30 YEARS AGO
FEB. 26, 1990
In a pair of meetings Tuesday with the Grand Marais Marina Committee and Park Board, a consultant for the Economic Development Authority answered questions and offered advice on the proposal to build a marina in the Grand Marais harbor. The City Council had asked the EDA to move along with the marina plan, but David Salene said a multiple agency effort is required. “I’d like to see the Park Board and the EDA go to the city council with a unified plan,” he said. “We’ve got to get together on something we can fight for.”
March 5, 1990 St. Mary’s LifeFlight, an emergency medical helicopter service based in Duluth, visited Cook County North Shore Hospital last Monday to conduct training and orientation on its use. The primary mission of LifeFlight is to minimize transfer times for critically ill and injured patients between health care facilities in a 17-county region of northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
60 YEARS AGO
MARCH 3, 1960
Four LaCrosse, Wisconsin, teenagers, accused of taking a car that didn’t belong to them and driving it across state lines, were apprehended here last week and lodged in the local jail. A tip-off to local officers that the four were using nickels and dimes freely was their downfall. They reached the border, but didn’t quite have the nerve to try to get across into Canada, so returned toward Grand Marais. Sheriff Emerson Morris and Highway Patrolman James Johnson set up a roadblock about a mile east of the village and soon had them in custody. They offered no resistance and were not harmed. However, they objected to the jail and tore up sheets and splashed water about, and tied their shoes in the sheet strips and used them for striking at anyone entering the jail. The officers had separated the four as soon as they were captured and questioned them separately. Since they all told different stories, it was evident they were not telling the truth.
A fall from his truck at the Hovland pulp landing put Arthur Eliasen in the local hospital Monday afternoon. John Moe was with him and brought him to the hospital.
90 YEARS AGO
MARCH 6, 1930
A deer, evidently frightened when pursued by wolves, had taken refuge on Lake Superior ice. The animal fell through the ice near the Onion River. John Toftey, John Loh, John Eide, Jewel Smith, and Fred Gunderson, set out with a rope to attempt to rescue the creature. They were able to pull the deer out of the icy water with the rope, but the animal was frightened and kept charging them. All creatures, deer and human, returned to land safely. The deer seemed to be okay as it returned to the woods.
100 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 25, 1920
“The Village Choir” met for the first time on Tuesday night. Twenty persons were on hand to start work on a beautiful cantata, which will be performed on Easter Sunday.
CASKETS: I will carry in stock a good assortment of caskets, at various prices and different sizes. Will also act as funeral director when my services are wanted. — Aug. J. Johnson
March 3, 1920 J.H. Pinkerton would like to find the key to the fire hall. If you were one of the first ones at the fire hall at the last fire, look in your pockets. If you find the key, give it to Jim.
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