A room in the basement of Backus Community Center is now called home by Mustang wrestlers. With the walls and floor covered in pads and mats, some bearing the purple and gold Bronco logo, coach Jeremy Mann said the environment has boosted enthusiasm.
Birchdale, 1949 “If” - the biggest short word there is was proved to be true in the Birchdale area when it was reported on May 7, 1949, that the railroad had chosen a north route and not on the south side of the Rainy River by International Falls Daily Journal. It was thought, hoped and reported that “if” it had been built as once planned that Birchdale would undoubtedly have been one of the chief towns of the county instead of just a small community.
The end of 2021 gave this photographer some great opportunities as local wildlife moved about. Above, two moose head for the woods. Below left, a great gray owl catches the camera’s lens gliding in for a landing. Below right, a spruce grouse roosts in snow covered cedar.
It’s mid-way between Christmas and New Year’s Day here in Minnesota’s northland. Inclination now is to look both in rearview mirror and windshield as time and events go and come. We journalled “End Game” last year so a revisit update now seems in order.
The Bronco boys hockey team played Warroad in the final game of the Hockeytown Holiday Classic on Dec. 30.
Two new faces were on one side of the Koochiching County Board table Tuesday morning. District 1 County Commissioner Destry Hell and District 2 Commissioner Ricky Roche were sworn into office by Koochiching County District Court Administrator Patti Bolstad, who also gave the oath of office to county officers reelected to their positions in November, including Tom West, county auditor/treasurer; county Attorney Jeff Naglosky, Sheriff Perryn Hedlund, and Recorder Lindsay Frank.
Vicky Lynn Jones, 61, of International Falls, Minnesota, died on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at the Good Samaritan Society. She was born on June 18, 1961 at Fort Frances, Ontario.
The International Falls boys basketball team won 75-37 in the third-place game of the Chisholm Holiday Tournament Wednesday, Dec. 28.
Question: If I am driving down a two lane road and a State Trooper is driving toward me with their flashing lights on, am I supposed to move over? Answer: When approaching any authorized emergency vehicle equipped with emergency lights, the driver of each other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection, and shall stop and remain in this position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. A portion of state statutes were used with permission from the Office of the Revisor of Statutes.
It’s been said “Once a Bronco, always a Bronco!” Those of us who did not start out as Broncos know what it means. Just go to a home football or basketball game, swimming or cross-country meet.