CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Therapy, wellness Rainy Lake Medical Center offers at no cost the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program: Every Tuesday and Friday, 10:45-11:45 a.m. at Good Samaritan Society - International Falls, Keenan Drive.
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Cemetery landscaping plan continues
The Forest Hill Cemetery Association Board of Directors will hold its October meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, in the Falls Public Library basement meeting room. The meetings are always open to the public.
Rotary presents….
At the Oct. 12 Rotary Club of International Falls meeting, Rotarian Jenell Feller hosted Ariana Daniel, executive director of Servants of Shelter. She shared updates on the community- based program committed to upholding the dignity of people experiencing homelessness. They achieve this by providing temporary shelter, guidance, and access to community resources. Rotarian Kim Usery hosted speaker Dr. Roberta Zimmerman, medical laboratory director, at Rainy Lake Medical Center at the Rotary Club of International Falls weekly meeting Oct. 5. Zimmerman has been an anatomical and clinical pathologist since 1986. For more than 20 years, she has worked in northern Minnesota, and she spoke of some of the different lessons learned from her experiences. She also highlighted some of the overlooked benefits of autopsies and the people that perform them.
Board talks cyber attack
More information is soon expected about a September cyber- attack on the Falls School District that kept students out of school for a day. The Falls School Board heard Monday that the total bill for the Sept.
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First of the season
Dawson Reinke decorated his snowman with the colors of the rainbow, maybe the last rainbow of the season, noted Erin Lyn Reinke. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Login to continue reading Login Sign…
Program helps landowners with buckthorn
Buckthorn is a threat to Minnesota forests and the animals that live there. Local folks got an education and some help controlling the nuisance weed last week, when a crew of Minnesota Conservation Corps members, paid through a Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Cooperative Weed Management Area grant and with help from the city of Ranier, came in to physically remove and treat the plant in an area of Ranier.
Board sets special election for District 3
A special election will be held April 11 to fill the Koochiching County Commissioner District 3 position, left vacant with the resignation of Commissioner Terry Murray. The county board in September accepted Murray’s resignation, which cited medical issues.
RABC resumed
The Canada Border Services Agency reports it has resumed the Remote Area Border Crossing, or RABC, program, which is available in parts of northwestern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba. This decision is part of a phased approach to gradually resume CBSA services still affected by the temporary measures put in place as a result of COVID-19.
Falls border project contract awarded
A small Maryland business has been awarded a contract to update plans for the International Falls border crossing facility project. Potomac-Hudson Engineering, Inc.