10 YEARS AGO
JUNE 13, 2009
A 20-year-old Virginia, Minnesota man was found deceased in Cook County after being reported missing overnight. Local law enforcement personnel were paged at 8:30 p.m. Saturday to assist with a search for a missing fisherman, who was camping with a group of friends on the Cascade River. The body was found after an all-night search; the incident is still under investigation.
Work has begun on the renovation of the former First Baptist Church building – the new campus for Cook County Higher Education. Unfortunately, funding is not available to complete the entire project. The original renovation estimate was $237,800 but the number increased due to air exchange and electrical needs specified for commercial buildings. The project will be divided into stages, with the primary goal to renovate the upper floor for CCHE’s primary needs. In the meantime CCHE will continue to operate out of its offices on the lower level of the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic.
20 YEARS AGO
JUNE 14, 1999
WDSE-TV has been awarded $112,812 from the national Telecommunications Information Agency to replace an aging tower in Grand Marais that carries the signal of three Duluth television stations. The existing tower is at the end of its life span and must be disassembled. The tower also has major cracks in a support leg and is beyond repair. It will cost $163,750 to replace.
Two bids for landfill closure, one nearly double what the county was expecting, were rejected at the June 8 county board meeting. Solid Waste Officer Tim Nelson told the commissioners that he was expecting bids of about $200,000 to do the work needed to close the landfill in accordance with state pollution control standards. The county is under a deadline to begin closure by June 15.
50 YEARS AGO
JUNE 12, 1969
Seventy-one graduates received their diplomas at commencement in the Cook County High School auditorium last Friday evening. Scholarships and grants totaled $18,000.
Richard Raiken, Sawbill Trail,, Tofte, has discovered the remains of two mine shafts on Temperance River that are somewhat of a mystery. One is 45 feet deep with 33 feet of water, the other is 24 feet deep with 12 feet of water. The holes are about 8 by 10 feet and are located approximately 300 feet apart, one on one side of the river and one on the other. Some of the old cribbing is still there, and a pegged ladder stands in one of the shafts. Mr. Raiken said none of the old-timers whom he contacted knows anything about a mining operation at that point.
Assisting in the violin section during the spring concert season at UMD was Mrs. Joel Anderson, who is a student at UMD.
90 YEARS AGO
JUNE 13, 1929
Notice – The sale of fireworks and firecrackers in this village will be limited to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of July by order of the Village Council.
William Rasmussen returned to his work at Sjoberg’s Restaurant after a three-days’ siege of illness.
A fire of unknown origin at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Holte last Friday afternoon did slight damage. Another fire caused damage at the S. Bally residence a few days before.
Inga Leif, Amy Backlund, Mabel Allen and Helen Hedstrom have rented the new cottage of Hans Toftey on the bay front.
Walter Plummer is in town from Gunflint Lake.
Ray Sjoberg has sold his interest in the Community Restaurant to his brother Fred. Ray has not yet decided what to undertake next in the line of further business.
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