We grieve with the Borderland community over the decision by the ISD 363 School Board last week to close the Indus School July 1. While we understand the facts and figures behind the recommendation for closure, we’d hoped the board would have taken the hearing judge’s idea that they could take action to close the school at a time of their discretion and voted for July 1, 2024.
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Riders with an all-terrain vehicle registered for private or agricultural use won’t need to pay the registration fee to ride the state’s public ATV trails June 10-11, reports the Department of Natural Resources.
A plan to implement a municipal garbage collection system in the city will be open for discussion at a special committee of the whole meeting at 4 p.m. June 12.
John Ross Slack The history of early logging days often was filled with rivalries and bitter contests over control of the logs and the rivers that provided transportation. I suspect that cussing was at a premium when John Ross Slack was the “River Boss” for the Engler Company; its rival was the Backus-Brooks operation of International Falls.
Two International Falls students were among the more than 160 students attending spring semester at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College who achieved high academic standing and earned dean’s list honors.
Summer reading is underway! I hope you stopped by the library this week and attended a program, made sure everyone in the family had a reading log and borrowed enough books for everyone to get started reading this summer. If not, there is still plenty of time to participate this summer.
The 2008 David Thompson Brigade flotilla of 160 canoeists will paddle through the Rainy River district to Pither’s Point Fort Frances. The visit is part of a historical reenactment that journeys 1,389 miles through four provinces in 63 days. The brigade is a bicentennial commemoration of explorer David Thompson (17701857). It is one of many events from 2007 to 2011 that celebrates the documenting of the Howse Pass in 1808 and the exploration that would eventually establish a trade route from Fort William to the western end of the Rocky Mountains. The trip began on May 10 at Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, and will conclude on July 12 at the Rendezvous festival of the Canadian fur trade at Fort Williams. The original Centennial Brigade visited Fort Frances in 1967 and some of the 160 canoeists were also in the 1967 flotilla.
1949-2023 It is with great sadness the family of Bob Leggett shares of his peaceful passing on May 4 at his home in Makinen, Minnesota. Bob was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1949 as the first of four children of Eugene and Mamie Leggett. He spent the first 18 years of his life in International Falls and was involved in youth hockey and baseball. This was only the beginning of his love for sports.
The Littlefork-Big Falls School has announced the students who earned inclusion on the 2022-23 fourth quarter Honor Roll. The Honor Roll includes the following categories: The Principal’s List is for students who achieve a perfect “A” with an average between 3.995 and 4.0; The “A” Honor Roll is for those with an average between 3.695 and 3.994; The “B” Honor Roll is for students achieving an average between 3.0 and 3.694.