Cook County Sheriff's Office & Public Safety

06/04/2026

Good luck to our boys track team representing Cook County in the 4x100 relay, 100 individual and discus at the Class A State meet today and tomorrow. Go Vikes!

06/04/2026

The Superior National Forest has announced an Emergency Forest Order that bans campfires within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) beginning June 6 at 12:01 a.m through June 30, unless otherwise noted - Boreal - June 4, 2026

05/28/2026

In case you are seeing smoke in the Greenwood Lake Area today.

04/17/2026

Scam Alert From the Cook County Sheriff's Office

Community members please be vigilant for the last scam. Individuals have been receiving text messages from the North Shore Federal Credit Union (NSFCU) reporting a fraud alert. The messages ask “did you authorize this” however, once you start answering yes or no the scam is able to replicate the actual NSFCU number and start sending standard account verification texts.

We recommend the public to not respond to any text messages from NSFCU- and to immediately call the Credit Union if they receive any texts to verify the validity of it. NSFCU is aware and diligently working on this with multiple law enforcement agencies.

Thank you.

Scam Alert From the Cook County Sheriff's Office

Community members please be vigilant for the last scam. Individuals have been receiving text messages from the North Shore Federal Credit Union (NSFCU) reporting a fraud alert. The messages ask “did you authorize this” however, once you start answering yes or no the scam is able to replicate the actual NSFCU number and start sending standard account verification texts.

We recommend the public to not respond to any text messages from NSFCU- and to immediately call the Credit Union if they receive any texts to verify the validity of it. NSFCU is aware and diligently working on this with multiple law enforcement agencies.

Thank you.

12/29/2025

UPDATE

The Cook County Sheriff's Office has arrested Donovan Vondall, 32 YOM from Grand Portage in connection with the incident from the Co-op on December 27, 2025.

12/29/2025

The dogs are reunited with their owner !! Thank you everyone !!

A passerby picked up these 2 Dachshunds that were running around on 5th St by the hospital in Grand Marais. If you are the owner, or know the owner please have them call Cook County Dispatch at 218-387-3030.

12/28/2025

Press Release

At approximately 3:45 pm Cook County Dispatch received a call that someone had been stabbed inside the Cook County Co-Op. The victim received emergency care and was transported by ambulance to North Shore Health.

The suspect left the scene, but deputies were able to gain an accurate description of the suspect. The suspect has been taken into custody and there is NO DANGER to the public. The case is currently under investigation. More details will be released when the investigation is completed.

12/18/2025

Travel Advisory

Due to the unseasonably warm, wet weather we are experiencing; the gravel roads in Cook County are becoming precarious to drive on. The Cook County Highway Department is unable to plow or grade them. If you don't have to drive a gravel road, please stay off them.

Thank you.

11/26/2025

Code RED

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has taken measures to transition our CodeRED emergency system following a recent cyberattack and data breach that has impacted hundreds of agencies nationwide. CodeRED is a critical notification system used to deliver time-sensitive alerts during severe weather events, public safety threats, and other emergencies.

CodeRED has reported the impacted dataset may contain contact information of CodeRED users such as: name, address, email address, phone numbers, and/or associated passwords used to create user profiles for alerts. If the same password is used by system users for any other personal or business accounts, those passwords should be changed immediately.

During the transition away from CodeRED, Cook County dispatch and partner agencies with emergency alerting capabilities will issue Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) on our behalf.

We encourage residents to take the following steps:
• Change any usernames or passwords to other personal or business accounts similar to those used for CodeRED profiles
• Ensure Emergency Alerts are turned ON in phone settings
• Follow Cook County Sheriff's Office and your local public safety agencies on Facebook
• Maintain multiple ways to receive alerts, such as NOAA Weather Radio and local news outlets

The CodeRED provider has decommissioned the current platform. CodeRED has reported there is no evidence that any user information has been used to carry out identity theft or fraud.

That is all we know currently, the Cook County Sheriff's Office does not have any further information.

Send a message to learn more

10/03/2025

BEARS!!!!

Please be aware that the bears are trying their best to add winter fat for the long nap. Keep food inside your house, your garbage locked up, don't keep food in your car and please if you see a bear on your property, give it a wide berth. They are doing nothing wrong and humans entice them by being careless and then problems arise.

If you have an encounter and you need public safety assistance, please call 218-387-3030, in emergency call 911.

Be safe everyone and enjoy the Fall!!!