10 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 29, 2006
At the regular Lutsen town meeting Sept. 19, Cook County Commissioner Bruce Martinson warned supervisors of “dire effects in Cook County” if the proposed federal rule for critical Canada lynx habitat designation in northeast Minnesota is approved on Oct. 11, the closing date for comments. Martinson explained the problem is that development can be severely restricted in critical habitat areas, basically at the discretion of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Four Minnesota men are facing fines totaling $20,000 for their role in a wildfire in the northeastern part of the state. “All four stated they had started a campfire the previous evening and stated they tried to put it out,” said a DNR forestry spokesman. “The men also admitted they did not put the fire completely out. The wind picked up, rekindling the fire.” The four men were charged with failure to extinguish a campfire and will also have to pay an as-yet undetermined amount for suppression costs.
20 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 30, 1996
The renovation of the North Shore Care Center in Grand Marais got a go-ahead from the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 24, when they voted 3-2 to proceed with the $1.88 million project. Hospital Board Chair Larry Perry told the commissioners that the estimated costs of renovations were “on the high side,” and said the 1 percent sales tax passed several years ago to build a new hospital would be the source of the funding.
Reacting to a request from Municipal Liquor Store Manager Pat Hennessy, the Grand Marais City Council said an emphatic “no” to the sale of cigars at the city-owned facility. Hennessy said he raised the question in response to repeated inquiries by customers.
50 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 29, 1966
John Remmel, 58, of Albert Lea, is in the local hospital with a fractured vertebra from a fall suffered at his cabin on Tom Lake north of Hovland. The accident happened when he fell eight feet from a ladder. Doctors say he may have to remain in the hospital for three months. Mr. Remmel now has the dubious distinction of being the first to come to the hospital from Tom Lake in an ambulance.
Monday night, coming home from work, Ozzie Peterson discovered a guest in his front yard, perched on top of what had been a bird feeder on top of a slim seven-foot steel pole. The guest was a black bear, who wrecked what was left of the feeder in his mad rush to get away. When the chickadees arrived next morning they viewed their “disaster area” with dismay, fluttering about and chirping loudly.
90 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 30, 1926
At the village tourist park this year there were registered 1,999 cars; 8,639 people. The total receipts were $895. This is the best year the park has had.
The Cash & Carry store is now closed.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilmer Nelson of Mineral Center were in town yesterday to attend the fair, taking in the picture show in the evening.
Gust Hagberg’s house at Jock Mock burned Sept. 2. There were two bedrooms, kitchen and a warehouse. Mr. Hagberg had been away on a several days’ fishing trip with some friends and when he returned the house was burned. There are still two cabins left on the shore of the lake near where his living house stood so he still has a place to live.
John Anderson and David Lind have started suit against the village for damages caused by partially tearing down their fish house for the purpose of removing it from alleged village property. An injunction stopped the work of razing the structure. In the complaint they claim $500 for the building, $250 for its contents and $50 per day for loss of time in starting to fish.
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