Alice Myrtle Torseth (nee Hafdahl), 86, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at Falls Memorial Hospital in International Falls. She was born Aug. 26, 1916 in Fairland, Mn. She grew up in Loman, Mn. and moved to International Falls in 1934. She worked at Pearson’s Bakery, […]
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While winter hasn’t been as hard on residents as it has been some other years, the town’s manager of Operations and Facilities told council Monday night that Public Works crews haven’t been sitting on their hands waiting for a blizzard. “Some people have asked, ‘How come you’re out plowing snow […]
The Borderland Thunder added a few points to their league-leading record while referee Andrew Brewer added a few more to their coach’s blood pressure. The Thunder (23-7-5-1) snapped a two-game losing streak with a 4-0 win against the Fort William First Nations Wolves (17-15-5-4) here Friday night, then pulled out […]
Think your teen is facing problems at school but won’t tell you about it? How does sex, drugs, and violence figure into the lives of youths? What kind of pressure are kids under these days anyway? These and other topics are ones two local organizers wanting to form a new […]
Industry Canada announced Friday that five area proposals for funding to develop broadband business plans as part of the Broadband for Rural and Northern Development Pilot Program were successful. One of the successful applicants was the Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Non Profit Advisory Services application representing seven area First Nations, including Couchiching, […]
Just how much councillors get paid, and how benefits packages figure into that amount, will be discussed by the committee of the whole at its meeting here this afternoon. Coun. Roy Avis said he was looking forward to addressing the topic as he felt the current system is “unfair.” “I […]
With a final report expected from Winnipeg-based consultants Hilderman, Thomas, Frank and Cram (HTFC) next month, the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is giving the public a final chance at an open house here tomorrow to offer input on plans aimed at re-vitalizing the area with tourism and commerce. “This will […]
The waiting game needs to end immediately. If the Fort William First Nation Wolves are going to take a run at first place in the SIJHL, they’ll need to put the bite on the league-leading Borderland Thunder in a two-game series here tonight and tomorrow. The puck drops at 7:30 […]
The administrator of Rainycrest Home for the Aged is hopeful the facility will reopen to visitors by next week as the number of residents suffering from a Norwalk-like virus dwindles. “Things are getting much better,” Jill Colquhoun said Friday morning. “Right now, there’s 14 residents that are ill, two of […]
Canada Safeway here will be changing the way it offers fresh meat products to its customers in the coming week. On Saturday, the company is holding an all-day thank-you for most of the employees in its meat department—as well as a few from other departments—who opted to take a company […]
The Woodlands division at the Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill here received Canadian Standards Association certification Thursday for sustainable management practices in the Crossroute Forest. Representatives from Abitibi, as well as the Ministry of Natural Resources, the CSA, and other organizations associated with the forestry industry, were on hand at La Place […]
There’s a fine line between champion and runner-up. That line could be no thinner between the Diehards and second-place Scared Hitless atop the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League standings. The Diehards’ three-point outing last Thursday night lifted them to a season total of 60.5, with Scared Hitless nestled right behind […]
