This Week in History

10 years ago...

Road work will begin Friday on Phase V of the Shingobee Connection bike trail and pedestrian tunnel beneath the highway coming into Walker from the east.

Car traffic will be detoured down Walker Boulevard, and truck traffic will be detoured around town using the AGC Cut-Across over to Hwy. 34.

25 years ago...

Voters soundly defeated WHA’s school bond referendum by a 2:1 ratio.

Question 1 asked voters to approve a 20-year $25.775 million bond issue to build a new high school and remoel existing campuses. Out of 2,493 votes, 1662 were against and 825 were in favor; the rest were spoiled ballots.

The next school board meeting will discuss what steps to take next.

50 years ago...

In a year when winter seemed to drag on beyond the normal date of departure, it will surprise many to learn that the ice left Leech Lake at a very average time and date (dating back to when record-keeping began, in 1936).

The official ice-out date is May 1, which brings to 19 the total that the ice has departed on that date. Nineteen is also the number of years that ice went out prior to May 1.