Laurel Beager

Laurel Beager

  • Joined: October 11, 2023
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Board electionResidents in the ISD 361 International Falls school district will vote in a special election during the Nov.

Record temps

Borderland broke high and low temperature records last week.The National Weather Service reports that a record warm low temperature of 65 was set at International Falls Tuesday, breaking the old record of 60 set in 1914.

No action, but discussion

Despite being removed from the the Koochiching Development Authority Board’s agenda, a member of the Falls City Council addressed it during public comment period.Falls City Councilor Mike Holden called it a tragedy if a way isn’t found to reopen the golf course.Others in the audience added their concerns, with one man saying he’s now a permanent resident, but won’t be without opening of the golf course.Board members agreed to remove the agenda item under new business, “Golf Course Research and Market Study,” but Holden urged moving forward with a feasibility study, engaging KDA Board member Jason Sjoblom to discuss several facets of the issue.The agenda called for discussion about a bid from THK Associates, Inc.

OBT boosts local agencies

Two local programs have received funding from the Otto Bremer Trust in August and September.Servants of Shelter of Koochiching County was awarded $40,000 to be used for its general operations to provide shelter, drop-in center, and expanded supportive housing in the county.Friends Against Abuse received $30,000 for general operations to provide services to victims of crime in the International Falls area.Charlotte S.

Fatal accident

Gary Lee Warnken, 72, Baudette, died Saturday when the Mazda he was driving south from Frontier Landing on Highway 11 at County Road 4 failed to yield right of way and a semi struck the Mazda on the passenger side, reports the Minnesota Highway Patrol.

The fire of 1910

In 1910 the Minnesota Legislature appropriated $21,000 of a $38,000 ask for forest protection; 26 forest rangers were placed on duty in June and laid off in September when the funding ran out.

Local TB account adds insight

On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, an account of an earlier time found while cleaning out a local home has revealed several parallels for a local man.Dale Boyum said the account was found recently in the International Falls home of his cousin, Nan (Marshal) Sether, and was written by Nan’s mother Ann about her family’s experience with tuberculosis in the 1930s.“I believe only three of the seven children in the family survived the TB epidemic, Nan’s mother Ann, who died young, my grandmother Nan, and another brother,” Boyum said.Historical sources report tuberculosis killed 20,000 Minnesotans between 1887 and 1899, prompting construction of county and state sanatoriums.An open-air treatment brought many to northern Minnesota.