10 YEARS AGO
AUG. 25, 2006
ISD 166 is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of youths who spray-painted graffiti on school buildings at 2:25 a.m. Aug. 18. The graffiti, which included profane words and racist epithets, has been removed from the exterior wall of the Community Education wing of the school. The vandals were picked up by security cameras, but wore clothing which hid their identities.
Residents and visitors alike have been experiencing more thorough screening when crossing back into the U.S. from Canada at the Pigeon River. It’s not everyone and it’s not all the time, however, “wavethroughs are a thing of the past,” said the chief Border Patrol agent in Washington, D.C. The increase in Border Patrol officers will be incremental and coincide with the building of three new facilities in Minnesota: International Falls, Duluth and Grand Marais. The proposed site in Grand Marais will accommodate 50 people, is 10 acres in size with a 34,000-square-foot building designed to house officers and office workers as well as suspects in detention areas.
20 YEARS AGO
AUG. 26, 1996
The 148th Fighter Wing will be conducting the supersonic FCFs (Functional Check Flight) north of Duluth for the next few weeks. Up to 14 FCFs may occur in this area. The flights are being conducted at altitudes between 35,000 and 40,000 feet in the unit’s designated high speed airspace out over northern Lake Superior. This airspace and the high altitudes are used to minimize the disturbance of residential areas from the “sonic booms” from the test flights.
50 YEARS AGO
AUG. 25, 1966
George Springer returned home Monday after a year in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. George has 15 more months to serve, but expects to be assigned to an Army post in this country.
The 25-foot sloop owned by Jack Youngquist that had been sailed from Bayfield, Wisconsin last Wednesday, almost came to grief inside the Grand Marais harbor in the sudden storm that came up. The wind, which was clocked at 60 mph, threatened to dash the moored ship against the dock pilings and rocks. The Coast Guard crew were able after an hour-long battle to secure the boat and saved it and the dock. However, in the hectic maneuvering, two Coast Guardsmen were given a dunking in the harbor waters.
Mrs. Florence Austin saw a pure white chipmunk while blueberrying at Wilson Lake.
90 YEARS AGO
AUG. 26, 1926
Last Friday night at 12 o’clock a fire alarm was sounded, a fire having been discovered in the Trading Post. Tug whistles and the fire bell called out the greater part of the population of the village as well as all of the firemen, who soon put a stream of water on the burning building. The tug also used its pump, and soon there were three large streams playing on the fire and the adjoining Hicks building, which was in imminent danger. The fire was contained to the Trading Post, and although insurance covered the building, there were many valuable things inside with no insurance.
Be on time at 4 o’clock Friday as the Library Tea hosts Miss Smith as she gives a short talk. Come and learn why the cow jumped over the moon.
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