10 Years Ago ·
Jan. 24, 2000 • Brian Silence is the new county maintenance supervisor. He will take on the job vacated by Gerald Loh, who retired recently.
Silence comes to his new job from over 10 years working as maintenance engineer for the county hospital, clinic and nursing home. • Schroeder Township supervisors learned last week that construction of a road into a planned development may cost up to $54,000. Surveyor Jeff Brett said the estimate was at the top end of the price range, and would create a Class A road.
The road in question will allow access into a 90-acre parcel off Cramer Road. The land was donated to the township by LTV Steel in 1998 with the understanding that the municipality subdivide it and sell the lots at an “affordable” price. • A senior at Cook County High School has been charged with 13 felony counts of burglary in connection with a series of break-ins at the Grand Marais Rec Park.
According to the criminal complaint, the Sheriff ’s Department received reports of a number of break-ins, burglaries and attempted break-ins on Dec. 13. Upon investigation, deputies discovered that 13 camper trailers parked at the Rec Park had had their doors pried open and were ransacked and damaged.
When he was questioned, the suspect admitted to using a crowbar to break into the summer residences.
20 Years Ago ·
Jan. 22, 1990 • A Twin Cities law firm has completed the legal work necessary to transfer the Grand Marais ski hill property ownership from an inactive development agency to the county Economic Development Authority (EDA), but despite the urgings of EDA consultants local politicians have been reluctant to pass resolutions needed to turn the land over.
Located north and west of the Gunflint Trail on the outskirts of Grand Marais, the 640-acre tract, known as Section 17, is a mixture of public holdings involving the county land, federal land, tax-forfeited land and about 160 acres owned by an inactive nonprofit development agency known as CARA. • According to the director of nursing, Cook County’s North Shore Hospital is facing a shortage of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Nursing Assistants.
Historically, said Donna Clothier, the facility has had an abundance of nursing talent. “But now the national shortage has reached us, too,” she said.
50 Years Ago ·
Jan. 21, 1960 • Sometime in the near future there will be some moving done at the courthouse.
New office quarters will be provided in a basement room for the county sheriff. His room will be turned over to the Welfare Department, which has long been in need of more space. Thecounty attorney’s officewill be in the present Welfare Department room. • Clearwater Lake was swarming with fishermen this past weekend.
Clearwater Lodge housed about 40 of them. Although there were several people who caught fish the results were not spectacular and generally the fishing was considered slow.
A few hardy souls attempted to take a car to the Mountain Lake portage. In the early morning they rode the frozen crust nicely but on their return the surface had become slushy and they encountered so much difficulty that more time was spent pushing than driving. • TheCo-op Store is initiating a “Free Silver Dollar” sales program, beginning Feb. 1.
The idea behind it is that when a purchase has totaled $49 (based on sales slip returns), the customer is entitled to one silver dollar.
85 Years Ago ·
Jan. 22, 1925 • The unusually heavy southwest wind Tuesday night blew in one of the large plate glass windows at the J.T. Joynes drygoods store. • Chris Nelson left this morning for South Brule with his team to take a load of supplies for the forest rangers. • C.O. Backlund caught a large wolf Saturday north of Rosebush.
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