International Falls has a long history with figure skating.The International Falls Figure Skating Club will recognize its own history March 23 and 24 with “50 and Fabulous: Celebrating 50 years of memories.”Shows are at Bronco Arena at 6:30 p.m.
The sun started coming up over Rainy Lake in International Falls on the morning of March 9, and there was something in the air that gave you the sense that something special was about to take place.That something special was Chris Baynes being the first snowmobile driver in history to eclipse the 200 mph barrier in 1, 000 feet with a run of 202.33 mph backed up by a 201.70 mph run.
A plan to construct a $28 million border crossing station in International Falls will be presented to businesses and the public March 19, in meetings organized by the International Falls Area Chamber of Commerce.The information about the project will be presented by staff of the General Services Administration, which acts as the federal government’s procurement agency.A 9 a.m.
Note from the author: The Historical information received required some degree of inference, but the narrative has a major degree of accuracy – the jewels which will follow in the coming weeks are the letters dated late summer into the fall of 1918, a time that saw the end of WW I and the great influenza epidemic that struck the world and killed thousands.This is a trail of two families’ immigration adventure; how they responded to the times and how their fortunes and destiny ended up in Loman, Minn.Lars Johnson was born in Sweden in June of 1819, his bride Merit (Maria) Christopherson was also born in Sweden, in 1846.
As part of Canadian outreach efforts in the United States to underscore the fundamental importance of Canada-U.S.
Wonder when the ice will go out on your favorite lake?Minnesota Sea Grant has some ideas.
Beware the Ides of March.
MASTER GARDENER
To the editor,On Feb.
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