10 YEARS AGO
JAN. 17, 2009
A federal Highway Safety Improvement Program award to the Cook County Highway Department will allow the installation of street lights at six key locations throughout the county. A 20 percent local match is required, and Arrowhead Electric has agreed to contribute $37,000. Four of the lights will be installed along Highway 61 where it intersects with the Cramer Road, Sawbill Trail, Caribou Trail and County Road 7. The other two will be located on County Road 8 at Gunflint Trail, and South Shore Drive along Devil Track Lake.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to send a letter to state officials protesting the absence of northern representation on the Lessard Council, which was set up by Gov. Tim Pawlenty when the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment passed last November. “Since none of us will be included in the decision-making process, we feel this represents a form of taxation without representation,” the letter said.
20 YEARS AGO
JAN. 18, 1999
A surprise visit on Jan. 7 to the Cook County landfill by an engineer from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency may result in the county being held in violation of the agreement just signed with the state agency. That could be expensive. The county has already been nicked to the tune of $28,000 in penalties for its 10-year history of chronic violations.
The Grand Marais City Council regretfully accepted the resignation of Scott Puch from his position on the council. Puch was also serving on the park board and labor board for the city, posts from which he also resigned.
50 YEARS AGO
JAN. 16, 1969
Because of the snowstorm, the local schools were dismissed at 2 p.m. yesterday.
“Computer programming is an expanding job opportunity with more openings than applicants, “ said Mrs. Walter Mianowski, speaking at the Woman’s Club luncheon Saturday. The local math instructor went on to say that computers are having an increasing effect on all lives in “what we buy or think.”
Over 75 students from the local high school attended a play at Silver Bay Wednesday morning. “Scapin” by Moliere was presented by Heartland Productions; the actors are in residence at Southwest Minnesota State College in Marshall.
Elijah Beebe is very ill and has been transferred from the local nursing home to the hospital.
90 YEARS AGO
JAN. 24, 1929
Word was received here this morning that Nels Ludwig Eliasen of Hovland passed away at the St. Luke’s Hospital at Duluth yesterday. He was born 75 years ago in Norway. He is known as one of the oldest settlers in Cook County.
The boys at Tofte have again begun work on a skating rink. Each winter for the last four years, they have had a rink. Though they are late in getting started this year, the delay has been unavoidable because of the lack of snow for banking purposes and lack of dependable weather.
Gust Anderson tells us that he has been a subscriber to the News-Herald for 30 years—in other words, ever since the paper came into existence.
Hartvick Sather and John Mercer, the east mail carriers, broke down near Hovland after the recent storm. They did not get back to town until after midnight.
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