Ted Heyens of Stratton smiled from his boat despite the rain yesterday during the Emo Walleye Classic’s annual boat parade. He and partner Kelvin Caul make up Team #19 and were out on the water this morning for Day One of fishing. Weigh-ins begin at 4 p.m. both today and […]
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The Rainy River Future Development Corp. named the winners of its 2007 Customer Service Champion Awards yesterday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. This year’s top picks (in alphabetical order) included Energy Fitness Centre, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Fort Frances General Supply, New Life Clinic, and Norlund Oil (2003) Ltd. Rounding out the […]
The rainfall received this past weekend and earlier this week over much of northern Minnesota has moderated fire danger for the short-term. Rainfall amounts received across Minnesota varied from a trace to almost two inches. Given the rainfall amounts received, Voyageurs National Park yesterday lifted the ban on fires in […]
Rainy River District Victim Services Program board member Steve Latimer and executive director Monika Huminuk cut the cake to celebrate the opening of the RRDVSP office yesterday afternoon at 334 Scott St. The RRDVSP is a not-for-profit organization that partners with emergency services in the community to provide immediate emotional […]
These lucky kids had the best seat in the house atop “Boa” the elephant during the first of two shows by the Shrine Circus yesterday afternoon. Crowds flocked to the Ice for Kids Arena to see the acts. —Amanda Roy photo
Area business owners and others with an interest in boosting tourist traffic got brainstorming about how to do just that last Thursday when the Downtown Core Committee hosted the “Great Canadian Experience” marketing workshop. “What the Downtown Core Committee is trying to do is get anyone who’s in local business […]
After finishing high school, Kerry Hyatt of Devlin wanted to continue her education focusing on agriculture—something she always had been interested in. But due to the mad cow crisis, which left the industry unstable at the time, Hyatt was encouraged to look at different options. She started her post-secondary education […]
The Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer teams saw their short seasons come to an abrupt end last week with losses at the NorWOSSA playoffs last Wednesday in Dryden. The girls suffered the more difficult loss of the two—coming into the day with a bye to the final, only to lose […]
Lake of the Woods residents Roland and Julie Hill’s artistic pursuits demonstrate beauty can be found both above and below the Earth’s surface. Roland Hill’s “lapidary” (from the Latin “concerned with stones”) work has roots in his 25-year career as a prospector, which he pursued until a mining accident eight […]
Some may call them the real Canadian Tire family. Others may know them as the new faces in town. Regardless, Paul and Stephanie Sunstrum and their three children recently set out on their first northern adventure as a family and wound up 1,700 km on the other side of Ontario. […]
Teamwork, incentives, and creativity are the keys to making Fort Frances a tourist destination. That’s the message Ely, Mn. business owner Steve Piragis delivered to a crowd of about 20 people during the “Great Canadian Marketing” workshop last Thursday at the Adventure Inn here. “It’s only my third time in […]
Students from Our Lady of the Way, Donald Young, Crossroads, and Mine Centre schools gathered in the Manitou Rapids gymnasium on Friday morning to hear from film and television star Gordon Tootoosis. “I want to share with the young people that anything is possible if you put your mind to […]
