10 Years Ago ·
Jan. 31, 2000
• Doug Swingley of Lincoln, Montana, captured first place in the second running of the Grand Portage Passage Sled Dog Race and claimed the top prize of $15,000. • Thetemporary mobile solid waste operation on the Sawbill Trail in Tofte may become permanent. The county commissioners have voted to proceed with an application to the state for a “revolving” permit, one that requires a five-year review of site-specific requirements.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency staff has not objected to the Tofte operation. Both the recycling and solid waste work is now being done under a “permit by rule.”
20 Years Ago ·
Jan. 29, 1990
• Proceeds from Minnesota’s new state lottery could eventually finance Grand Marais’ marina. Fifty percent of the lottery proceeds will be used to fund the state’s newly established Environmental Trust Fund
More money will become available for North Shore harbor development as the North Shore Management Board progresses with its harbor studies. • In a city council meeting which was unique because it was not covered by television or a newspaper reporter, councilors voted 4-1 to turn over the city’s property rights at the ski hill to the Economic Development Authority.
City Clerk Tom Swenson assured the News-
Herald
that the meeting notice was properly posted at both city hall and the post office. “We’re covered,” he said. “Both notices were posted well ahead of time. I also tape-recorded the meeting,” he said.
Holly Nelson, who televises all council meetings, said it was only the second time in a year and a half that he had missed a meeting. “Thefirst time was on account of a conflict.Thistime I was simply not informed,” he said.
50 Years Ago ·
Jan. 28, 1960
• Northwestern Bell Telephone has announced that in cooperation with Fire Chief J.M. Blackwell, a new system will be put into effect on Feb. 1 for handling fire calls in Grand Marais.
All firemen’s numbers are especially equipped in order that the operator may distinguish them from other numbers, and only the specially equipped number will be given the fire information.
Thereason for this is that so many people were calling for the fire information that many firemen had to wait for the information themselves. • Theproposed idea of Grand Portage as a national monument was discussed by Russell Fridley, president of the State Historical Society, and Arch Grahn, field director last Monday evening during a dinner at the East Bay Hotel.
If all negotiations are perfected, this will give Minnesota its second National Monument, the other being Pipestone. All that remains to be done is the transfer of lands from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the National Park Service. • A hearing was held for the second time on the proposed improvement of the Gunflint Trail. No action was taken by the county board since the attorney for the opposition claimed there had been a technical breach of legal procedure.
85 Years Ago ·
Jan. 29, 1925
• George Zimmerman turned over with his Ford sedan Friday noon near Chippewa village. The car was badly damaged, but no one was hurt. It was towed in to the Motor Inn garage.
Tom Florman drove it to Duluth where the body will be repaired. • Two engineers from the Minnesota Power & Light Company were in the county the first of the week. They were investigating the streams along the shore looking for water power. • Hilbert Jones of Good Harbor Hill broke one of the bones in his right arm Monday morning while cranking a Ford car. • Monday morning about 10 o’clock the roof of John M. Blackwell’s house caught fire from a spark from the chimney.
A hole about four-feet square was burned in the roof, and the paper in the kitchen spoiled from water thrown on the fire.
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