Dan Brunetta, quarterback for the Muskie “A” Football team, prepared to throw a long one during a scrimmage with the Falls Broncos, Warroad Warriors and Eveleth-Gilbert Golden Bears. While the Muskies were to play the Broncos in an exhibition game in International Falls this Friday evening, that game has been […]
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Since July 1, “shredders” from all over the world have submitted videos to the Dean Guitars and Dimebag Darrell Estate “Shredder Search” in vying for more than $15,000 in prizes. In a competition dominated by males, and also one that stretches to the far reaches of the globe, it’s perhaps […]
One of the first questions Tracy Jensen asks students when they come to the Alternative School Program is what do they want to do in their future. “The majority of them don’t have a clue,” she said. “So we work on that.” As the program’s education support coordinator, Jensen has […]
As the reach of a listeriosis outbreak reaches further, local businesses are taking precautions to protect the public. “Listeria monocytogenes (commonly called Listeria) is a type of bacterium often found in food and elsewhere in nature. It can cause a rare but serious disease called listeriosis, especially among pregnant women, […]
With the growing demand on people to meet a certain standard with their body and their image because of the media, more and more people are finding themselves falling into the traps of anorexia and bulimia, two eating disorders now classified as mental illnesses. However, the flipside to this obsessive […]
Since 2002 when Major League Gaming (MLG) was created, gamers across North America have sat for even longer in their basements with the lights off and their headsets on, practising harder in order to reach the ever-elusive “pro” status. Greyson Wesley, 17, of Fort Frances is one of those aspirants. […]
One of the privileges of this area is its amazing natural resources. Clean water, dense forest and public recreational spaces set this piece of the country apart. Picture your favourite district campsite, with its trees and natural beauty. Now picture it desecrated by trash, forgotten clothing, propane tanks and various […]
This picture, taken in 1919, showed early local Salvation Army members, including Constance Smith, Annie Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, and Edna Matice (back row), Helen Theirstein, Verna Smith, Ethel Cooper, Capt. Theirstein, and Mildred Vhrych (middle row), and Carol Baldwin, Ida Matice, and Leona Ek (front row).
After a three week break crews are back to work at the Central Avenue construction site here. This week they’ve been digging up the road to install a new manhole. Crews are expected to start laying concrete in the second week of September.
oanna, left, Sara, Monica, Jessica, and Jacob Empey all successfully completed the Kiwanis-sponsored “Laugh Out Loud @ the Library” reading program by reading over 20 books at their own reading level. Over 200 kids participated in the reading program and a total of 90 kids achieved the highest honours by […]
After taking a short break over the summer, the building committee for the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre met with project architect John Knox last Wednesday (Aug. 20) to take another look another look at the plans in anticipation of putting the project out to tender in January. […]
Pither’s Point Park is under much scrutiny behind the scenes in the Town of Fort Frances as well as on the reserves of Treaty #3. The 99-year lease on this property that has been in effect since May 1st, 1910 between the Town of Fort Frances and Government of Canada, […]
