10 YEARS AGO
APRIL 7, 2006
After voting to hire a consultant to develop a downtown visioning plan March 29, Grand Marais city councilors said it might not be a bad idea to enact a building moratorium in the affected area until the revised regulations become law. The sentiment is an apparent reversal of philosophy for councilors, who voted 3-2 in February not to extend a moratorium on the expansion or establishment of any building taller than 30 feet.
Seventeen Cook County skiers headed west in a 32-foot RV and caravan of cars over the recent mid-winter break seeking extreme skiing, powder and free climbing to virgin snow terrain. They found it at Grand Targhee and Jackson Hole – two ski areas located on the western and eastern slope of the Grand Teton Mountain range in Wyoming. Several of the alpine and cross-country high school team members participated; the group was joined by former Cook County alpine standouts Kjersti Vick and Joey Pederson, and future racer Signe Larson.
20 YEARS AGO
APRIL 8, 1996
At the March 27 meeting of the Grand Marais city council, city clerktreasurer Todd Bodem said that a tourist information center for Thunder Bay would be open this summer in Grand Marais. The center will be located on the north side of Highway 61 in the building now housing a pet shop and real estate office. It will employ three people.
Of the 18 Cook County High School soloists and ensembles competing in the district music contest at the University of Minnesota- Duluth on March 23, six solo performers and the flute trio advanced to the state contest.
50 YEARS AGO
APRIL 7, 1966
Floyd Johnson had a narrow escape Monday when he was putting air in a tire at the Mileage Station. He had set it aside and was walking away from it, when suddenly it exploded. There was 70 pounds of air in the tire; the rim or part of the rim hit the ceiling, bounced and hit Mr. Johnson, throwing him several feet into the air. He landed on the other side of the room. X-rays at the hospital showed his only apparent injury is a chipped bone in his hip.
The 10-year-old son of Game Warden William Richards got a surprise this winter when he jumped into a hole to hide while playing and came face to face with a young bear. The den was only 300 feet from the Richards’ home and about 75 feet from the highway.
90 YEARS AGO
APRIL 8, 1926
Charles Howenstine came back to Grand Marais and was arrested for breaking jail.
Clara F. Baldwin, director of libraries of the state Department of Education, was in Grand Marais yesterday inspecting the library.
Mrs. Nels Dalbec of Good Harbor Hill slipped on the ice at her home this morning and broke her leg.
A.J. Scott Sr. has been granted a pension as a veteran of the Civil War. It has come late, but will cheer up and lighten his remaining days, which we hope will be many. He should have had a pension years ago.
Hilmer Nelson, who has been running camp for W.J. Forsythe at Cascade, has finished his cut and yesterday returned to Mineral Center.
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