Looking Back
July 1215 years agoMembers of the First Lutheran Church of International Falls celebrated 100 years as a congregation on Saturday with festivities that included a wagon ride, a silent auction, games, karaoke, a barbecue and a program.
July 2024
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Grave markers damaged at cemetery
STAFF REPORT From 30 to 40 grave markers at Forest Hill Cemetery have been tipped over, many of them damaged. Becky Roeder, Forest Hill Cemetery… Login to continue reading Login…
Notebook, Tuesday, July 16:
Rain Monday postponed the Bordertown Blaze’s game, which is now planned for Thursday of this week. The 2024-2025 fall sports season at Littlefork-Big Falls High… Login to continue reading Login…
Fatal crash
A single vehicle accident Monday evening on County Road 77, south of Littlefork, took the life of an International Falls resident.The Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office reports the vehicle, driven by Jensena Van Hale, 35, left the road and rolled multiple times before coming to a stop.Responding units worked to extract the driver, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle.Despite the efforts of first responders, the driver was declared deceased at the scene.The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Littlefork Fire and Ambulance, the Minnesota State Patrol, and the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office.The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Warm, but dry fair
The Northern Minesota District Fair this past weekend drew many people to the Littlefork Fairgrounds regardless of the very warm temperatures. Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary…
Notebook, Monday, July 15:
The International Falls Ice Cats 14U split a doubleheader Sunday with Rock Ridge. The Ice Cats 14U is now 10-4 and will travel to play… Login to continue reading Login…
Entertainment, anyone?
Traveling road shows came to Koochiching County as soon as roads made the area accessible, and the population was large enough to fill the local halls for two or three nights.
Action on the reefs
Many anglers fishing the reefs the past couple of weeks were experiencing spotty success.
District fair this week at Littlefork
Horses and food and a midway.
Faith, family injured in Vietnam bus crash
Jeremy, Anne and children Annilese, 6, and Victor, 4, were involved in a bus, car and truck accident on Saturday, June 22, on their way to an airport with some of Anne’s brothers and sisters and their families taking a side trip to Saigon, Vietnam, on their trip to meet Grandpa, Anne’s father.There was a broken femur and other leg and knee injuries; mouth, facial, teeth and neck damage; a punctured lung; broken and bruised ribs; and multiple scratches, bumps and minor bruises among the injuries, but there were no fatalities, with the possible exception of the car’s driver, whose vehicle was sandwiched between the bus and truck.Jeremy will be returning to the United Staes in mid-July, but the other family members must remain under doctor’s care until late August or early September.There is a GoFundMe page set up at https://www.gofundme.com/f/faith-family-accident-in-vietnam.Look for an x-ray of Victor’s broken femur.