Backus News

Community Market Backus Community Market continues Saturday, rain or shine, from 8 to 11 a.m. in the AB Third Street parking lot.

Stories in the Park Stories in the Park on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in Smokey Bear Park will be in the library basement meeting room if the weather is wet.

North Star Electric is currently working on a power outage in the Littlefork area.

Community Market Backus Community Market continues Saturday, rain or shine, from 8 to 11 a.m. in the AB Third Street parking lot.

Two Backus residents are being held in Crow Wing County Jail on burglary charges.

United Way of Northeastern Minnesota has provided $138,000 to area support agencies.

Weight Watchers Weight Watchers will gather for weigh-in at 11:45 a.m. today, with a meeting following at 12:15 at Zion Lutheran Church.

Women of the Moose The Women of the Moose will serve sloppy joes, hot dogs and brats from noon to 4 p.m. Friday at the Moose Club.

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Class of 1973 Falls High School Class of 1973 will get together at 4 p.m. July 5 at Sha~Sha Resort.

Humane society Borderland Humane Society will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Smokey Bear Park for chips, dip and pop.

We decided to participate in the Relay for Life this year as a first-time team. We have had many family members who have endured cancer treatments.

Backus City Council recently awarded individual quotes for construction of their new city maintenance building.

The seniors at Pine River-Backus had just finished their senior year and the word got out to our ZAP officers that a party was being planned.

Daughters carry on family business in Pine River, Nisswa Jerry and Phyllis Taylor announce the transfer of ownership of the Nisswa and Pine River Dairy Queens to two of their daughters, Lisa Kaneski and Kathy ...

Okay, I know it's June and it's probably a nice day outside, so why don't you grab a chair on the porch or another nice comfy place to read the paper.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, with assistance from the Pine River and Backus fire departments, were able to quickly contain and prevent the spread of a potentially disastrous forest fire May 28 ...

Borderland Briefs Weight Watchers The noon Weight Watchers meeting is canceled Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church.

Looking Back 10 YEARS AGO Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary essay winners included Kalan Wagner, first; Benjamin Deedrick, second, and Stephanie Johnson, third.

Bob McLean is the official Hunt Utilities Group/Happy Dancing Turtle team "mascot." Bob is the chief operating officer for Hunt Utilities Group, LLC in Pine River and has a personal experience in the fight ...