20 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 22, 2001
Northland Hardware in Schroeder burned to the ground January 16, a cold blustery night. The blaze was reported at 6:33 p.m. Volunteer firefighters from Lutsen, Tofte, and Schroeder responded, and a truck of water was dispatched from LTV’s power plant. A firefighter was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. Schroeder Fire Chief Rick Anderson said the store fire was the worst in recent memory.
The Cook County commissioners learned the details of a proposed $33,760 veterans memorial last week, and unanimously gave their support to the project. The idea for a new memorial to honor Cook County’s veterans was brought up last fall by Veterans Services Representative Bob Altrichter. He noted the existing monument is more than 50 years old and is crumbling apart. Furthermore, it is a memorial only to veterans of World Wars I and II — the new monument will honor all Cook County veterans who served the country, both in war and in peace.
30 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 21, 1991
Sugar Loaf Landing in Schroeder may become the newest boating facility on Lake Superior. Once used as a site for constructing booms to transport logs across the lake to Wisconsin, Sugar Loaf was acquired by the state from the Nature Conservancy in 1987. Recreation may replace the former industrial use. Plans are being discussed for a protected harbor of 12 acres that could house a full-service marina with 300 slips.
A Minneapolis couple was married at the old Maple Hill Church on New Year’s Day at 4 p.m. Court administrator Carol Eckel officiated. This was a last-minute decision, and the couple said they wanted to be married in a small church in the country. The church was not heated, and in spite of the cold, the bride wore a beautiful full-length dress and carried a bouquet of flowers. The country setting was beautiful with piles of new snow.
A half-hour special, filmed and produced by WDSE-TV Public Television Channel 8, will chronicle the hundred-year history of the Cook County News-Herald. Featured on the program will be interviews with longtime editor Ade Toftey and current personnel, background on the paper’s history and the philosophy of small-town journalism that makes the paper tick.
60 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 19, 1961
A group of women from the West End of the county enjoyed the food freezing demonstration conducted by Miss Brill of the University Extension Service last Wednesday afternoon in the Community Building. Mrs. Oliver Sandahl won the door prize, which was an electric heating pad.
The fire alarm Monday morning was sounded for the Al Almlies home, where a burned out motor in the furnace caused concern, but no other damage occurred to the house.
115 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 20, 1906
From an advertisement in the News Herald: A magazine, The American Review of Reviews, wanted a representative in every town to sell subscriptions. President Theodore Roosevelt was quoted in the ad: “I know that through its columns views have been presented to me that I could not otherwise have access to, because all earnest and thoughtful men, no matter how widely their ideas diverge, are given free utterance in its columns.” The monthly magazine cost 25 cents per copy.
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