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It's a ring lost in time, until now

One could call it a mystery solved, but only partially, very partially, since one resolved fact has only led to more mystery involving a pair of 1950s Cloquet High School graduates and their children.

This is the curious case of the 1952 CHS class ring.

On Sunday, Jody Larson of Bemidji is expecting to meet up with Bill Gannon of Cloquet to hand him a ring that hasn't seen the light of day in decades. It is assumed that the ring belongs to Gannon, since he was the only 1952 Cloquet graduate with initials that match those on the ring, W.G., for William Gannon.

Larson found the ring while going...