TOWER- The Tower-Soudan Historical Society (TSHS) was just awarded a $285,618 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant for the Tower Historic Fire Hall Exterior Rehabilitation. The grant, …
Jodi Summit
BREITUNG TOWNSHIP- It was the end of an era as master booyah chef Nick Tekautz was honored for his 32 years, or perhaps it was 36 years, of chef service for the annual Vermilion Range Old Settlers Picnic on Saturday.
Tekautz has now trained in a younger generation of Tekautzes and Tormas to take over the supervision of the hundreds of gallons of meat-and-vegetable stew prepared each year.
Tekautz wasn’t quite sure how many years he had been in charge, after being asked by his father-in-law Herb Lamppa to take over for “just one year” when the committee needed a new head cook.
Posted Wednesday, July 7, 2021 9:58 pm
TOWER- The Tower-Soudan Historical Society has received grant funding to replace the roof on the Tower Historic Fire Hall on Main Street. This was the first fire hall built on the Iron Range, in 1895, and is the oldest existing public building north of Duluth.
A $20,000 grant was made from the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Culture and Tourism Program through taxes paid by Minnesota’s mining industry, and a $10,000 grant was made from the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society. The roof replacement will eliminate water infiltration and deter further building deterioration.
More than $249,000 in Culture and Tourism grants awarded across northeastern Minnesota. Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation funds Culture and Tourism grants through taxes paid by Minnesota’s mining industry. Nineteen