Duane Hicks “Laissez les bons temps rouler.” The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau had good reason to celebrate Mardi Gras a little early this year as a fundraiser dinner at the Copper River Inn on Saturday night brought in just over $2,000 to repair the roof of the old CN station. […]
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Staff The “Owandem,” a small tug donated to the Fort Frances Museum by the late Arden Erickson Barnes of Ranier, Mn., sits at the Public Works yard here awaiting future refurbishing. But before Barnes owned the boat, which she had renamed “The Motherlode,” it was owned by former Fort Frances […]
Staff Mayor Roy Avis reports he is doing well after undergoing back surgery on Feb. 14. “I’m back at home and recovering,” he told the Times this morning. “It’s just takes time. But everything’s going okay,” he added. Mayor Avis said he had been on a waiting list to have […]
Staff The local Legion Ladies Auxiliary was the real winner at this year’s Grammys. After calculating revenues and expenses for their inaugural “Pre-Grammy Awards Gala” held Feb. 11, the auxiliary told the Times it raised more than $12,000. This surpassed its goal of $10,000. The money will be used to […]
Duane Hicks Town council has turned down requests for financial aid from the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau. Executive director Matt Soprovich had asked council last Monday for one-time financial assistance in the amount of $20,000 to help fix the roof of the old CN station. He also requested $6,000 to […]
Duane Hicks In order to reduce a $60,000 deficit, town council has begun to make service cuts to its 2017 operating budget, including closing the north-end outdoor rink. At a budget meeting yesterday, council agreed to close it due to lack of use. The snow won’t be cleared from the […]
Ken and Joanne White of Fort Frances won the $500 up for grabs on Valentine’s Day in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Feb. 12-18 were David Black (Fort Frances), Blake Yatchuk (Fort Frances), Shaunna Sekulich (Atikokan), Craig McKinnon (Fort Frances), Rebecca […]
Duane Hicks Town council is considering reducing hours of operation at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre in order to trim its operating budget At its budget meeting yesterday, council began weighing whether to reduce library hours from 59 hours per week to 54 in order to save $26,320. […]
Press Release On Jan. 31, members of the Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service responded to a motor-vehicle crash here involving two trucks. Gavin Payne and Wayne Riches utilized a Hurst eDRAULIC combination tool to remove the driver’s side door of a truck where a person was trapped. Fort Frances […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent Every year, the Township of La Vallee nominates a local individual as “Senior of the Year.” But this year, the township decided to take a different approach and instead ask residents to nominate someone they think should receive the award. The “Senior of the Year” has to […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will be hiring a sixth full-time firefighter. Council decided yesterday afternoon to keep $75,444 in its 2017 operating budget to hire a firefighter starting April 1. While several members of council expressed concern at the Feb. 6 budget meeting that the town had […]
Falls JournalFrom theInternational Former Boise Cascade chairman and chief executive officer John B. Fery has died following complications from acute leukemia. Surrounded by family, Fery passed away at his California home on Feb. 11, just days before his 87th birthday. According to a news release, Fery was perhaps best known […]
