No local flood impacts reported
STAFF REPORT While numerous city, township, tribal and state roads across central and northern Minnesota have been closed due to flooding, the Rainy River basin… Login to continue reading Login…
April 2023
Read MoreNo local flood impacts reported
Use Severe Weather Awareness week to plan
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE STAFF REPORT Emergency managers across the state are reminding the public that they use next week’s Severe… Login to continue reading Login…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Use Several Weather Awareness week to plan STAFF REPORT Emergency managers across the state are reminding… Login to continue reading Login…
Project seeks to use EB5 program
Work continues to develop a warehouse logistics facility, with a recent effort at making overseas investment a part of the project. Paul Nevanen, Koochiching Economic Development Authority director, told the KEDA Board last month that he’s speaking with Felix Asemota, president of Onesimus Management Group LLC, on a daily basis about the project planned for the multi-modal district east of International Falls.
Preparing for rising waters
By LAUREL BEAGER LBeager@cherryroad.com Active flooding in northern Minnesota is expected in the next week or two, as warm temperatures and rain are forecast while… Login to continue reading Login…
Family affair: Wrestling
Hudson man Borderland Mustang Wrestling coach and wrestler, competed recently for Janel Goff, owner of Goff Trained Wrestling and Viper Pit Nationals. Hudson had not been on the mat for a month, just resting up, reported his dad and Mustang Coach Jeremy Mann.
Video: Louder than words
Garrison When you look at the body camera video of Nashville cops, guns drawn, dashing into the school, throwing doors open, shouting, “Shots fired, shots fired, move!” and a line of cops moving swiftly down the hall and up the stairs and shooting the attacker, you see men doing as they were trained to do, pursue a killer and take the killer out. From first call to completion of mission: 14 minutes.
Construction jobs: Up close, personal
Indus School seniors and juniors in the trades classes got to visit April 6 the construction site at the former Kmart building in International Falls. The students were invited by Aaron Wright and Jake Ridlon from Carpenters Local 606 in Virginia to tour the site and talk to the carpenters working there about apprenticeships in the trades.
SPORTS NOTEBOOK
Rainy River men’s basketball coach, Bill Engel, raced in the Longhorn 500 bike race April 2, finishing in 41 hours and 46 minutes. Solo bikers had 48 hours to complete the 500 miles race.