10 Years Ago · Jan. 3, 2003
Funding for the Sentence to Serve program is almost certainly going to be taken away and given to a county with more law breakers, said Lynn Tracey, Sentence to Serve supervisor from Two Harbors. Tracey told the Board of Commissioners about this plan at their Dec. 17 meeting. “This is not to penalize you. If we cannot maintain a crew size of four to five, we will exercise a 30-day notice,” Tracey said. Currently Cook County averages 2.55 crew members per day throughout the year.
A proposed permanent connector between two major snowmobile routes is still a ways down the trail and has to negotiate uncertain funding and reluctant landowners while finding a path around Hermantown. Almost $200,000 has been spent on the project, but no construction work has been done, and more money will be needed. Planners have been working for the past few years to develop a Duluth area bypass that would enable sledders to run from Hinckley to Grand Marais. Officially labeled the Willard Munger North Shore State Snowmobile Connector, it will provide a permanent route for motorized use. Currently, the two well-known trails start/end in Duluth, about 10 miles apart, separated by a sea of homes, streets and businesses.
20 Years Ago · Jan. 4, 1993
Snows totaling up to two feet at some Nordic ski centers fell during the week of Dec. 21 through 27, and on the 28th the cross country ski season was alive and well.
The proposed extension of the North Shore corridor snowmobile trail from Grand Marais across Superior National Forest land is being actively pursued by USFS personnel at the Gunflint Ranger District office. The Forest Service portion of the corridor trail proposes construction of approximately 15-20 miles of trail and 10-12 bridges, and would be done in conjunction with some 18 miles of trail on Minnesota state land in the Grand Portage State Forest, then connect to existing trails in the Grand Portage Indian Reservation.
50 Years Ago · Jan. 3, 1963
Supt. Eliot Davis announced today that the Accelerated Public Works Program now in effect at Grand Portage National Monument provides funds for the reconstruction of the stockade located on the old North West Company fur trade post at the portage. The present stockade, which was constructed during the late 1930s as part of a WPA project, is in a serious state of decay requiring constant maintenance. Reconstruction of the stockade is scheduled to begin next spring, and will require some 3,200 white cedar posts for the picket wall, plus 3,000 to 4,000 lineal feet of the same material for construction of other features of the stockade. Mr. Davis said all of the materials will be contracted for locally.
Christmas Day was a day of family gatherings and therefore a joyous one, and now we wish everyone “A Happy New Year.” Our New Year’s resolution is to have a bigger and better column for the coming year. (Note to “Disgusted Detroit” subscriber.)
Herman Webber, former music teacher here, has invented an improved ice auger. A Finnish company is dickering for the patent right at the present time. Mr. Webber, who has an inventive mind, has other patents registered in Washington.
90 Years Ago · Jan. 4, 1923
Ertsgard Bros. are building a winter top for their Buick.
Mike Hogan, one of the Campbell-Ames men, while on his way from Duluth the first of the week, slid sideways on the icy road and broke one of the back wheels of his Buick. A Campbell-Ames truck towed him in the same night.
Martin Bockovich and Ted Linnell passed through town this week with several teams on their way to Caribou Lake to dismantle the old sawmill formerly used by Arvid Erickson. It has been purchased by Mr. Linnell and will be moved to Mineral Center.
William Bally returned Sunday afternoon from Two Harbors driving a new Star car. It is fully equipped with starter and all the latest frills.
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