The saying “Many hands make for light work” has been proved in the last two weeks by International Falls Rotary Club members and volunteers. Rotarian Jeff Hardwig and a few others in the community are sure the saying comes from pine cone pickers – specifically, black spruce cone pickers.
Question: Can I drive my car without the plastic bumper? My son hit a snow bank and it fell of the other day. Later he was stopped for not having a front license plate as it was attached to the bumper.
With summer and boating season starting in the next month or so, Canada Border Services Agency staff remind boaters of entry and reporting requirements when navigating Canadian waters or entering Canada by boat.
This past weekend concluded our regular Borderland Mustang Wrestling season. Luckily, we are adding a spring program for wrestlers that starts April 18, Our goal is to keep getting better and bringing gold home to the Borderland.
Engineers with a love for golf, Justin and Mindy Mayer have opened Borderland Indoor Golf, inside the Dart Room at Border Bar, 415 Third Ave., International Falls. The couple got their taste of the sport as undergrads at University of North Dakota; Justin played in an indoor golf league and had a great time.
In 1901 Harold Westover was born in a log cabin, his father a homesteader, his mother only one of three white women living between the Sioux and Manitou rapids Indian reservations. Harold noted that at time there was a population that registered many bachelors and not many ladies. He also iterated there was no such thing as bakery bread and that folks ate pancakes and bannock which he described at a thicker pancake dough baked in an oven.
The Bronco Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony took place April 15 at Backus. Those inducted were Tony Curran, Gary Davison, Jeff Lindvall, Dan Mahle, the 1964 boys hockey team, and the 1972 boys hockey team.
On Monday April 16, the industrial technology class from Indus, Baudette and Northome schools attended Northwest Technical College in Bemidji for a lab day. Some of the students are taking a plumbing class for college credit while in high school through NTC, reports Soren Olesen, Indus industrial technology and art teacher.
“Koda” is a 7-month old male Lab mix. He is very friendly and playful.
Eighth District Congressman Pete Stauber invites high school students who reside in Minnesota’s 8th District to enter the 2023 Congressional Art Competition. Each year, Congress holds an art competition to highlight talented young artists throughout the nation.