2 weeks Ago By Lee Hilgendorf
2000 – 25 years ago The Lamont Cranston Band, which has helped shape the Minnesota music scene for the past three decades, will perform at Mugzee’s Friday night at 9 p.m. Bryan Sigrist of Byron who appeared on a taping of the ABC television game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire,” isn’t saying whether he hit the jackpot, just that he hasn’t quit his job yet.
During the summer, 2,801 IBM personal computers will be installed throughout the Rochester school district, replacing 1,200 computers that are more than seven years old. 21 Apr 2000, Fri Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota) Newspapers.com 1975 – 50 years ago According to a Harris survey, Sen.
Edward Kennedy led all Democratic and Republican candidates for President in 1976, including President Ford. The Red River was expected to crest about 11 feet above flood stage at Fargo today, but a faulty river gauge showed the level at 23.3 feet when it was actually 27.
8 feet. The Rochester Figure Skating Club will offer a nine-week summer skating camp at the Rochester-Olmsted Recreation Center featuring free style, dance and power skating. 21 Apr 1975, Mon Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota) Newspapers.
com 1950 – 75 years ago State officials disclosed today that the federal prison at Sandstone is the facility they a considering to use as an emergency unit to relieve overcrowding at state mental hospitals. A report that counterfeit $20 bills were being circulated in Rochester was disproved by the Secret Service. The backs of the “strange” bills feature a new engraving of the White House.
21 Apr 1950, Fri Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota) Newspapers.com 1925 – 100 years ago Rochester’s last hope that the proposed $1,500,000 Veterans Hospital would be located here ended when the War Department granted 150 acres of the Fort Snelling reservation to the project. Jack Brand, famous for his fried chicken and hamburger sandwiches, has opened Jack’s Chicken Shop in the stand opposite the Chicago & North Western depot.
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