Heather Latter Local volunteer Marjorie Katerick, right, who has been nominated for the national Therese Casgrain Volunteer Award, drew the name of the lucky winner for the Kiwanis “Trip of the Month” draw for August this morning at International Travel Services. Kiwanis member Irene Laing then announced that Kathi Gagne […]
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Mitch Calvert The Lakehead Thunderwolves Hockey Skills School put participants through the paces in a variety of skill-orientated drills, including this one that focused on one-on-one puck battles. The camp—which ran all week long here—wraps up today at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Elisabeth Heslop Local musician Dale Gustafson demonstrated the best way to remove used strings on a guitar to a group of about 10 teens who gathered in the library yesterday evening for a workshop. The focus of the workshop was on technical aspects of working with a guitar, from replacing […]
Staff The Portage Avenue underpass was reopened to one lane access today, but will be completely shut down to all through traffic, including emergency vehicles, starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 4) and remaining that way until 4 p.m. on Friday (Aug. 7). This complete road closure, which will […]
Mitch Calvert The stars of the Rainy River District Fastball League will be out in full force next Tuesday (Aug. 4) at VanJura Field here for the league’s annual all-star game. The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with an old-timers’ showdown featuring retired RRDFL players. Any former players interested in […]
Staff The Rainy Lake Conservancy’s planned nature outing, which was set to go yesterday, has been postponed due to weather. The rain date for the event was today, but since that forecast didn’t looking promising either, they’ve decided to wait and hold the outing in August. While the Conservancy holds […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our husband, father and grandfather, Thomas Leond Bruyere, 63, of Couchiching First Nation. Tom passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at his home. He is survived by wife Elizabeth “Ann”; son Blair Bruyere (Kim); daughter Stacey Jack […]
Elisabeth Heslop Research technician KimJo Bliss explained the various crop trials being grown at the Emo Agriculture Research Station during its annual open house yesterday evening. A farm tour started at 11:30 a.m. with brunch at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market and then culminated at the research station with a […]
Mitch Calvert Noah Paleczny of Fort Frances got help from a camp volunteer at Minnesota Special Hockey’s summer camp yesterday at Bronco Arena over in International Falls. The camp, aimed at the enrichment of the athlete with a developmental disability, generated interest from seven local players from both sides of […]
Duane Hicks With the forest fire situation continuing to rage in British Columbia, the Ministry of Natural Resources has sent a third wave of assistance to aid efforts there, including personnel from the Fort Frances fire management headquarters. Local MNR fire operations supervisor Marnie Brown said this morning that three […]
Press Release Despite what sounds like some major changes to airline service at Falls International Airport, travellers flying to and from International Falls probably won’t notice much difference, if any, according to International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission chairman Bob Anderson. Delta/Northwest Airlines formally announced earlier this month it will seek […]
Elisabeth Heslop Jonah Brow, 12, eyed the summit of the 20-foot-high portable climbing wall at “Daytime Land” on Friday. The wall, brought in from Sioux Lookout, was a new activity for youngsters attending the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship this year.
