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20 YEARS AGO
MARCH 11, 2002
v The Minnesota Department of Commerce has recommended that Qwest provide telephone service to residents living near Holly Lake, Clara Lake and Tait Lake. Residents living in the rural Tofte area had asked Qwest for telephone service in the past but had been turned down. Along with the most recent complaint with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission was a petition signed by 70 property owners. v Grand Marais mushers Dean Gulden and Neil Rasmussen finished fourth and fifth in the 2002 John Beargrease 150, an eight-dog race, on March 4. The 150-mile race from Two Harbors to the Poplar Lake (Trail Center) finish marked the halfway point of the 350-mile Beargrease Marathon.
30 YEARS AGO
MARCH 9, 1992
v A construction contract for the modernization of the Grand Marais water treatment plant was awarded to a Plymouth company for $735,400 by the city’s Public Utilities Commission. That amount is more than $200,000 over the estimated cost of the project as provided by engineers. Gridor was the lowest of five bidders for the project. The upgrade is needed because the present treatment plant near the power station at the Rec Park is 40 years old. It is not possible to get replacement parts for repairs any longer. It is expected the new plant will be able to meet the city’s needs for the next 25 years. v A hearing on the proposed transfer of the cable television franchise in Grand Marais to a California business organization was recessed for three weeks to give the buyers time to come up with information needed to evaluate the deal. Last week’s hearing was held by the Grand Marais Cable Television Advisory Board to determine how the sale would affect service here and whether it would be good or bad for subscribers.
60 YEARS AGO
MARCH 8, 1962
v E.W. Funk of Lutsen reports that his private deer yard is attracting considerable attention. Last Sunday he estimated that 100 visitors came to see the 36 deer that inhabit the area and enjoy the feed he supplies them. Only four of the deer that have been coming to the Funk place have not returned so far this year. The most recent to arrive was “Snoopy,” who has been coming for the past six years. She showed up just the other day when Mr. Funk had all but given up seeing her again.
100 YEARS AGO
MARCH 9, 1922
v James Morrison Jr. and Joe Thomas out-ran three timber wolves last week. The men had snowshoes and the wolves had to flounder in the deep snow and soon tired. v Andrew Ketonen, brother of the champion middle-weight wrestler of the world, is in Grand Marais. He has been cutting pulpwood for Hughes Bros. Timber Co. for the past two months and is now waiting for the roads to open up so he can go to Duluth. He is also a wrestler of recognized prowess and will give an exhibition next Saturday night at the Princess Theater. He will wrestle with John Makinen the shoemaker, also with Jack Saari. He will give instructions in the various holds practiced by the professionals. Mr. Ketonen’s brother Vano has held the world’s championship in the middle-weight class for eight years and has accumulated a fortune, his home being in Massachusetts. v John Soderstrom was a caller at the News-Herald office Tuesday. He walked in from his home on the north shore of Devil Track Lake. It is his first time in town in two months.
115 YEARS AGO
MARCH 9, 1907
v LAND LOST AND LAND CLAIMED This issue of the News Herald included three pages of Expiration of Redemption Notices from the Cook County Auditor. Forty different county land sale notices were published due to a failure to pay property taxes. Timber land was being claimed with published sworn statements that declared the land was more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes. These claims were made under the Timber Land Act of 1878. v CUT OUT POLITICS Non-partisan judges and county officers is the aim of a bill introduced in the house by T.E. Nobel of Albert Lea. Candidates may file without making any declaration of party affiliation and their names are to be placed on the ballots of all the parties at the primary election, but without any party designation. v DIET AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE The author of “Diet and Dietics” says some men can eat almost exclusively (without suffering) enormous quantities of meat or fish. But this is on two conditions: that the meat contain fat and that the man subjected to this diet lead an active life in open air.
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