International Falls News

Submitted by Journal Staff on July 2, 2009 - 10:53am. Looking Back 10 YEARS AGO Patricia Marie Jones Corrin, 84, died from health complications today at her daughter's summer home in Hayward, Wis.

Jul. 2--Northern Minnesota resorts, seeing a 20 percent decline this summer, need a shot in the arm, says U.S. Sen.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 30, 2009 - 10:08am. Opinion Columns I am shocked and sometimes angered when people assume that reporters, including myself, have some biased interest in the way we report stories.

Submitted by Katie Kolt Hall on June 30, 2009 - 9:59am. International Falls resident Arnie Johnson wishes that people would be more conscientious about where they throw their trash.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 29, 2009 - 12:25pm. Looking Back 10 YEARS AGO A total of 564 students qualified for the high honors list for the spring semester at Mankato State University, Mankato, achieving a 4.0 straight a oeAa average.

Jim Tiedt played with a cassette tape recorder and made fake commercials when he was a kid.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 24, 2009 - 12:19pm. Education News Five International Falls students have each been awarded $5,000 from the Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 25, 2009 - 12:33pm. Community News The Northern Lights Association annual trek to Koochiching County Senior Center, International Falls, is set for July 10.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 26, 2009 - 11:24am. Editorials Rainy Lake can be a complicated place to fish walleye.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 24, 2009 - 12:46pm. >> Read similar stories filed under: Borderland Briefs Diabetes testing The International Falls Lions Club and Koochiching County Public health will sponsor diabetes testing from 3 to 6 p.m. July 7 at Backus, Room 110.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 24, 2009 - 12:27pm. Community News The Indus Community Education program, Independent School District 363, is sponsoring bus transportation to the Minnesota State Fair to attend the Sloughgrass Family Band concert Saturday, Aug.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 22, 2009 - 11:06am. County News The Koochiching County Board is expected to consider action on an orderly annexation proposal by Ranier when it meets Tuesday.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 15, 2009 - 12:14pm. Borderland Briefs Electricians breakfast Retired Boise Cascade electricians, spouses and guests will gather for breakfast at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Barneya s Family Restaurant.

A biologist for Voyageurs National Park says the discovery of the emerald ash borer in St.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 19, 2009 - 10:40am. Looking Back 10 YEARS AGO There will be an open house 90th birthday party for Opal Wagner today, 1 to 4 p.m., at Hampton Court Community Room.

Submitted by Katie Kolt Hall on June 16, 2009 - 11:15am. Business News Almost Lindya s, the former 19th Hole restaurant, may have new owners, a new name and a new theme, but some things cannot be changed.

Suspicious border control agents in Detroit, armed with a broom and dustpan, discovered a dangerous stowaway in a railway container: a khapra beetle.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 15, 2009 - 12:15pm. Looking Back 10 YEARS AGO International Falls councilors gathered Monday to dedicate a new park bench in honor of civic activists Hermoine and Clarence Schwankl.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have a new tool to help sniff out drugs that may be entering the U.S. from Canada.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have a new tool to help sniff out drugs that may be entering the U.S. from Canada.