10 YEARS AGO
NOV. 22, 2008
At the end of a full agenda on Nov. 17, the ISD 166 school board accepted with regrets the resignation of superintendent Chuck Futterer, effective June 30, 2009. Futterer returned to his alma mater as elementary principal 11 years ago and will have served six years as superintendent.
A large boulder tumbled from the Highway 61 rock cut on Mount Josephine in Grand Portage on Nov. 10, causing a flat tire for a semi driver. Fortunately there was little traffic to be delayed as the “small coffee table-size” rock was removed. A MnDOT maintenance supervisor said the incident is rare. “This is only the third such event in the two years I’ve been here,” said Steve Baublitz.
20 YEARS AGO
NOV. 22, 1998
A week after a St. Louis, Mo., man went missing under suspicious circumstances, the man suspected of killing him tried to cross the U.S. border into Canada. Chance and attention to detail on the part of border crossing officials, both Canadian and American, put the male suspect and his two female companions in the Cook County jail. Within two days, all three were implicated in two murders.
Grand Marais City Council voted to accept a bid of $463,000 for the construction of two new drinking water reservoirs with aluminum dome roofs. The bid includes the reservoirs, protective fencing for both, minimal piping revisions, and the two aluminum dome covers.
50 YEARS AGO
NOV. 21, 1968
Former telephone operators and office employees had what has become their annual dinner party and reunion at the home of Amy Nelsen last Wednesday evening. Each fall since the conversion to dial in January of 1964, Mrs. Nelsen has graciously opened her home to the group. As usual good food and company made for a pleasant evening, which included songs, dancing and piano selections.
Residents of East Colvill were treated to the new look last week with the completion of a county road project. The $29,000 job involved the elimination of a very hazardous rock knob, which has given many drivers some hair-raising moments over the past years. The project involved the removal of 6,000 cubic yards of rock to bring the road down to grade and was confined to a stretch 900 feet long. County Engineer Don Nelson, commenting on the difficulty of building roads in this area, stated that $29,000 would build two miles of road down in the farming country!
90 YEARS AGO
NOV. 22, 1928
The store and home of Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Stickney of Schroeder burned to the ground Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Stickney were in Duluth at the time of the fire, which is believed to have started from a defective gas stove. Both the living quarters and the store were a complete loss.
A lonesome bear stayed out of its winter hole just long enough to allow Miss Genevieve Bayle, of this village, a chance to get a good shot at it. Now its hide is hanging in a Duluth taxidermist’s shop in the process of tanning.
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