10 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 26, 2008
The Cook County commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to deny a rezoning request for a 5.4-acre parcel on Sag Lake at the end of the Gunflint Trail. The vote occurred quickly, and with little discussion among the board following about an hour’s worth of public comment.
Three months after a historic six-inch rainfall caused widespread damage throughout the county, Grand Marais officials are still seeking a solution for problems caused by excessive runoff in the city’s west end. City council invited its engineer to attend their Sept. 24 meeting to present and explain a revised hydrology report that looks at stormwater runoff and planned construction projects.
20 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 28, 1998
A Monson semi-trailer truck careened into a ditch on the high side of Highway 61 just over the county line in Lake County on Friday, totaling the rig but leaving the young truck driver with only bruised legs. The Thunder Bay driver, according to the Highway Patrol, went into the ditch shortly after 7 a.m. with a cargo of 52 rolls of paper each weighing 900 pounds. The gigantic rolls shifted violently upon impact, and were visible to passing motorists after the skin of the trailer was peeled back.
The city of Grand Marais recently enacted a purchase order system for city employees. The system is a tool which the city council hopes will give department heads a more firm grasp on city spending.
50 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 26, 1968
Hundreds of people enjoyed nature’s brilliant display of fall colors on the Sawtooth Mountain Fall Color Tour this past weekend, the Forest Service reports.
Nine garden stops were made by the Grand Marais Garden Club group touring gardens Tuesday afternoon, and enumerable borders and flower areas were observed en route. “It just wasn’t a petunia year,” was heard over and over again, and still the plantings at the Bear Tree Park have provided some color in an area heretofore devoid of anything. Overall, it was a cool and rainy season.
Two moose were shot in the South Brule area, and game wardens are looking for the outlaw hunters. Moose are protected here.
A break-in was reported at the IGA store yesterday morning. The back door had been forced with crowbars; the culprits took mainly cigarettes and beer.
90 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 27, 1928
Gust Anderson has purchased a cow from Carlson’s of Colvill.
Sam Zimmerman Jr. returned home from Duluth today with his new truck chassis and remodeled school bus body, which was lengthened out five feet, giving it a carrying capacity of about 60 children.
An iron fireman has been installed at the Grand Marais school house. The coal is fed to the furnace by means of a worm drive shaft, a thermostat regulating the amount. The apparatus saves one-fourth on the amount of coal consumed, and uses screenings, the cheapest grade.
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