10 YEARS AGO
MARCH 28, 2008
School board treasurer Brian Sherburne announced he was resigning from the school board. Sherburne, who represents District 1, said he deeply regrets having to resign. But, he said, “it’s an issue of economics.” Sherburne is self-employed and the increasing number of meetings the board has held in the last two months was “beginning to dig into my work,” he said.
The Grand Portage Band has been awarded a total of $325,037 for viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) surveillance and detection in Grand Portage waters and within the 1854 Ceded Territory. The tribe and others will do survey work on the newly diagnosed VHS virus within the waters of the Great Lakes. In all, more than $6.2 million in grants will go to 38 Native American projects in 18 states to fund a wide range of conservation projects.
20 YEARS AGO
MARCH 30, 1998
St. Francis Xavier, known more commonly as the Chippewa City Church, has been given by the Diocese of Duluth and St. John’s Catholic Church to the Cook County Historical Society, a first step in preserving the beloved old landmark on the east end of Grand Marais. Ownership of the church was transferred on March 17. The local historical group is now hoping for a grant from the Minnesota Historical Society to pay for repairs to the belfry and roof of the church.
The U.S. Postal Service has announced plans to relocate the Hovland post office. The current post office at 4990 E. Highway 61 was occupied in 1957 and is no longer adequate to serve the needs of postal customers in the community. The location of the new facility will be based on several factors, including community feedback.
50 YEARS AGO
MARCH 28, 1968
Raymond Olson, state highway maintenance man, retired Tuesday after 42 years with the department. He started work for the state in 1926 in Two Harbors and moved to Grand Marais a year later.
Men or women over 18 with automobiles are needed in Grand Marais, Hovland, Tofte and Grand Portage to deliver phone books beginning April 8.
A junk hunt with the “treasures” displayed at the high school social room afterward was a feature of the Campus Life party held Saturday. Prizes were awarded for the “best” junk, and afterward everything was hauled to the village dump.
Mrs. John Tofte spent her spring vacation from UMD at home in Tofte.
90 YEARS AGO
MARCH 29, 1928
Next week the schools of Grand Marais and Cook County will have the customary spring vacation.
Fred Sjoberg is redecorating the interior of his restaurant and adding two rest rooms.
A number of automobile owners had trouble getting their machines through the mud hole near Old Temperance River Saturday night. This is the first bad spot to appear on the highway so far this spring and the present cold snap has helped to dry it up.
This afternoon the Colvill town hall caught on fire and burned to the ground. The fire started from John Massman’s grass fire, so it is alleged. Every town should have a fire pump and engine with which to protect its property. This is the second fire this spring to start from burning grass.
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