10 Years Ago
Dec. 9, 2005
Twenty-five years after the idea was proposed, Grand Marais city councilors approved the final plat for the Cedar Grove Business Park at their meeting last Wednesday. Matt Geretschlaeger, executive director of the Cook County/ Grand Marais Joint Economic Development Authority (EDA), presented the final plat drawing to council and outlined the long and often frustrating history of the project. The EDA is developing the site on behalf of the city in an effort to attract new businesses, create jobs and expansion opportunities for local businesses, and to boost the local tax base.
More than a dozen citizens came to the county courthouse Dec. 10 for the Truth in Taxation hearing, to ask: Why have property taxes gone up anywhere from 10 to 75 percent? The major reason given by county staff for the steep increase was that the state legislature changed the rules last year. The proposed county budget for 2006 is $13.9 million, up $1.2 million over 2005, or a 9.9 percent increase.
20 Years Ago
Dec. 11, 1995
District Court Judge Carol Person agreed Dec. 5 to grant a 30-day continuance in the Cook County versus Grand Marais litigation over courthouse and jail building, and the city’s refusal to grant a conditional use permit for the whole package on the present courthouse site.
The North Shore State Trail is still a go despite lawsuits. Brian McCann of the Department of Natural Resources said the agency has a statutory directive to complete the project, which both the DNR and the U.S. Forest Service have advocated for. It is a 33-mile southern route for the trail extension from near the bottom of the Gunflint Trail to the west boundary of the Grand Portage Reservation. A lawsuit has been filed by property owners whose land is crossed by trail easements, which cover about two and a quarter miles of the southern route.
50 Years Ago
Dec. 9, 1965
An impressive flag-raising ceremony signaled the dedication of the new United States Forest Service building in Grand Marais last Saturday morning. The flag was raised by a color guard composed of three members of the U.S. Coast Guard. District Ranger Bob Minor spoke of how happy he and his crew were with the new $75,000 building, and of what the Forest Service means to the community.
A great gray owl, a very rare visitor from the Arctic, made an early weekend call at the Northland Hardware Store, where he was discovered by Joey McCauley. He was perched atop the Santa Claus on display there.
C. Russell Greenleaf, who as master of the National Park Service vessel Ranger III, piloted the boat last month for its final crossing this season from Isle Royale to Houghton, Michigan, will retire at the end of this month. He has completed more than 41 years of government service and more than 3,000 crossings of Lake Superior.
90 Years Ago
Dec. 10, 1925
George Brisson has purchased a new 1-ton Ford truck.
The mail bus was stuck in the snow by Carl Sjoberg’s Tuesday morning for about 30 minutes.
Read the Christmas ads in this paper. Don’t miss any of them as they are of vital interest. They can be found on all four pages.
Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Andert entertained at the Tourist Hotel with dancing in the dining room. A lunch was served at midnight.
It was a delightful occasion, about 65 being present.
The immigration officers’ bowling team defeated the restaurant team Monday night by a wide margin.
The eastbound passenger bus was delayed at the bridge Tuesday, the drive shaft breaking. It was necessary to send to Duluth for a relief bus.
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