10 Years Ago · Nov. 22, 2002
Due to a mix-up with the specifications on a proposed electrical generation plant, city council voted Nov. 13 to re-bid the job. By doing so, it is not believed the timeline of the project – which calls for a December 2003 completion – will be jeopardized. Furthermore, some councilors expressed the belief that re-bidding the job may result in a lower price tag.
Members of the school board listened as newly elected member Jill Pederson, representing the towns of Lutsen, Tofte and Schroeder, said she met with members of the West End and wanted to address some concerns. Pederson said that for the next year residents of the West End would like the school board to find a way to fund a teaching assistant and special education teacher and pay for a teacher position that has been privately funded for the last two years. Her comments were acknowledged but no action was taken by the board.
20 Years Ago · Nov. 23, 1992
On Nov. 17, the USDA Forest Service offered recommendations for a revised management plan for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Superior National Forest group, which manages the BWCA, completed the proposed plan with the help of public input. The plan contains recommended decisions for changes in management of the BWCA. The preferred alternative calls for a reduction in daily entry quotas of 382 per day to 276 per day during the summer use season. Although this is a reduction, it is still well above the current use of 203 per day. The reduction will mean that present crowding and off-site camping should be eliminated.
North Shore tourism, as measured by Cook County’s report on lodging taxes collected in the Lutsen-Tofte area and in Grand Marais, is up for the first nine months of 1992.
Before a home field crowd of 1,200, the Cook County Vikings fell 20-7 in the state quarterfinals to the defending state champion Mahnomen Indians. The loss was Cook County’s first since last year’s quarterfinals game against Browerville. For the season, the Vikes were 10-1. For two seasons, they were 20-2. “We had our chances,” said Cook County Head Coach Lyle Anderson. “It was proof of their ability that each time we got close, they were able to shut us down.” It was the last game for 11 seniors who have played on teams that compiled a 27-5 record over three years.
50 Years Ago · Nov. 22, 1962
Warning: Parties who have been taking gasoline from cars at Hovland are known, and if this persists, they will be prosecuted.
Mrs. Ray Thompson’s birthday anniversary was the occasion for an afternoon coffee party at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Walter Thompson, last Friday afternoon. Several older ladies were also invited to spend the afternoon with her.
This week, we add Dick Nelson to the lucky list.
Much to the delight of the young girls ages 4 to 10, Saturday school has begun. Mrs. Billie Peterson again is devoting her Saturdays to teaching a Christian Nurture and Nature Study.
100 Years Ago · Nov. 21, 1912
The telephone line is now completed in the downtown district. About 40 phones have been installed and the manager says he will have 50 by the last of the week.
Horribly burned about the lower limbs and in terrible agony, Helmi, the 5-year-old daughter of Mrs. Elmer Stonewall of Duluth, is lying at her home probably fatally burned as the result of a playmate’s prank. She was returning from the city with her mother and as she passed a group of playmates near her home 7-year-old Henry Riiski caught her and threw her into a bonfire. Her light dress blazed up in an instant. The mother, attempting to extinguish the flames, was seriously burned.
Anthony Hanson, a storekeeper of West Duluth, was killed by being run down by a street car. The car was run by a strike breaker and it was his first day on the job. He is under arrest, charged with manslaughter. He admitted to the police that he did not know how to drop the fender.
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