Top news from 1996, 1971, 1946, 1921
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1996 – 25 years ago
Nineteen-year-old rookie Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves will make his first National Basketball Association start against the Los Angeles Lakers. (The Lakers would win the game 106-104.) A task force has recommended raising the speed limit on urban interstates from 55 mph to 65 mph.
1971 – 50 years ago
Goodhue County newspaper editors have named state Rep. Roy Voxland of rural Kenyon as the county’s 1970 Citizen of the Year. The new, official 1971 Minnesota highway maps are now available. You can obtain a map by sending a postcard request to the Office of Information in St. Paul.