A few of our current favorites from the recent  Cook County News-Herald….part of what makes Cook County unique…

MONDAY APRIL 23
 2:22pm   The Forest Service reported a skunk out on the front grass area with a cup over its head and heading toward the highway.  State Patrol was notified.
TUESDAY APRIL 24
10:20 Caller said he found a 16 foot aluminum canoe last fall, asked around, but no one knew about it.
THURSDAY APRIL 26:
8:38am  Caller said at about 6:40 this morning she saw a wolf running in the ditch carrying in its mouth what looked like a small poodle-ish type dog with a red collar.
SUNDAY MAY 6
A deputy was requested to contact the caller’s son who was camping in the area.  They needed to tell him that his basement was flooding and the dad was not sure what to do.
THURSDAY MAY 10
8:56am  A husky-looking dog was seen in a chicken coop on Creechville road, and took a dead chicken out.  The other five chickens are gone as of sometime last night, only feathers left, but the caller did not see what took them.
SUNDAY MAY 13
2:46am  Caller said he may have left a bass leaning up against a car in the parking lot near DQ when he left for Ely.