10 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 21, 2007
Grand Marais city councilors say they plan to talk with the sheriff soon, with an eye toward developing an ordinance regulating loud music. Councilors and city officials have been getting a lot of complaints in recent weeks, mostly involving outdoor and rooftop music and karaoke at the GunFlint Tavern and Birch Terrace, usually late at night.
Sheriff Mark Falk told the county board that Lake County has declined to sign an agreement to continue the Joint Drug Task Force with Cook County and the police departments of Silver Bay and Two Harbors. That means the program will end Oct. 1. “It’s unfortunate, but we’ll move on,” Falk said.
20 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 22, 1997
The new playground at the Community Park between the high school and the Community Center is complete now and ready for kids and families in the area.
Two people fishing on Mitt Lake earlier this month saw a strange-looking object near shore as they landed and decided to take it to law enforcement for identification. It turned out to be a pipe bomb. Sheriff ’s Deputy Mark Falk said the people who found it were lucky. After finding it in 2 feet of water about 10 feet from shore, they unscrewed the top and looked inside the pipe “to see if it was loaded” and then brought it to Grand Marais in the back of their pick-up truck.
50 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 21, 1967
Maple Hill Church, an Independent Full Gospel Church, will be dedicated Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. Robert J. Anderson, pastor of the Philadelphia Church, Chicago, will be the speaker.
Ben Hervig, 72, school bus driver from Grand Portage for many years, died in a Minneapolis hospital, where he had gone for treatment.
Local officials are again considering the possibility of this county joining the Arrowhead Library System.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Osman have closed their summer home at the Brule and are at their home at Sawbill.
90 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 22, 1927
Ed Nunstedt paid a fine last Saturday for operating a steam engine with a defective spark arrester. A small fire started, presumably from a spark from the stack. The fire was extinguished through the effort of 11 men. The fine, with the costs, amounted to $49.02. The hearing was before Justice Victor Johnson. It pays to be careful!
An election will be held on Oct. 5 to decide whether or not the village shall issue bonds to refund its outstanding orders. By doing so it will save $262.50 per year in interest. It seems to us that it would be wise to vote “yes” on the proposition, save the $262.50 interest, and keep village expenses to the minimum in the future. The park is paid for and is bringing in about $1,000 a year.
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