Bygones for March 12

By news@duluthnewstribune.com

March 11, 2009 at 11:00 PM

News Tribune

March 12, 1969

Hibbing attorney Barney Bischoff yesterday regained his seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives, defeating Rep. Loren Rutter of Kinney in a special election. Bischoff had been removed from his District 63 seat in February after charges of illegal campaigning.

The Duluth Board of Education last night approved a resolution shifting the boundary between East and Central high schools eastward to 19th Avenue East. The change is expected to move about 100 current East students into the Central district. News Tribune

March 12, 1989

The plan to build a Watson Centers mall on Central Entrance goes before the Duluth Planning Commission this week. The $17 million project that includes a ShopKo discount store and a Cub Foods supermarket is opposed by some Duluth residents.

About 2,500 people filled Third Street and the Woodworkers of America union hall in International Falls yesterday to protest Boise Cascade's planned use of non-union labor for part of its $525 million mill expansion project.

Bygones for March 12

News Tribune March 12, 1969 Hibbing attorney Barney Bischoff yesterday regained his seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives, defeating Rep. Loren Rutter of Kinney in a special election. Bischoff had been removed from his District 63 seat i...