10 Years Ago
Feb. 11, 2005
After nearly two decades of study, the Business Development Area is close to being, well, developed. In a unanimous vote from the EDA board Tuesday, director Matt Geretschlaeger was empowered to submit the BDA for preliminary plat approval to the city’s planning commission.. Geretschlaeger said, “We could have preliminary plat approval by the end of March.”
Charges will not be filed against a 17-year-old high school student who was suspended from school last month, said County Attorney Bill Hennessy. Hennessy said he and the assistant county attorney evaluated the evidence and determined that essays the student wrote for an English class could be interpreted in two ways – either as stories that included rough language and graphic violent and sexual themes, or as threats to his teacher and/or others in his school. “We’ve determined there was nothing criminal here,” Hennessy said. “Because it can be interpreted in two ways, we can’t prove a crime.”
20 Years Ago
Feb. 13, 1995
The Grand Marais City Council approved the recommendation of Mayor Andrea Peterson Feb. 8 and named James Ringquist to fill the vacant two-year term as councilor. He was judged by the mayor to be the best-qualified of the five applicants for the council seat. Other applicants were Anne Cervenka, Bev Green, Stephan Hoglund and Don Schulte.
The Cook County News- Herald came home from the Minnesota Newspaper Association convention with two awards earned in statewide competition against other papers. The News-Herald took second place among weeklies in the 2,500-5,000 circulation class for overall photography. More than 3,000 entries in about 100 classes were received in the competition, which was judged by the New York Press Association. The News-Herald has now earned four awards in the past four years.
50 Years Ago
Feb. 11, 1965
The Grand Marais Vikings gave the league-leading Hermantowners a bit of a scare last Friday when they made a real contest of it for the first three quarters. However, the final score was 58-40. It was a rather expensive game player-wise for the local team because they lost Dick Dorr for the season through an unfortunate accident. One of the Hermantown players landed on Dorr’s foot, fracturing a bone. This was unfortunate game-wise, also, because Dorr was playing his best game of the season, having dumped in 18 points with the better part of the fourth quarter yet to play.
An early morning fire destroyed the one-story frame home of Mr. and Mrs. John Urbaniak at Hovland Thursday. With it went all of their possessions except what they were able to put out in a hurry. The fire was noticed at 3 a.m. and it appeared to have started with the oil space heater.
90 Years Ago
Feb. 19, 1925
Thursday afternoon the county warehouse caught fire in the ceiling from the electric light wires. N.P. Smith was working in the building at the time and did not discover the fire until it had a pretty good start. He tried hard to extinguish the flames but was unable to do it alone. One of his hands was badly burned in the attempt. He then ran for help and the fire bell rang. Two touring cars, four trucks, one grader and other road supplies burned. The total damage was estimated at about $15,000.
The motor on the water pump at the Grand Marais high school burned out Monday. School was dismissed at 2:30 Monday afternoon as a result. The motor was sent to Duluth for repairs.
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