Marc Stuempfle During Heat 3 of the WISSOTA Midwest Mods division, driver Doug Wakefield, 79, Carter Kinnear and James Lambert ended in a pileup, making for some very tense moments for both fans and drivers. The good news was the drivers were uninjured in the accident but both Kinnear’s and […]
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Sam Odrowski Emily Bird, left, and her partner Izak Stromness sawed as quickly as they could during the “Jack and Jill” version of the two-man crosscut event during the 42nd-annual loggers’ competition at the Emo Fair on Friday. Hundreds of spectators gathered in the bleachers to watch the annual contest.
Darwin Lance buzzed into a large block of lumber during the chainsaw speed buck portion of the loggers’ competition at the Emo Fair on Friday. Lance was later deemed the Rookie Logger of the Year. Meanwhile, Jason Caul landed first place in the chainsaw speed buck, while Curtis Smith received […]
Marc Stuempfle David Simpson captured his second victory at the Emo Speedway on Friday night. Simpson drove away with the race and the Rea Memorial trophy in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods division. Once Simpson was able to move his way to the front of the pack, he never relinquished his […]
Marc Stuempfle In Heat 2 of the WISSOTA Modifieds division, Brody Strachan (99), and Blake Ferris (4) battled for the lead around turn three of the Emo Speedway. Strachan was able to hold on and win the heat. When the two meet again in the feature race it was Ferris’ […]
Sam Odrowski Vaughn Wilson used all his might to send a log flying across the grounds of the grandstand during the loggers’ competition at the Emo Fair on Friday. Wilson placed third in the pulp toss and landed second overall in the competition. A total of 10 loggers competed.
Submitted Jeff with a couple of smallmouth bass from his day three catch at the St. Lawrence River.
Local artist Cher Pruys was thrilled to find out that her painting “Rear View Mirror,” left, recently took Best Of Show in Fusion Art’s Highway’s & Byways Quarterly Art Exhibition. This painting will now be accepted into Fusion Art’s fourth-annual Group Show in Palm Springs in 2020. “Cruising,” above, was […]
Ken Kellar Vocalist Sylvie Kendree of My Son The Hurricane took to the stage at the Rainy Lake Square to close out their free concert last night. The returning crowd-favourite band delivered an energetic performance featuring their brassy blend of funk and hip-hop. The performance was the final free concert […]
Marc Stuempfle The Renegades are off to the finals in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League after they defeated the Couchiching Lady Raiders last night in the bottom of the seventh inning 8-7. The women ran out for a celebratory hug as the winning run crossed home plate. Next […]
New mini-royalty Brecken Mann was crowned by former king Niels Reynolds, and given his cape by contest organizer Sis McCormick, on Thursday evening following his victory in the 2019 mini-king and queen competition. The new mini-queen is Anneliese DeGagne. Well over 100 people packed the upstairs in the Emo Arena […]
Ken Kellar The Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir, Ragged Road and SiouxPerBoat all took part in the “Kitchen Party” that kicked off the afternoon of entertainment at the Moose N’ Fiddle festival’s Saturday session. Members of all three bands jammed together on songs some of them had only learned a […]
