RRCC Coach Humbert retires
After nearly 50 years of coaching Rainy River Community College Athletics, Dieter Humbert will retire. He’s not only coached Rainy River sports.
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Mid-May: A full lunar eclipse
May opens with the two brightest planets low and close together in the eastern morning sky. Jupiter will be just above brilliant Venus, in the act of passing it enroute to a rendezvous with Mars.
Book gives glimpse of life in nature
The idea of living life off the land may be appealing to many, and only truly doable by a few, but a book written by someone who did it shows there’s more to it than most think. Bill Knapp, 69, wrote “A Wilderness Chronicle: One Man’s Dream – A true story of adventure, survival and redemption,” about what he calls a unique time of his life, living in the wilderness on Hale Bay, Rainy Lake, Ontario, at age 23.
Learning on the run
Leadership and organization 101: On steroids. That’s how Littlefork-Big Falls School instructor Tina Meyers describes her BPA, or Business Professionals of America, class.
RLMC hires new CFO
Rainy Lake Medical Center officials have added to the organization’s executive team with the hire of a new chief financial officer, or CFO. Mike Katigbak, who has more than 20 years of experience in managing finance teams, comes to Borderland from the Las Vegas area.
NOTEBOOK, Wednesday, May 4:
Voyageur baseball will play its only games of the season at Scheela Field this afternoon against Vermilion in a doubleheader that starts at 2. Also… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
NOTEBOOK, Tuesday, April 3:
The Rainy River baseball team played Northland in a doubleheader in Eveleth Monday. In Game 1, the Voyageurs trailed 6-2 going to the bottom of… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Choosing plants for your yard and garden
I have heard there is good soil for gardening and farming in Beltrami County, but since moving to the area in September 2000, I haven’t lived on “good” soil. I have resided in four different houses, all built on sand. If I’m going to get more specific, the University of Minnesota Extension categorizes the soil in my yard as “loamy sand”, so it’s not pure sand. However, it requires a lot of organic material – compost, mulch and the like, for it to hold moisture and nourish the vegetables and flowers I want to grow.
Johnson seeks District 3 Senate seat
On Monday May 2, St. Louis County resident, Kelsey Johnson, announced her intention to run in the Republican primary to fill the open State Senate District 3 seat.
Illustrating America
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary to Post 2948 recently announced the winners of its Illustrating America Contest, an art contest for students in kindergarten through eighth grades. Winners in the K-2 grade are: first, Scarlet Boyum; second, Josey Maclean; third Weston Demars. In grades 3-5, first place went to Sidney Krasaway, second to Brynlee Gierszewski, and third to Kristen Koerbitz. Grade 6-8 winners are first, Emily Rauhohl; second, Mackenzie Sheasby; and third,Teagan Rousseau; and honorable mention to Ashlyn Siltman. Prizes were $20 for first, $15 for second and $10 for third place. Students were also given small United States flags, books or coloring sheets and pencils. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS