Outdoors

Just a little more than 15 hours after Monday’s start of the Arrowhead 135, Ben Doom was the first to cross the finish line in Tower around midnight Monday. The race began at 7 a.m.

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Monday CO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls #1) reports the fresh dumping of snow was welcomed by snowmobilers, but the cold weather was not. Ice anglers on Sand Bay of Rainy Lake continue to have some success, but the cold weather has also damped their success. Time was also spent on equipment issues and fur registration, along with investigating a possible birch pole theft.

Koochiching Soil and Water Conservation District and its program coordinator Jolen Simon have been recognized for outstanding work providing coordination and outreach to the area’s Minnesota State Climatology citizen volunteer program, or MN gage.

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In February Venus climbs above the sunset horizon and settles into its latest reign as an “evening star.” But the sun is also climbing, so we have to go out later each night to see our sister planet against a dark sky.

Voyageurs National Park will offer a self-guided night snowshoe hike Friday, along the Oberholtzer Trail, with luminaries to light the way. The event will be open between 6 and 7:30 p.m.