A privately-owned aircraft made an emergency landing, then caught fire, shortly after taking off Friday from a private airstrip in Morson Township. The single-engine Piper Cherokee plane was owned by a U.S. resident, who was the pilot. He and the other person on board managed to exit the plane safely […]
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An enhanced friendship and fond memories of Canadian culture were two of the treasures Judith Steenvoorde took home to Holland on Sunday after a five-week visit with penpal Janelle McQuaker of Stratton. The two girls, both 18, had never met in person prior to Steenvoorde’s trip here last month but […]
The 1998 Coffee Break/Story Hour Convention was held at Gordon College in Wenham, Wash., with more than 1,000 women from across North America, of all ages and walks of life, on hand for it. This included ladies from the Emo Christian Reformed, including Gertie Boven, Betty Esselink, Cora VanSmeerdyk, Geneva […]
What is it that makes the Fort Frances Bass Championship the big hullabaloo that it is? Is it the $25,000 first prize? Not really. While that seems like a lot of money for three days of fishing, weigh master Lionel Roberts said other tournaments offer much bigger prizes. “Money wise, […]
It was a chance for farmers and those just interested in agriculture to share ideas and innovations during Monday’s crop tour staged by the local Soil and Crop Improvement Association. It kicked off three miles north of Barwick in a field owned by Lyle Wheatley. About dozen people were on […]
A group of Watten residents is scrambling to collect dollars from property owners there to pay off the $3,252 bill the unincorporated township owes for the enhanced 9-1-1 emergency service. But the problem is the group has no way to make people pay–and the bill, which was due in January, […]
Public school board staff who were slated to be cut due to amalgamation and the new funding model seem to have gotten a stay of execution at last night’s committee of the whole meeting here. Acting education director John McLeod presented trustees with his review of staffing for the board’s […]
It’s been a mixed year for the Emo Research Station, with some of the plot trials doing very well while others seemed to have suffered. The research station will be holding an open house next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to give area residents a chance to see how this year’s […]
The adage “first impressions are important” could play a key role in putting district residents into the winner’s circle if they enter their farms in the annual Rainy River Valley beautification competition. Jointly sponsored by the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture and the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society, the competition […]
Burriss, which marked its 100th anniversary back on June 20, was the setting for a family centennial celebration July 11. Some 88 people were present for the occasion on the farm owned by Gale and Elizabeth Donaldson. Located on the south half of Lot 12, Concession 3 by the late […]
An bald eaglet is less endangered this week after surviving a harrowing fall from its nest late last month. A Jackfish Lake cottage owner awoke early June 25 to find the eaglet fell onto his porch. The nest, which also housed another eaglet, was in a white pine above the […]
Scalacs Inc. is interested in setting up a plant to recycle small wire from the North American mid-west, and Rainy River District has caught their eye. Company reps toured district communities last week, said Geoff Gillon, community investment manager at the Rainy River Future Development Corp. “They’re looking for a […]
