Staff Getting down early proved not to be too much of a challenge for the Couchiching Lady Raiders in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night. The Lady Raiders (7-5) rallied from a four-run first-inning deficit to nab an 11-7 win over the Fort Frances Angels (2-9). Jennifer […]
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From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 53 charges and also issued 41 warnings during a two-day road check station at the junction of Highway 502 and Highway 11, east of Fort Frances. On June 22 and 23, conservation officers from the Northwest Region checked 2,069 […]
Jamie Mountain The seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival is set to hit the water here on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. Unlike previous years, a new twist will have the boats being launched from both Fort Frances and International Falls. Each side also will stage their own […]
Staff The dirt was flying and the local riders were smiling over the weekend in Emo. Dylan Tessier of Devlin and Cole Kreger of Emo both were victorious at the Superior Dirt Riders’ doubleheader that was held Saturday and Sunday at the Emo Motocross course. It was the tour’s lone […]
Staff The local Vipers’ volleyball program still is taking entries for its camp next Tuesday through Saturday at J.W. Walker School and Fort High. Running from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. each day, the camp will focus on areas such as passing technique, serve-receive patterns and serving technique, floater and jump attacking […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers are hoping an influx of local talent can help turn the Junior ‘A’ franchise around. Head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan announced the first wave of local player signings at a press conference last Wednesday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena boardroom. […]
Jamie Mountain A solid year on the mat recently became even better for Hudson Mann. The seventh-grader, who was born in Fort Frances but now lives in International Falls, Mn., made the Minnesota national wrestling team for the second year in a row and helped paced Minnesota Blue to a […]
Staff To say Mother Nature wasn’t always pleasant in the first half of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League season would be an understatement. The season schedule hit its midway point Monday night with a handful of make-up games being played. The Big Grassy Lynx were the busiest team–playing […]
Staff Tylar Wilson just might like this whole winning thing. The Fort Frances native nabbed his third-straight feature win in the Street Stocks division in Borderland Racing Association action Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. It was “Memorial Night” at the track, with drivers competing in honour of so many […]
Staff Zach Koomans scored twice to pace Centra Pipelines to a 4-0 shutout win over Manitou Forest Products in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action Monday night. It was the third-straight loss for Manitou, which now sits with an even 3-3 record after winning its first three games of the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Braves are a well-oiled machine so far this season. Jaden Gustafson was stellar on the rubber to lead the Braves to a 5-0 shutout of the Sight & Sound Wolves in Rainy River District Fastball League action Thursday night. With the win, the Braves saw their […]
Staff Some new changes proposed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources would see the popular late-winter and early-spring walleye season on the Rainy River becoming catch-and-release only, and the winter limit for sauger on Lake of the Woods being reduced. The changes are part of a draft long-term management […]
