Considered a power forward, Andrew George is a hockey player who likes to finish his checks. And next April, he will get a chance to do just that during an international exhibition in the Czech Republic as a member of a Minneapolis-based all-star team. It should be quite an experience […]
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If you had told Muskie head coach Bob Swing that his team would be on the receiving end of seven International Falls Bronco fumbles in their game there Friday night, he’d have worn a smile as big as Rainy Lake. Unfortunately, the black-and-gold failed to capitalize on any of those […]
With the NorWOSSA football season cancelled last year, the Muskies were the only team to play a full slate of games–albeit exhibition ones. That left Kenora and Dryden all but losing a full year, which could have been used to develop young talent. And that makes it very difficult to […]
If you had told Muskie head coach Bob Swing that his team would be on the receiving end of seven International Falls Bronco fumbles in their game there Friday night, he’d have worn a smile as big as Rainy Lake. Unfortunately, the black-and-gold failed to capitalize on any of those […]
In what is expected to be a series of meetings with the U.S., Canada came away feeling “everything went well” in Washington, D.C. late last month regarding the border water dispute. “Canada strongly gave their position regarding the conservation of walleye and stated the regulations in place addressed significant conservation […]
Last year, John Desaulniers led a team from Fargo, N.D. to a second-place finish at the ‘AA’ World Series, losing 2-0 to a powerhouse team from Madison, Wis. Along the way, he was named as one of the two selections as first-team, all-world pitcher. But this year was a different […]
The Muskie “Bee” football team ran Jock Gemmell left. They ran him up the middle. And they also ran him to the right. And in the end, Gemmell ran the ball into the end zone from one yard out to pull the Muskies into a 6-6 tie with the Roseau […]
When the Thunder Bay Thunder Cats of the United Hockey League elected to move the team to Rockford, Ill. for the upcoming season, there were no guarantees as to what players would make the move with them. But the team did manage to bring back eight from last year’s lineup–including […]
Tomorrow’s open house at the water pollution control plant along the river on McIrvine Road also is doubling as its grand opening, with the ribbon-cutting ceremony set for noon. The open house gets underway at 11 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. Bruce Spottiswood, superintendent of Public Works/Facilities, said work […]
The Rainy River Substance Abuse Prevention Team (SAP) is putting out feelers to community organizations and volunteers for ideas on substance abuse/injury programming to be submitted with their three-year activity plan to the Ministry of Health next week. SAP is now about halfway through Year Two of its five-year program. […]
For the six students who recently landed in the district as a part of the American/Scandinavian Student Exchange program, Canada was the country to sign up for. “Everybody goes to the USA,” said Julia Loos, 17, of Germany, noting she wanted to go someplace different. “The USA didn’t interest me […]
District elementary students soon will find out in the classroom that kidnapping, drugs, and other threats are not the number-one risks they face when the “Risk Watch” pilot program takes off later this month. A comprehensive injury prevention program overseen by the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, “Risk Watch” will […]
