10 YEARS AGO
DEC. 1, 2006
Lutsen supervisors Diane Parker and Marland Hansen voted to purchase a 2005 Ford Excursion XLT to retrofit as a First Responders vehicle. The motion authorized spending up to $20,000 from the town’s general surplus. The board agreed the deal was too good to pass up.
The quarantine at the North Shore Hospital and Care Center has been lifted. The quarantine was put in place after it was confirmed by the Minnesota Department of Health through sampling that the facilities were dealing with a Norovirus. The same virus has been a problem in other areas and medical facilities around the state, and may well be present in the Cook County community, officials said.
20 YEARS AGO
DEC. 2, 1996
After appearing before District Court Judge Kenneth Sandvik for a pretrial hearing, Barrney Peet dropped three of the four counts he filed against David Peterson in a civil suit to overturn the recent city election. Peterson won out over Peet in a race for a two-year council seat in the city of Grand Marais. After a recount of ballots, Peterson lost only a few votes, maintaining his win. Peet had charged that Peterson drove voters to both the city and Community Center polling places, helped a voter inside a polling booth, made calls to potential voters on election day, and that election judges influenced voters to write in Peterson’s name by instructing them verbally and with a sign instructing voters not to use stickers for write-in candidates.
The county board voted on Nov. 26 to hire a half-time assistant county attorney beginning in July 1997. County Attorney Bill Hennessy, on the heels of a successfully prosecuted cocaine dealer case, argued that the demands of his job, plus the impending departure of a contracted attorney, made the hiring timely.
50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 1, 1966
Still no snow in Grand Marais! The snow that came Oct. 15 has now disappeared. At Lutsen Ski Area the snow-making equipment is now in use preparing a good base. During the former mild weather the equipment could not make snow. Potential ski guests had to be turned down during Thanksgiving because of lack of snow, George Nelsons said.
Friday evening, Nov. 5, the Trading Post at Grand Portage was broken into. Eight cases of beer and six cartons of cigarettes were taken.
The Chamber of Commerce recently elected officers as follows: John Sjoberg, president to succeed Richard Joynes; Mike Quaife, vice president; Glenn Liebsch, secretary to succeed Mrs. Clem Gresczyk; and George Olson, re-elected treasurer.
90 YEARS AGO
DEC. 2, 1926
The law provides that anyone killing a wolf in this state and wishing to collect a bounty therefor the entire carcass must be first presented to the town clerk in the town in which the animal was killed, who shall issue a certificate after removing both front feet, when said certificate and the carcass shall be presented to the county auditor, who shall punch both ears of the carcass with a three-eighths-inch punch. The new procedures are made necessary because heretofore it was possible to collect bounty fraudulently on wolves taken in other states and brought to Minnesota. During the past year several convictions for such fraud have been secured.
Victor Skoog is now bringing the Rosebush children to school with horses and a sleigh.
Miss Irene Legat has been staying at the Sterling Hotel while her home was in quarantine. She returned home Saturday.
The Tofte school bus was held up by the snow Wednesday morning and did not get in until 10:30.
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