If you’re feeling blue because summer is over and fall is officially upon us, don’t worry, there’s a full agenda of activities taking place throughout the district starting this Saturday (Sept. 27). So put on a sweatshirt and participate! First off, a rummage sale will be held Saturday starting at […]
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Now that the U.S. border gradually is being re-opened to shipments of Canadian beef, and hunters no longer need be concerned about bringing home deer and moose shot in Ontario, area tourist operators and outfitters should be a bunch of happy campers, right? Well, apparently not. According to the North […]
The ninth-annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival goes this Saturday in Rainy River and according to organizers, there will be no shortage of things to see and do for the entire family. Special emphasis this year will be on attracting more people from the east end of the district, […]
“Sharathon” is always a wonderful time of refreshing, said Bruce Christopherson, manager of Christian radio station KBHW-FM in International Falls. It’s more than just a fundraising activity—it’s a time to renew friendships and share together what God has done at KBHW, he added. “This year, we had a number of […]
The Chapple fall supper/museum fundraiser has been scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17 at the community hall. More details will be forthcoming as to the time and what else is on the agenda. Meanwhile, at the lighthouse along the waterfront in Barwick, only a small amount of work is left to […]
The Barwick community and church reflected and shared 100 years of bringing God’s love to a needy world. The two-day celebrations earlier this month attracted people from Brampton to Vancouver Island here in Canada, as well as from Arizona and California in the States. Activities commenced at noon on the […]
Holy cow! It was the favourite expression of legendary Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray, and it nicely summed up my sentiments after experiencing the hallowed halls of the Cubs’ famed home ballpark—Wrigley Field—last weekend. A Windy City landmark since 1914, Wrigley is the last of a dying breed of baseball […]
Dan Hoehne and Ryan Crane now understand what those poor ducks in a carnival shooting gallery must feel like. The two goalies no doubt were seeing flying pucks in their sleep Monday night after the host Fargo-Moorhead Jets outshot the Borderland Thunder 66-10 en route to a 6-0 shutout in […]
If the Muskie senior girls’ basketball squad is going to win a second-straight NorWOSSA title, it will be up to the young guns to prove their merit. This year’s Muskie roster will be dramatically different from last year’s championship squad which dumped the Dryden Eagles 43-19 in the league final. […]
Bob Swing and Jon Romu were teammates on the University of Manitoba Bisons, and shared the camaraderie most teammates do. But that’s not to say Romu, head coach of the Kelvin Clippers (1-0-1), isn’t above trying to extend the misery of Swing and the Muskies (0-2) this Friday afternoon during […]
Adrian Chapman would be happy to discuss how his Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team is going to fare this season—if he knew himself. “I don’t know,” Chapman said simply when asked about his squad’s chances at winning NorWOSSA this season after a difficult four-set semi-final loss to the Kenora Broncos […]
A Minnesota law which took effect Aug. 1 imposes new restrictions on hunters bringing deer and moose carcasses into that state. The law bans the importation of whole cervid (i.e., deer, moose, elk, and caribou) carcasses from all adjacent states, as well as Ontario, in an attempt to prevent the […]
