10 YEARS AGO
APRIL 18, 2009
Dean Deschampe and Geraldine Kozlowski received the most votes in the special primary election for the Reservation Tribal Council of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa on Tuesday, April 14. The candidates will now face each other in the general election on June 16. The election was held to fill the unexpired four-year term of Reservation Tribal Council secretary Gilbert Caribou, who passed away in January 2009.
Hedstrom Lumber Company has announced a two-week shutdown intended to reduce unsold inventory. The Grand Marais mill will close April 20 and reopen May 4 at two-thirds capacity.
20 YEARS AGO
APRIL 19, 1999
Sheriff Dave Wirt suffered a concussion April 12 when he was assaulted by a 40-year-old Grand Portage man. Wirt was hospitalized overnight and is still suffering from limited memory loss. The assault occurred when Wirt confronted the suspect after responding to a call for help from the assailant’s girlfriend, saying the man had attempted to run her down with his pick-up truck as she walked to work on Store Road.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to sell the old U.S. Forest Service building at the foot of the Gunflint Trail to the Economic Development Authority board for $170,000. The building is to be used as a “business incubator.”
50 YEARS AGO
APRIL 17, 1969
Twenty-seven boys and girls have enrolled in the Baby Sitting clinics sponsored by the Woman’s Club. The first in a series of six such clinics was held Monday night at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
The highlight of Mrs. Robert Muehlberg’s birthday anniversary on Monday was the presentation of a gaily decorated gift by the three Js – Jill, Jay and Jayn Anderson.
Formal groundbreaking ceremonies will be held April 20 for the new church facility of First Congregational Church of Grand Marais. The ceremonies will be part of the regular morning worship service.
90 YEARS AGO
APRIL 18, 1929
The Northwestern Oil Company installed a pump at Hedstrom’s yesterday.
Don Mitchell was knocked out the other day while playing cowboy. He suffered several injuries.
John Massmann of Colvill was here last week. He says sheep raising in Cook County is profitable if taken care of in the right way.
The members of the Coast Guard crew have arrived and will immediately begin their duties. They have been selected from various other applicants by the government and will be stationed here the year around.
Game wardens George Mayhew and John Zhytouske are in town.
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