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You can thank the flood of 2022 for the newly installed research library at the Backus Community Center.

Friday, June 2115 years agoA cast of local children has been rehearsing this week in preparation to present “Aladdin and His Magic Lamp,” a Prairie Fire Theater Tour Production for the community.

Speakers at the Borderland Pride March Saturday focused on the need to welcome all to the sister communities on the international border in order to help each grow.Jeff Olson, Falls High School Class of 1988 and owner of Dirty Knees Soap Co., spoke of returning to live and grow a business in his hometown.At graduation, he said he’d never have believed he would return to the Falls in his 50s.“And I never imagined I would attend a Pride March at Smokey Bear Park,” he said, adding it’s an indication of how far the community and world has come in those years since high school.“Pride is about celebrating diversity and inclusion,” he told the group.

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All were invited to share stories about their connection D-Day on Thursday, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, a pivotal event toward ending World War II that involved more than 167,000 troops with about 4,000 allied soldiers dying, and more wounded.“It was the beginning of the end of World War II,” said VFW 2948 Commander Scott Jonson.The event included a ceremony, followed by sharing stories about World War II, D-Day and military service.Jan Johnson, an active member of the auxiliary, spoke about her dad who was on Omaha Beach in the invasion, starting her presentation with an address to the soldiers on D-Day prior to the invasion by Pres.

15 years agoOn Monday the crew of Tom Jones Construction began taking down the look-out tower at Pithers Point.

A revised alternative of Voyageurs National Park’s Frozen Lake Surface Use Plan includes the potential for more miles of ice roads and would allow motor vehicles to be used on all park-established ice roads, parking areas associated with ice roads, and Kabetogama Lake’s developed shore.Alternative 3 would allow ice shelters to “be placed anywhere on frozen lake surfaces within the project area” and “all permanent ice shelters could be left in place as long as they adhere to all state regulations.” Transportation of an ice shelter not associated with an NPS-established ice road would be conducted by snowmobile.A motor vehicle, in the plan, is every vehicle that is self-propelled and every vehicle that is propelled by electric power, but not operated on rails or water, except an electric bicycle, a snowmobile, and a motorized wheelchair.

Northland GalleryThe Northland Gallery will be open 10 a.m.

Saturday’s induction into the Minnesota North College Rainy River Campus Hall of Fame recognized excellence among the inductees, and a celebration of the potential of current and future students.It is the second class of inductees; the first induction in 2023.The Hall of Fame also serves as a support network for the Rainy River Foundation, the goal of which is to raise money to assist students of today with the costs of education.The event is conducted by the Rainy River Campus Hall of Fame Organization, which began in 2020.