The International Fall School Board will continue talks aimed at retaining a school resource officer for the 2023-24 school year. It also tabled action on recommendations to positions in its business office, aimed at attracting qualified candidates for a vacant position.
Funeral services to celebrate the life of Fern Alice Stav Munro, 95, will be conducted Saturday, December 29, at Faith United Church of Christ. Fern died on November 18 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fern was born and raised in North Dakota. Her parents, Rose and Joseph Stav, boarded all of their children in Dickinson, ND, some 20 miles away from their Manning home so that they could receive their high school education. Fern went on to earn her teaching certificate at Dickinson State Teachers College. She married a fellow teacher, Roy Munro, in 1932. Roy pursued a career in Customs and the couple moved to International Falls in 1946. Fern was a substitute teacher in the Falls school system for many years, a member of the local Red Hat Club, the “Loon-A-Ticks,” and a strong voice in the Falls chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Family, friends, and neighbors will join with others in the community to share a meal and more Sunday. All are invited to the annual Community Christmas Day Dinner from noon to 2 p.m.
Littlefork-Big Falls Elementary second graders in Betsy Brokaw’s class shared their visions of what Santa might leave below the tree. Many also share their good wishes to Santa and the crew in the North Pole.
The public will have at least two more opportunities to weigh in on a plan to expand and modernize the International Falls land port of entry. Input from a public meeting Tuesday will help identify what resources and issues are most important to the community in the project.
Minnesota North College’s annual literary and arts magazine, “Spring Thaw” seeks submissions for the 2023 edition of the magazine. The magazine, printed annually since the 1970s, includes stories, poems, creative nonfiction, photography, and photographed art from both established and aspiring writers and artists.
A recount in the House District 3A votes has confirmed that Ely Mayor Roger Skraba will take the office in January. Incumbent Rep.
HRA BOARD Housing & Redevelopment Authority of Koochiching County will meet for its regular monthly meet at 1 p.m. Dec.
A proposed 22-percent increase in 2023 property taxes and an increase in valuation of many properties brought several people to the Koochiching County Board’s Truth in Taxation hearing Tuesday. A 22-percent increase to what was collected in the 2022 levy will collect an additional $400,000 in 2023 for the general revenue fund to support the 2023 county budget, which includes $690,000 bonded debt to build a new jail.
Can access to affordable, reliable broadband internet help Koochiching County thrive rather than just survive? Many think that kind of access to the internet will make a key difference in how we live, work and play, not just in remote and isolated Borderland, but all across the nation. An ongoing local effort will get a boost toward making that kind of access available with Jaci Nagle’s recent assignment as an American Connection Corps fellow serving as an AmericCorps member with the Koochiching Technology Initiative, as part of the Lead for America and the American Connection Project.