Big Sam’s adventure
Chapter 1 “The Danes have to stick together.” Those words were often heard by the folks living in Loman, Minn., and most heard from Sam Bjerre. By the late 1940s Mr.
August 2022
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Looking Back
Friday, Aug. 5 15 years ago Voyageurs National Park visitors reported a fire on the east end of the Kabetogama Peninsula north of Mica Bay.
Meet the candidates: DISTRICT 1
Tim Mathews Background I am a lifelong resident of the International Falls, MN area. I attended Falls High School where I graduated in 1984.
Meet the candidates: DISTRICT 2
Kevin Adee 1. I have twenty years of current County Commissioner experience.
ASK AMY
Ask Amy: This loving couple must learn to talk Dear Amy: I have been married to my husband for 10 years. We have a 5-year-old son.
Performers at Aug. 12, “An Evening of Stories, Laughs and Songs”; artists at “Natural Wonders II”
Visual artists displaying at “Natural Wonders: include: Mary Ludington specializes in fine art animal photography through commissioned portraiture and personal work. She has received numerous awards and is the author of “The Nature of Dogs,” published by Simon & Schuster.
CO Report International Falls
District 5 - Eveleth area Monday CO Curtis Simonson (International Falls #2) reports spending the week working Rainy Lake and the Rainy River. ATV activity was monitored throughout the area and nuisance-animal calls were handled.
Bakk receives CGMC Legacy Award
Minnesota Sen. Thomas Bakk received the Tim Flaherty Legacy Award from the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities last week during the Coalition’s three-day summer conference in Red Wing.
Cyclist raises funds
A Minnesota professor passed through Fort Frances in mid-July during a 5,700-mile biking fundraiser across Canada for three educational charities. Peter Hilger left Seattle May 22 and expects to be on the road until mid-September, when he hopes to arrive in his destination: St.
Burglary
The Koochiching County Attorney’s Office is reviewing evidence in a July 26 burglary at Super One grocery store, International Falls. A suspect forced their way into the store through a backdoor when the store was closed in the early morning hours of July 26, said Mitch Lessard, Falls Police deputy chief.