10 YEARS AGO ·
NOV. 29, 1999 • Someday in 2000 a 911 call will be taken at the Cook County Sheriff ’s Department and a dispatcher will be able to “see” exactly where that call is coming from. The technology that will make that possible was approved for purchase last week by the county commissioners.
But it isn’t cheap. For $59,495, the county gets a digital base map accurate to within one to five meters. • For the fourth consecutive year — and the seventh time in 10 years — Minnesota is the healthiest state in the country, according to a national report.
The report ranks the health of all 50 states according to several criteria including lifestyle, access to health care, occupational safety, disease and mortality. Minnesota comes out on top thanks to low premature death rates, low unemployment, low risk for heart disease, high rate of high school graduation and high rates of health insurance coverage.
20 YEARS AGO ·
NOV. 27, 1989 • Cook County will welcome two guests from the Soviet Union at a special ceremony to be held prior to the first CCHS home varsity game Dec. 1.
The two Muscovites are visiting to learn about mushing, and plan to compete in the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. • Thetwo dozen homes at the Taconite Harbor townsite are being offered for sale by LTV Steel Mining Company.
The homes were offered to both Cook County and the Town of Schroeder for $1 each, and neither was interested. A company spokesman said LTV has paid the back taxes that were due on the homes, and they can now be offered for sale to the public. • The success rate for northeastern Minnesota moose hunters this fall was 82 percent. The highest number were registered at Tofte, 223, with 128 at Isabella, 85 at Ely and 14 in Eveleth.
50 YEARS AGO ·
NOV. 26, 1959 • Liberty bells will ring on Election Day, Dec. 8.
The Lions Club will join a nationwide ringing of bells on election day to remind voters of their duty at the polls. In Grand Marais, three bells will be rung on the hour beginning at 10 a.m. for five minutes. • Minnesota state game wardens experienced a busy month during October when 720 arrests for violations of the game and fish laws were made.
Fines levied totaled $18,905, and some jail sentences were imposed. • In an attempt to straighten out a curve at the west end of PoplarLake Saturday, a car plowed through the snow and onto a bed of rocks. The Benson Brothers of Grand Marais towed the car to town for repairs.
90 YEARS AGO ·
NOV. 26, 1919 • Thebarber shop will close at noon on Thanksgiving Day. • A cold snap struck us the first of the week. This morning the thermometer registered 10 below zero. • A Canadian Customs officerstationed at Pigeon River said over 10,000 people traveled to and from Canada over the North Shore road last season. There were 864 American cars, and 1,066 Canadian cars counted at the border. • John Nelson returned Sunday from Duluth where he purchased a winter stock for his store. • Thesurveying crew of the new shore road is now camped at Baptism River and will be at Beaver Bay in about two weeks.
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