Press Release In early May, the park temporarily closed areas around 13 of the park’s 39 active bald eagle nesting sites to campers and other human activities. All of these sites have now been reopened. Five of the park’s 239 developed visitor use camping, houseboat and day use sites now […]
Local News
Peggy Revell With Portage underpass closed to traffic for three weeks instead of the original one week, town council urged residents to continue to be patient and understanding about the difficulty of the project at hand during Monday evening’s council meeting. “I’ve got to just thank the residents for having […]
Staff A new walkway is being installed at Lions Millennium Park to help improve access to the park’s facilities for people of all ages and abilities. Jaques Fiset, president of the Fort Frances Lions Club, noted the work being done by Daryl’s Custom Landscapes Ltd. is expected to be complete […]
Heather Latter Members of the Rainy Lake Conservancy joined together for their annual general meeting at La Place Rendez-Vous on Sunday afternoon, but this meeting was more about celebrating than business, since this year marks the 10th anniversary of the organization. “Can you believe it’s been 10 years since we’ve […]
Peggy Revell A review of the Fort Frances’ Compliance with Property Standards Bylaw (Bylaw 14-09) by the Planning and Development committee was agreed upon by council following concerns over its fairness and viability expressed at Monday’s council meeting. The decision came following Coun. Ken Perry questioning the town’s move to […]
Duane Hicks Archaeological site work at a plot of land located just east of the Fort Frances Courthouse turned up nothing of any real interest. While on-site Thursday afternoon for the final day of the dig last week, archaeologist Holly Martelle of Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants Inc. said the testing […]
Peggy Revell The permanent closure of Runway 03/21—commonly known as “Cross Runway”—was approved by town council at Monday evening’s meeting. The runway will be officially closed as of Sept. 30, following a recommendation and report from the town’s Operations and Facilities executive committee. “The runway was built and paved in […]
Staff The permanent closure of Runway 03/21—commonly known as “Cross Runway”—was approved by town council at yesterday evening’s meeting. The runway will be officially closed as of September 30, 2009, following a recommendation and report from the town’s Operations and Facilities executive committee. “The runway was built and paved in […]
Staff While there currently aren’t enough buyers for the proposed local condo project to go ahead, council will receive correspondence from condo developer Robert Zanette at this evening’s council meeting asking them whether they want to wait and see if sales pick up over the winter. In an e-mail sent […]
the OPP On Friday, over fifty marihuana plants and over 700 grams of cannabis marihuana was seized by OPP officers during a drug investigation in the community of Devlin. The drugs seized had a combined street value of over $68,000. The investigation was a coordinated effort between members of the […]
Staff The Portage Avenue underpass will continue to be completely shut down to all through traffic for the next three weeks, in order to complete the west side concrete lane slabs. While the total closure was only expected to last for about a week, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown […]
Press Release The International Falls Police Department, Koochiching County Sheriff’s Department along with help from a St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department Deputy and his bloodhound, the DNR, and local divers, searched for 74-year-old Charles Kay Johnson of International Falls at the Shorewood River Access on the Rainy River. Johnson had […]
