May 6, 1999 - John Lyght, former Cook County Sheriff, talks about being born and raised in Cook County, along Minnesota's far Northeastern corner. With his parents, and eventually 14 brothers and sisters, the Lyghts were the first African American family that settled among the Swedes and Norwegians on Lake Superior's North Shore.
April 5, 1989 - MPR’s Leif Enger profiles John Lyght, Minnesota's first African American sheriff. Born and raised in Cook County, Lyght became sheriff of his hometown.