20 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 4, 2000
Spurred by recent budget talks and an apparent problem with the filing for a conservation easement, the Grand Marais City Council voted 3-2 November 29 to withhold a $60,000 match which had been set aside for a $300,000 federal transportation grant. The grant, which had been applied for and won during the previous administration, was to be used to plan and build a non-motorized trail passing through Grand Marais. The vote dealt what could be a death blow to the Grand Marais Parks and Trails Committee, which had been working on the project.
Acknowledging that they had no good reasons to deny construction of a 199-foot-tall communications tower off Highway 61 in Lutsen, the Cook County commissioners instead placed a six-month moratorium on the project. In the meantime, county officials say they hope to come up with a county ordinance governing the structures before June 1. By law, the moratorium can be in effect for a maximum of one year, but the board said the dilemma can hopefully be resolved before then.
30 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 3, 1990
In an effort to shave $1200 from a $500,000 budget, City Clerk Tom Swenson has recommended the Grand Marais City Council no longer publish its meeting minutes in the Cook County News Herald. The city is not required to do so, but then must mail copies of the minutes to anyone who requests them. Council discussed the issue, but made no decision, instead adding the item to their next agenda.
Straying 24 miles from the shipping lanes, the 642-foot Kinsman Independent ran aground at Menagerie Island near Isle Royale’s Siskiwit Bay about 10:15 a.m. on November 24. Traveling from Buffalo, New York, to Thunder Bay, Ontario, to pick up a load of grain, the ship somehow ended up south of its course. The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting a full investigation which will take several months to complete. No one was injured, but the ship sustained serious hull damage.
60 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 1, 1960
Representatives of Ontario and the Canadian federal government and Minnesota and the United States federal government met last week at the Hotel Pigeon River to discuss problems and plans for the construction of the new Pigeon River bridge. Construction of the new bridge and Canadian highway are scheduled to begin in February 1961. The Canadian government also has plans for the facilities at the new Port of Entry which are to be of the most modern type of inspection facilities. The United States government has not yet made known its plans.
About 1400 pieces of lefse have been made by a lefse-making crew of Bethlehem Lutheran Ladies Aid members in preparation for the annual lutefisk and ham supper to be served at the high school social room on Saturday.
A chimney fire at the Tom Blomberg house Monday evening did not do any damage. The village fire department was called.
100 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 2, 1920
Fred Paine and party have returned to Duluth with two moose. Mr. Paine expects to spend the winters in California.
Edward C. Slocumb, federal highway engineer, arrived on the America last night. He came to inspect plans for the new state road from Grand Marais to Duluth.
W.C. Smith and John Alnes have returned from a hunt in the town of Schroeder with two large buck deer.
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