Select Committee of our House of Representatives completed its third televised report last week concerning January 6, 2021, violence in our nation’s Capitol. Biggest news focused on role of vice president counting electoral votes for president and vice-president in Senate’s chamber.
Flood issues, ranging from presentations on flood-related management, and extending a declaration of emergency in Koochiching County, to plans to assist residents to dispose of sandbags and solid waste dominated the county board meeting Tuesday
At the Minnesota State Clay Target Shooting Tournament on Friday, June 24, Bronco Tyrel Shoberg hit 96 out of 100 targets and tied for 36th place while Bronco Seth Lynch knocked down 95 and tied for 46th.
The Koochiching Economic Development Authority Board met Monday, with Director Paul Nevanen reporting he continues to work with a Minnesota-based company to locate a logistics and warehouse project locally.
Students in Koochiching County are using food shelves in their schools at alarming numbers, and the Falls Hunger Coalition wants to help better meet the need. That was the message Ashley Hall and Christina Daniel, director and associate director of the coalition, brought to the International Falls School Board last week.
Question: Is there a way to report a traffic violation from within the same vehicle without calling and without the driver knowing you made the report? For example, if you are a passenger in a vehicle where the driver is texting and driving and you feel unsafe, but don’t want to confront them, is there a number you could text?
The Kielczewski’s Pipe Lake cabin was at the headwaters of the Pipestone River;there were signs that a big bear had been there. Floyd had left a tar pail on the roof that he had been using to patch it and found that the bear had knocked it off, he got up on the roof to see if there were any damages. There was no damage, but he noticed that the bear had only stood on its hind legs and put paw marks on it. He thought he had to be above 7-feet tall, and he reckoned that it was about 8- or 9-feet long from the tip of his nose to the tail. Brother Frank summed it up by saying “that’s a big bear” and he is going to ruin the cabin if we leave him.
15 years ago The visit of “The Wall That Heals” – a replica of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall which is touring the country -- ended today with a bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace.” Taps played by John Faith followed, and Gary Tornes, a member of Falls High School’s Class of 1964 and a Vietnam veteran, addressed the crowd. The event coincided with the All-Class Reunion.
The International Falls Area Chamber of Commerce continues to rebuild, adding new board members and setting its annual Crazy Daze promotion for July 27. Betsy Zaren and Shawn Mason, who have each served in the past as chamber president, met with the International Falls City Council last week to provide an update on the rebuild, and to ask the city to participate in the promotion.
July opens with four morning planets—Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn—strung out in that order from northeast to south. By month’s end, Saturn will be moving into the southwest and both Saturn and Jupiter start rising before midnight.