Days of Old – 2-24-2016
Days of Old – 2-24-2016
10 years ago
Tribune of February 8, 2006
The common council took action to make the intersection of the city’s main street (Oak Street) and Second Street into a four-way stop. This intersection is the corner of the downtown area that has the post office and Hiawatha National Bank on one corner, Red Cedar Medical Center on the other and Glenwood Hardware on the southwest.
Kate’s Cafe in downtown Glenwood City was the setting for a scene in a movie in the making. The filming took place at Kate’s on Sunday, February 5 with actors having a cup of coffee. The movie, called “Dunn County” is a drama and is to be shown at regional film festivals.
Glenwood City High School Football coach Phil Ottney will be inducted into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame Saturday, April 1 at the Marriott West in Madison.
Building permits issued within the city of Glenwood City last year were the lowest in the past five years. The city issued 35 permits in 2005 with a valuation of $830,897.
25 years ago
Tribune of January 16, 1991
Though the sign-up deadline wasn’t until this afternoon, the Glenwood City School Board was glad to acknowledge at its meeting that 20 district residents had already volunteered to be on the newly-formed task force that will examine solutions to the district’s facilities dilemma.
The Jerry and Penny Ottinger home on Highway 12 in Knapp caught fire on New Year’s Eve, and last Thursday night the Knapp Lions Club voted to donate $200 to the Ottingers. The house is still standing but the interior of the structure is almost completely ruined by fire and water damage.
Boyceville will have to hold a primary election for its school board, as four candidates have filed for the one seat up for election. Those four people are Victor L. Diller, Theodore Bissell, Sally E. Carlson and Marguerite Lynn Blodgett.
50 years ago
Tribune of March 17, 1966
An old landmark in Emerald, the store building whose most recent occupant was Wm. Nilssen, is now fast becoming but a memory as it falls under the blows of the wrecker’s hammer.
Marvin E. Meyer, Commercial Manager for General Telephone Co. of Wisconsin in Glenwood City since January 1965, has been promoted to Marketing Administrator at the company’s General Office in Madison.
St. John’s School of Glenwood City was awarded the “Founders Sportsmanship Award” by the St. Croix Valley Catholic Conference. This is the first time this award has been given and St. John’s school is happy to be honored by it.
60 years ago
Tribune of February 23, 1956
John Olson of St. Paul was found nearly unconscious early Tuesday morning in 17 degree below zero weather, on the highway just north of the depot. Both his hands and both his feet were badly frozen, and there was a severe gash alongside of his right eye and several other cuts and bruises on his face and head.
The Glenwood City Cub Scout Pack is growing larger by leaps and bounds. Fourteen new boys have expressed their desire to join the pack. This brings the enrollment to 34.
R. C. Himan expects to start work March 1 on a contract to construct ten small bridges on highway 10 between Osseo and Fairchild, with the contract price for the work being about $69,000.
95 years ago
The Glenwood Tribune
January 20, 1921
The St. Croix County Board proceedings show that $18,000 will be available for the improvement of Trunk Highway No. 64 north of Glenwood City in the Town of Forest.
The National Dry Milk company, which has been operating a powdered milk factory in Downing, has also felt the effects of the decidedly off market for powdered and condensed milk and shut down several weeks. The company’s liabilities are said to be in the neighborhood of $22,000 while its reputed assets are upwards of $60,000 part of which consists of the factory in Downing upon which there is a first mortgage of only $5,000.
Mr. and Mrs. John Blomberg, well known and highly-respected residents of the Town of Forest, left Tuesday for New York City, where they will embark for Sweden. They will visit there for about six months, and while there will settle up an estate.
35 years ago
Boyceville Press Reporter
February 26, 1981
Building plans for addition and remodeling to the Boyceville high school – finished but in the final stages of development – received unofficial approval from the board of education at a special meeting Feb. 23.
Temperatures have been reaching up into the 60 degree range breaking all records. Warmer temperatures during the week of Feb. 15 thawed the white stuff and left the trails muddy and wet.
A tentative settlement has been reached between the village of Boyceville and the Dept. of Natural Resources in a dispute over the village’s wastewater treatment plant, according to an informed source. Boyceville has submitted a second set of plans. The plans have been approved, and the EPA has indicated Boyceville is in line for 85 percent of funding for the project.