Bygones for Feb. 8, 2010

By news@duluthnewstribune.com

February 07, 2010 at 11:00 PM

Feb. 8, 1970

So far this winter, 11 people have died in snowmobile accidents in Minnesota, equaling the total number from all last winter. Experts attribute the deaths to speed, liquor, carelessness, inexperience, poorly designed snowmobiles and objects hidden under the snow.

Census '70 officially opens on April 1 when thousands of census workers throughout the U.S. begin their house-to-house calls. In the 11-county 8th Congressional District in Northeastern Minnesota, 458 enumerators will be hired and trained by late March. Feb. 8, 1990

St. Louis County commissioners yesterday tentatively agreed to form a policy committee that would re-examine the county's plan for a proposed $15.8 million Duluth jail. The move was inspired by a recent recommendation by state district judges to reduce the project's size.

Arbitrator Mario Bognanno yesterday ruled that Duluth Public Works supervisor Richard LeDoux was improperly demoted last year after city crews resurfaced the city he lived on. The ruling finds the demotion was improper because the resurfacing was authorized by LeDoux's boss.

Bygones for Feb. 8, 2010

Feb. 8, 1970 So far this winter, 11 people have died in snowmobile accidents in Minnesota, equaling the total number from all last winter. Experts attribute the deaths to speed, liquor, carelessness, inexperience, poorly designed snowmobiles and ...