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Alaska Viking’s ‘Mooseltoe’
Americans in the 1960s and 1970s proved they were suckers for cute gimmicks before a Coeur d’Alene-born Alaskan be…
Ganesha in Coeur d’Alene
Four arms and an elephant head once drove this town bonkers. On June 10, 2011, the launch of Coeur d’Alene’s ArtCurrents program, including the unveiling of…
Local riot
It was Kootenai County’s version of Woodstock. But the opening day of Nor’wester 1976 at State Line started almost five hours late. Then, on Day 2, promo…
Unwanted baby badly wanted now; many offering homes to ‘Cookie’
The doctors and nurses called him “Cookie” because the newborn was found abandoned in a Melrose Fig Bars box with “Cookies” printed on the side. The baby wa…
A controversy that split the town
The No. 1 pioneer
Margaret Groves was a pioneer bride and mother who didn’t fuss about Mother’s Day. As she approached her 85th birthday in 1956, she was philosophical about …
A snappy tune from Coeur d’Alene
Estes Kefauver, the crime-fighting U.S. senator from Tennessee, campaigned hard for the 1956 Democratic nomination for president. And, as he shook hands and…
A visionary overcoming challenges
Duane Hagadone was a visionary who transformed reluctant Coeur d’Alene. On May 4, 1986, he unveiled his magnum opus: The Coeur d'Alene: A Resort on the Lake…
‘It was a miracle’
Christmas 2006 arrived early for Sandi Bloem and Coeur d’Alene. On May 1, 2006, then Mayor Bloem and 100 supporters jammed the old City Council chambers to …
‘Anna liked to laugh’
The world knew her as Patty Duke. Nephew Mike Kennedy knew her as Aunt Anna. Mike’s seven children knew her as “Uncle Annie.” And the first time the a…
‘First dog I’ve pet in 21 years’
Don Paradis wanted to do something normal after escaping execution three times during his 21 years as an Idaho prisoner – 14 years on Death Row.
Collapse becomes ad
Harry Button thought he was a goner when he hit the bottom of the frigid Spokane River. But he surfaced moments later to become a Post Falls Police Departme…
‘Suyako’ the lifesaver
Delivering joy
The birth of triplets at a Coeur d’Alene hospital happens once a generation. So, it’s front-page news in this former timber town when it occurs. On March…
Closures rock Cd'A schools
The news resounded like a thunderclap for Coeur d’Alene’s Roman Catholic families. On March 6, 1971, Sister Superior M. Mariel announced that the Immaculate…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Boom, baby!
It rained ash first, and then it rained babies.