Jamie Mountain Grace Petsnick and Muskie coach John Dutton were all smiles after she was presented with the female MVP Award for track and field at Fort High’s annual athletic awards banquet last Wednesday night at the Townshend Theatre. Petsnick also took home the female Athlete-of-the-Year award along with being […]
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Staff His first race of the season paid off pretty handsomely for Jamie Davis. The Fort Frances native roared his way to his first checkered flag in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division in Borderland Racing Association action on Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. Davis–who finished 12th in the points […]
Cynthia Donald, right, of the Fun In the Sun (FITS) committee pulled out one of the winning ducks as Blair Lowey checked the number on it to determine the winner and Eric Rude looked on Saturday during the revival of the Rubber Ducky Race. After a nearly 15-year hiatus, the […]
Sam Odrowski Pearl Pidlubny lunged to return the ball as teammate Judie Campbell looked on, during a match of pickleball at the local tennis courts last month. The Pickleball Club was started about five years ago and meets around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Anybody who would like to […]
Staff Another great year of Muskie sports has officially come to a close and it was time to dish out some hardware. Fort High recognized the contributions of its athletes over the past year at its annual awards banquet last Wednesday night at the Townshend Theatre. And the winners were: […]
Press Release THUNDER BAY, Ont.–The SIJHL announced last Wednesday that the Minnesota Iron Rangers have been granted a one-year leave of absence and will not compete during the upcoming 2019-20 season. In that light, the franchise is expected to return, under new ownership, pending an arena lease in a community […]
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The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment Senate has announced plans for the construction of a memorial to the First World War’s “52nd (New Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force” to be built in Current River Park off North Cumberland Street in Thunder Bay. Once the funds have been raised, construction will begin […]
Jamie Mountain Brandon Croswell held the trophy with Terry McMahon as he took home the male Rookie-of-the-Year award.
Staff Subaru Motorsport USA’s Scott Speed stormed to victory in the first round of the 2019 Americas Rallycross (ARX) Championship at the Cooper Tires ARX of Mid-Ohio last weekend to grab an early points advantage in what is shaping up to be an exciting season of ARX action. Speed took […]
Staff The two-time defending champs are looking great to start the season. The Fort Frances Braves ran their win streak to start the 2019 Rainy River District Fastball League campaign to seven games with a 10-0 drubbing of the Rainy River Royals on Thursday night. Jesse Tom homered twice while […]
Sam Odrowski Edna Ali, information and education officer for the Legislative Assembly visited a Grade 5 class at St. Francis School last Tuesday to teach students about the legislative process. The community outreach program was designed for groups of students who may not be able to physically visit the Legislative […]
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Since the start of 2019, there has been a notable spike in property crimes along Scott Street as well as a larger number of people loitering who are impoverished and suffer from addictions. Due to this increase, some town residents have the perception it is no longer safe to shop […]
