10 Years Ago
Aug. 27, 2004
Birch Grove won the financial support of Lutsen Township Thursday night. Tofte and Schroeder townships voted earlier this year to support the struggling West End school and community center. Contributions from the three townships will mean that a second teacher will be at Birch Grove again this year.
More than 150 cubic yards or 285 tons of ledge rock had to be broken up and removed from the ground when new water and sanitary sewer pipes were put underneath West Third Street between Highway 61 and First Street last week.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has scheduled four public hearings in Minnesota to give the public opportunity to comment on a proposal to delist gray wolves. These public hearings follow a national announcement made on July 16 proposing the delisting of timber wolves in the Eastern Distinct Population Segment.
20 Years Ago
Aug. 29, 1994
The Community Center in Grand Marais buzzed with comment and ideas Aug. 23 at a public forum called for by the county commissioners in the aftermath of teenage drinking and related problems at Fisherman’s Picnic earlier this month. People generally acknowledged that there is a problem, but not everyone sees it as growing more serious. Law enforcement officials have characterized it as growing worse every year and getting out of hand.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is removing nearly 10 miles of deer reflectors along Highway 61 between Good Harbor Hill and Lutsen after a three-year test revealed that not only were they ineffective but they generated many complaints from travelers. “People from all over the county sent us letters complaining about the aesthetic problem caused by the reflectors,” said a MnDOT spokesman. He also said the reflectors did not reduce car-deer accidents. The reflectors cost more than $150,000 to install.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 27, 1964
Tragedy struck suddenly at Schroeder last Saturday when a young Wisconsin girl was swept down over Cross River Falls and drowned. No one had seen the girl, 14, actually tumble into the water. She is believed to have climbed up along the east bank and may have slipped on the slippery rocks. Her brother said he caught a glimpse of her body as it went down the cataracts under the bridge.
Forty Viking football candidates are working out twice a day in preparation for the first encounter this fall when they meet Morgan Park here Sept. 4. Coach Dave Erholtz said that this intensive training will be climaxed this week by an inter-squad scrimmage at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Little Billie Skoog had the misfortune of breaking his ankle while swinging on his Tarzan swing at his home.
Peggy Hill, who was employed at the Temperance River Lumber Company office some years ago, is visiting here. She now works in an office in Wilmington, Delaware.
90 Years Ago
Aug. 28, 1924
The Grand Marais school will open Sept. 15, one week later than regular schedule, because the old part of the building will not be ready before that time. The new part of the structure will be completed about Nov. 1.
Village Marshal Brouilette and Deputy Sheriff Zimmerman found a barrel of mash a short way from Frank Logis’s home on Good Harbor Hill last Monday. Mr. Logis was arrested on suspicion, but released Tuesday for want of evidence.
The local hotels have been doing a good tourist business for the last month. The season opened a little late this year, but a bad beginning often makes a good ending.
Edward Brouilette, the village marshal, says this is the last week to pay your dog tax and not to be surprised if some of the dogs are missing after the first of next month.
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