10 YEARS AGO
DEC. 28, 2007
A week after voting 3-2 to limit occupancy in the downtown district to business owners or their employees on the upper floors of buildings, Grand Marais city councilors reversed that decision Dec. 19. The most recent vote leaves in place recommendations that grew out of the 18-month visioning process, and they will now be incorporated into the city’s updated Comprehensive Land Use Plan and related ordinances. The action opens up residential use above the first floor in the core downtown area beyond just owners and their workers.
Cathryn Hansen, Lutsen town clerk, submitted her resignation and proposed Amity Goettl as interim clerk at the Dec. 18 town board meeting. No other names were offered. The board appointed Goettl to fill the position until the next election.
20 YEARS AGO
DEC. 29, 1997
Drafts of legal documents necessary for the purchase of the Tom Eckel waterfront property were presented to the city council at a work session on Dec. 18. Although the purchase seems to be moving quickly toward a Dec. 31 closing date, there were still some concerns voiced by the council. The property will be bought for $150,000, approximately $2,500 per foot of shoreline. The cost has been split with David Dahlquist, who will pay a total of $81,375 over the course of three years. In return, Dahlquist will receive docking rights for his large boat and the boats of his family for a total of 25 years. At the end of those years, an additional 10 may be negotiated. Additionally, Eckel has reserved the right to continue using the property for commercial fishing ventures until Dec. 31, 2002.
50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 28, 1967
Mrs. Alfred Backstrom was hospitalized four days last week when she was injured after slipping on icy steps at her home.
The men at Albin Nelson’s Camp “Tanta” saw four flying saucers last week. They heard them, saw them flash their big flashlights on them before they took off. The dogs became frightened and when the men went to see what the trouble was, there were the flying saucers!
90 YEARS AGO
DEC. 29, 1927
Van Dalbec won the radio at the Community Restaurant.
Dick Berg and Henry Lindskog, who have been driving trucks in the southern part of the state, have returned home.
Father Thomas will conduct services in the village Sunday.
A New York specialist says a woman’s refusal to talk is a sign of insanity. Fortunately, such cases are rare.
Rangers Clark and Staveley from Colorado are here on a timber survey at Four Mile Lake, and spent their Christmas at Fort William.
J.E. Smith and daughter Dorothy made the round trip to Duluth yesterday. Dorothy visited Hazel Anderson at the hospital, where she is convalescing after a siege of pneumonia at St. Mary’s Hospital.
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