Stephanie Mathews joins TruStar Federal Credit Union as senior vice president of compliance & audit. She has more than 25 years of banking experience including nearly 12 years with TruStar Federal Credit Union in Bemidji and International Falls, previously.
LITTLEFORK - Kristi Benedict’s made a career out of providing needed services to people because she loves it. She says she’s now living her dream of returning to her hometown, building a house, and raising her kids in the community she grew up in and loves so much.
A Borderland native will return to the area in 2024 as a family practice physician at Rainy Lake Clinic. Chris Little, a 2010 Falls High School graduate, has signed an agreement with Rainy Lake Medical Center to work in the clinic after graduating from the St.
Rainy Lake Medical Center’s new respiratory and pulmonary service line officially launches next week. Jaci Klaphake, respiratory therapist, will begin seeing patients June 13, and is looking forward to finally treating and educating community members in need.
Blessings are real for Bill and Sandy Gorden, and in this case, it took the form of Kirk and Joslin Krist. The Gordens, after years in the family business in Big Falls, have sold Gorden’s General Store in Big Falls to the Krists, who will rename the store Big Falls Mercantile.
Koochiching and other northeastern counties and Native nations are included in the state’s Main Street Economic Revitalization Program. The Department of Employment and Economic Development announced grantee partners for the second round of the Main Street Economic Revitalization Program.
Fast and reliable connectivity is coming to International Falls, thanks to a partnership between Koochiching County, Koochiching Technology Initiative, North Star Electric Cooperative and Midco. The three-phase project is expected to be complete in 2023, and will link 231 International Falls homes along Rainy Lake and Highway 11, including Tilson and Frank bays to Dove Island.
Part of the rebuilding of the International Falls Area Chamber of Commerce will include a financial audit, and the board of directors in a news release Thursday said the past president will repay funds that were misused.
More than 40 high school students from across the state took the controls of a tractor loader backhoe at Ziegler Cat in Shakopee April 30, and had an up-close look at career opportunities in heavy equipment operation and repair.
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.