Bygones for July 16, 2010

By news@duluthnewstribune.com

July 15, 2010 at 11:00 PM

News Tribune

July 16, 1970

A campaign to raise $500,000 for development of a medical school at UMD will get under way in Duluth today. The money is needed to provide classroom and laboratory facilities for the start of classes in the fall of 1972.

Assistant Superintendent Richard B. Pearson told the Duluth School Board last night that new rules for busing students this coming year will limit the service only to those living a mile or more from school, or an estimated 900 students. News Tribune

July 16, 1990

Several Indian burial mounds have been found on a strip of land on the shore of Leech Lake. Plans by the owners of Horseshoe Bay Lodge to build a convention center on the site have been put on hold.

An administrative law judge will gather final evidence this week before deciding whether to authorize the opening of Wisconsin's first open-pit mine in nearly a decade. The hearing that begins today in Ladysmith will solicit both public and expert opinion. Researched by the Reference & Information staff at the Duluth Public Library. Call 730-4202 or click on Ask Us at www.duluth.lib.mn.us

Bygones for July 16, 2010

News Tribune July 16, 1970 A campaign to raise $500,000 for development of a medical school at UMD will get under way in Duluth today. The money is needed to provide classroom and laboratory facilities for the start of classes in the fall of 1972...