What a difference a year can make. On the first day of the Muskie boys’ hockey team tryouts a year ago, head coach Shane Bliss had a pretty good idea concerning who was likely to make his team and who wouldn’t make the cut. The Muskies were returning a veteran […]
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FORT FRANCES—The outgoing president of the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists said she’s pleased with the success of the Cranberry Peatlands Interpretive Trail in Alberton since its official opening back in July. “The biggest thing this year was the bog opening,” Henriette Verhoef said in her report at the group’s […]
Sometimes change can be the best thing to happen to a person. When pitcher Bob Andy made the decision to switch Rainy River District Fastball League teams last winter (moving from Big Grassy to the Sight & Sound Wolves), he had no idea the move would work out as well […]
Maybe it was the weather, or maybe it’s the event’s growing reputation. Whatever the reason, a record crowd turned out for the seventh-annual “Fly-in Drive-in BBQ” on Saturday at the Fort Frances Airport. Bruce Caldwell, who has organized the fly-in barbecue since its inception, said Monday that about 400 people […]
Now that students are back in class, local CN police officer Cst. Pete LeDrew is encouraging parents and guardians to make sure their children know about safely crossing the railroad tracks going to and from school. Cst. LeDrew said late last week that parents should make sure their kids know […]
The Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club will be holding its annual Drive-Thru Breakfast next Thursday (Sept. 21) at Tim Hortons, with residents invited to come by early and pick up their bag of goodies in support of local children’s activities. Club members, as well as local volunteers and members of […]
Sons of Norway Vinland Lodge in International Falls will host a potluck dinner and celebration of Scandinavian heritage this Sunday (Sept. 17). The Scandinavian Club of Fort Frances will be providing the program at Vinland’s beautiful Nyland Huset lodge building on the shores of Rainy Lake. Youth member Dorothy Johnson […]
Need to know how to write a successful proposal for funding? How about learning what the Carver model for governance is and how boards operate? Then now is the time to sign up for workshops on these two subjects, which will be held later this month and next at the […]
Council approved the town’s timetable for the 2007 budget process Monday night, with a public meeting slated to kick things off on Monday, Sept. 25. Citizens or organizations are encouraged to present council with their suggestions and comments on what municipal services and projects they want to see in the […]
Having already been postponed once due to a lack of ticket sales, a fundraising event for the district handi-transit van scheduled for Sept. 23 still may see just a small crowd. “Ticket sales are going slow,” admitted Kim Lauzon, chair of the Meals on Wheels handi-transit committee. “We have a […]
With the nomination deadline in a little over two weeks, more nominees for the local municipal and school board elections are coming in. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft filed his nomination papers Monday, being the most recent addition to the list of those running for seats on town council. That list so […]
This past weekend would have marked the 11th-annual “Freedom Ride” at Joyce Young’s Trail’s End Riding Stables north of Devlin. But due to some discrepancies with the business licences Fort Frances instituted this year, Young decided to cancel the event. She noted she doesn’t have the money to pay for […]
