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With the aim of helping local folks undergoing cancer treatment, 74 people signed up for the Koochiching Community Cancer Walk Saturday raising funds for gas cards.The walkers hit the hallways at Minnesota North College - Rainy River Campus, with stops at the commons area where organizers offered treats and refreshments, and displayed photos from each previous walk.The walk draws several groups, including the Dock Party Girls, whose members have shown up to support the cause ever since the first walk held in 2009.Maggie McBride, a member of the Dock Party Girls, said each member feels strongly about the cause and the walk, as each has been touched in some way by cancer.It total, about $9,000 has been raised this year for the gas cards, from the walk and other fundraisers, including donations made at this year’s International Voyageurs Snowmobile Club’s annual Speed Run for Cancer, planned for Feb.

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Chris Hudson returns to Open Range Concerts – up north in duo “Gullywasher” Saturday, Oct.21.The local duo “The Lost Woodsmen” will open the 7 p.m.

On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, an account of an earlier time found while cleaning out a local home has revealed several parallels for a local man.Dale Boyum said the account was found recently in the International Falls home of his cousin, Nan (Marshal) Sether, and was written by Nan’s mother Ann about her family’s experience with tuberculosis in the 1930s.“I believe only three of the seven children in the family survived the TB epidemic, Nan’s mother Ann, who died young, my grandmother Nan, and another brother,” Boyum said.Historical sources report tuberculosis killed 20,000 Minnesotans between 1887 and 1899, prompting construction of county and state sanatoriums.An open-air treatment brought many to northern Minnesota.

By LAUREL BEAGER LBeager@cherryroad.com People in crisis now have more options in northern Minnesota, with last week’s expansion and opening of Valley Pine Center. The… Login to continue reading Login…