10 YEARS AGO
AUG. 31, 2007
Betty Hemstad representing the Gunflint Trail Historical Society, and Dennis Neitzke, Gunflint District Ranger, signed copies of a special-use permit which establishes a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and the historical society permitting Chik-Wauk Resort to be used as a museum.
Cook County Commissioner Jan Hall said Tuesday she was outraged with the manner and severity of recent brush cutting done by Arrowhead Electric Cooperative in Hovland. Hall said she had received several calls and letters of complaint from residents of Stonegate Road, where the clearing was done in the utility’s right of way. For its part Arrowhead general manager Don Stead said he received only two complaints and one compliment about the work. He explained that right of way clearing is done on a seven-year rotation schedule, but acknowledged that some areas of the county had been “ignored for a while,” and therefore are so overgrown, making the cutting appear to be drastic.
20 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 1, 1997
The graying black dog that bit a teenage boy in Grand Marais on Aug. 23 avoided identification for nearly four days, leading to concerns that the youth would have to undergo a series of rabies shots. The dog was finally located last Tuesday evening, and will be under observation for 10 days since the time of the bite. The attack happened at 5:15 p.m. near the Art Colony. The boy said he was walking on the street when the dog jumped in his face for no apparent reason. About four stitches were needed to close the wound.
An accident in Hovland on Aug. 23 sent a Clark’s Grove couple to the hospital after their all terrain vehicle threw them over the handlebars. The accident on the Otter Lake Road is believed to have been caused by a broken pin on the front wheel which caused the wheel to buckle and twist the steering bar. Law enforcement officials said the couple was driving responsibly, but the accident was “just a freak thing.”
50 YEARS AGO
AUG. 31, 1967
Greg Page, who attended Cook County High School in 1963 as a freshman and who is attending the University of Kentucky on a four-year scholarship, was seriously injured in the first football scrimmage of the year at the university. During practice a week ago, he was tackled and an injury to a vertebra near the neck has rendered him paralyzed from that point downward. The injury has not impaired his speech, but doctors hold slight hopes that he will recover entirely.
Over a hundred people enjoyed the wild raspberry social put on last week by the ALCW of Lutsen.
The Minnesota Highway Patrol conducted a check on cars last Thursday evening in Grand Marais. Out of the 160 vehicles checked, 38 were found to have defective equipment, and one had a driver’s license violation.
90 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 1, 1927
Last Thursday J.H. Pinkerton, stationed at the Lookout Tower at Pine Mountain, heard a noise as of thunder, and looking out into the brush he saw a large cow moose and two calves running. Wondering what had scared them, he waited, and soon a large black bear came into view, following on their trail. Mr. Pinkerton grabbed a club and chased the bear back into the woods, delaying its pursuit, and probably saving the life of at least one of the two calves.
Ed Nelson was arrested last Sunday charged with driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor. He was bound over to the grand jury on a $1,000 bond and also paid a fine of $20 for being drunk on the streets. If found guilty he will lose his license and not be able to drive a car for two years.
Cook County homemakers can have the second course in the Clothing Project early in 1928 if they so desire. The Home Demonstration Division of University Farm will send a clothing specialist to hold classes for local leaders, as was done when the first course in this project was taken in 1925.
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