10 YEARS AGO
AUG. 18, 2006
Thirty-six students showed up this past Monday for the first Cook County varsity football practice. The Vikings are expected to have a tough schedule this season with three Class AA schools and Polar League powerhouses Barnum and Nashwauk. Cook County finished with a .500 mark last season and is eager to improve on that record this year.
The sign shaped like an arrowhead with a broken shaft had stood at the mouth of the Cascade River for years. Nine years ago it was removed because it had fallen into disrepair. A maintenance worker has found the sign in storage and refurbished it this past winter, and with the help of volunteers, the sign is now back in place.
20 YEARS AGO
AUG. 19, 1996
The Grand Marais City Council decreed that the operation of skateboards, roller skates and roller blades “shall be unlawful on any public sidewalk lying south…of Highway 61.” The ordinance amendment deletes the prohibition against operating such devices on the streets in the same downtown area.
Two adults and six young girls got more adventure than they bargained for on Aug. 11 when they went to walk the Kadunce River in Colvill. They expected waterfalls, but it was the rock slides and rescuers on ATVs that were unexpected. The group was trapped by a rock slide about a mile up the Kadunce River, and was rescued by officers from the Sheriff ’s Department, Cook County Search & Rescue and State Patrol. There were only minor injuries reported as a result of the two-hour ordeal.
50 YEARS AGO
AUG. 18, 1966
Olin Anderson cut his leg with a power saw and has been in the local hospital since Monday, when infection set in. After he is released he will stay with his daughter, Mrs. Lonny Smith, until he is able to walk.
A rear right tire blow-out was blamed for a truck accident on Highway 61 a mile west of Jonvik’s Saturday noon. The Norshor Dairy truck, driven by Kenny Marchand, left the highway when the tire blew and tipped over at least twice, landing upside down. The driver was bruised, but otherwise unhurt, but the truck had about $3,000 damage, which was covered by insurance, and about $402 worth of products which were not covered.
H.B. Reynolds of Tofte brought a photo to the News- Herald office to prove that he has some prize tomato plants. Some are as tall as he is, 5 feet 9 inches, and if the frost does not come too early, he said Mrs. Reynolds may be able to reach out of her kitchen window and pick some ripe tomatoes for dinner!
90 YEARS AGO
AUG. 19, 1926
Joe Brickner had his tonsils removed while in Duluth.
J.T. Joynes and family took in the circus in Duluth last Saturday.
The building which has been done on the North Shore this summer is very noticeable to anyone passing along the highway.
The steamer Cook was in the harbor Friday and Saturday last week. Some of the sailors attended the dance at the Wigwam last Saturday night.
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