of Emily Gedde/International Falls Journal Darin Ward and Tony Holenko showed off a pair of Rainy Lake bass Saturday under the big tent at Smokey Bear Park. The two finished the 2019 IFBC in 21st place with 28.19 pounds of fish.
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of BASSMASTER Jeff Gustafson held up part of his 25-pound catch on day two of the Bassmaster Elite Series at Cayuga Lake.
of Emily Gedde/International Falls Journal Bill Godin of Devlin, left, and Leroy Wilson of Internationals Falls held up a pair of smallmouth bass that helped them win the 2019 International Falls Bass Championship on Saturday. The pair had a two-day total of 39.69 pounds.
Mudmee Murrell used her potato stamp to put the rind on a watermelon at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday as part of Community Living’s open air art studio. The usually outdoors activity was moved into the Shaw room at the library on account of yesterday’s downpour, where visitors where […]
“Crushed,” this very realistic painting by local artist Cher Pruys, recently was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Still Life Category of Artists Magazine’s annual art competition. It will appear in the January/February 2020 issue of Artists Magazine. –Image courtesy of Art by Cher
Ken Kellar Piper Lidkea took to the piano to entertain the crowd during the Fort Frances Public Library’s sixth-annual “Teen Open Mic Night” there Thursday evening. The event was one of the last teen events before the school year starts and drew a handful of passionate performers and audience members. […]
Ken Kellar Watten Volunteer Fire Department member Dan McCormick added to the growing pile of fresh fries at the cook station out behind Russell Hall at Sunny Cove during the department’s annual fish fry on Friday afternoon. According to Watten fire chief Chad Buist, the fish fry saw almost 500 […]
Ken Kellar Tara Long, left, and Tom Sether set out from The Harbourage on Saturday morning as part of the Alzheimer Society’s 2019 “Ride for Memories.” Though the pair were the only bike to leave from Fort Frances, Alzheimer Society client services co-ordinator Mary O’Connor said they were expected to […]
Marc Stuempfle Carina Mack had to hold on tight as she and her horse, Dee, blistered through the sand up and down the horse arena Saturday during the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fall fair. The pair put the crowd on a high alert watching closely as the two put […]
Ken Kellar Instruments, chairs, tables and school supplies line the hallways at Fort Frances High School as staff prepare for the upcoming school year. Rooms along this corridor, including the cafeteria, were emptied so that floors could be cleaned and waxed. The first day of school for Fort High students–and […]
Ken Kellar Parker Galusha tested the edge of the metal he filed down to create his peg game during Confederation College’s “Explore the Trades” camp yesterday. The camp was held in the Fort Frances High School manufacturing room, and overseen by instructor Robert Guertin. Campers this week made metal dice […]
Marc Stuempfle The first holes were drilled yesterday morning for the new accessible playground at the Devlin Ball Park, behind Carmody Field. Playgrounds-R-Us drilled holes for an “oodle swing” as part of Phase 1 of the project initiated by the Emo and District Lions Club which will also include a […]
