Grand Marais | Party dropped off 4 credit cards that were left behind at their business yesterday. |
| 12:56 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | Party requesting call back regarding Project Lifesaver. |
| 2:25 p.m. | Grand Marais | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 2:56 p.m. | Superior National Golf Course, Lutsen | DNR worker reporting theft of rain buckets from this site. Approximate value $200. |
| 3:37 p.m. | West Highway 61, Schroeder | 76-year-old fell in yard, needs medical attention. |
| 3:50 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Reporting what looked to be an injured adolescent eagle on the north side of Highway 61. |
| 3:55 p.m. | North Broadway, Grand Marais | Compliance check – compliant. |
| 5:12 p.m. | Grand Marais | Predatory Offender change of information form filed. |
| 5:47 p.m. | Grand Marais | Predatory Offender change of information form filed. |
| 7:32 p.m. | Grand Marais Rec Park | At dock beside fish house, report of boat sinking. Need Coast Guard with a pump. |
| 8:04 p.m. | Sven And Ole’s Pizza | Lock out. |
| 11:31 p.m. | Grand Marais | Suspicious person - tall thin male heading westbound in the alley on foot. Checked area, no suspects identified. |
| Friday, August 25 | ||
| 8:19 a.m. | Ball Club Rd, Grand Marais | Caller reporting small fire with visible flame, possibly 40x40. Friend was going to put buckets of water on. US Forest Service and DNR notified, fire was put out by rain. |
| 8:26 a.m. | Gunflint Trail | Cited for speed. |
| 8:37 a.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Low temp alarm in unit 12 and fire alarm in unit 43a. |
| 10:22 a.m. | East Highway 61, Grand Portage | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 10:23 a.m. | East Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 10:23 a.m. | East Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 1:18 p.m. | Aero Drive, Tofte | Residence secure. Vehicle tracks in driveway. |
| 2:37 p.m. | Gunflint Traill/South Brule Road | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 3:00 p.m. | Ugly Baby Bait Shop, Gunflint Trail | Cited for speed and no proof insurance. |
| 318 p.m. | Gunflint Trail | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 4:39 p.m. | Law Enforcement Center | 911 hangup. Cook County called back and left a voicemail. |
| 5:12 p.m. | Grand Marais | 101-year-old male needs medical attention, transport to the hospital. |
| 5:33 p.m. | Flyby Drive/West Highway 61, Tofte | Party calling to report he was in a single car accident -referred to State patrol. |
| 5:59 p.m. | West Highway 61, Tofte | Project lifesaver set up. |
| 8:29 p.m. | Ryden’s Border Store, Grand Portage | Vehicle picking up packages after hours – checked by deputy. No further action taken. |
| 8:48 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Damage to the windshield due to debris thrown up from the wheels of a truck. |
| Saturday, August 26 | ||
| 12:58 a.m. | Grand Portage | 65-year-old female needs medical help, transported by Grand Portage ambulance to North Shore Health. |
| 1:03 a.m | West Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 7:58 a.m | Cascade River Bridge | Large pine tree across roadway, blocking whole road. |
| 8:18 a.m | Devil Track Road, Grand Marais | Low hanging power line or telephone pole. |
| 9:02 a.m | Bay Rd, Grand Portage | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 9:15 a.m | Upper Rd, Grand Portage | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 10:21 a.m | Gunflint Trail | Traffic stop -warning. |
| 11:02 a.m | Grand Marais | Church detail. |
| 12:13 p.m. | Minnesota Power, Schroeder | Green dodge ram parked right next to a gate by your coal pile, license on front and not back, tinted windows. 844 uuu |
| 1:09 p.m. | West Highway 61, Schroeder | Party stated that his power is out at his residence after returning from being gone for a month. |
| 1:40 p.m. | Taconite Harbor Small Craft Harbor, Schroeder | Party left pontoon trailer off to the side down by marina. Trailer blew a tire. Should be back and have the trailer/boat out of there sometime tomorrow. Tan Crestliner pontoon on trailer. |
| 1:45 p.m. | Drury Lane Books, Grand Marais | Report of dark blue sporty ATV ripping around East Bay beach being reckless. |
| 2:27 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Received a 911 hang up from this residence. |
| 3:56 p.m. | North Shore Health | Smelling smoke in the new CT room. |
| 4:01 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 4:11 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Cited for speed. |
| 4:31 p.m. | W Hwy 61, 2sch | Cited for speed. |
| 4:45 p.m. | Tofte | Neighbors are currently burning garbage. Party cited for burning garbage. |
| 5:47 p.m. | West Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 6:51 p.m. | Cramer Rd, Schroeder | Compliance check. |
| 7:07 p.m. | Grand Marais | 88-year-old male fell. Transported to north shore health |
| 7:41 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 7:58 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Traffic stop – warning. |
| 8:31 p.m. | East Highway 61 | Party hit a deer - car is not driveable . |
| 9:54 p.m. | Cook County Airport | The rotating white light at the airport is not working. |
| Sunday, August 27 | ||
| 12:09 a.m. | Cook County High School | Reporting 3 high school age males walking around the school grounds – checked parties and they were just taking a walk. |
| 1:16 a.m. | Grand Marais City Hall | Foot patrol. |
| 1:22 a.m. | Johnsons Heritage Post, Grand Marais | Open door, going inside to check around. Deputy secured the door. Everything was fine. |
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