NMRC (Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference) 2024 Conference All-Academic team
The Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference (NMRC) is pleased toannounce our 2024 Conference All-Academic Team. The NMRC All-Academic Award program recognizes the academic excellence (based on GPA) of participating High School students in the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference. To earn NMRCAll-Academic Team honors, a student must possess a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher (based on…
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2024 Bronco Hall of Fame recap
This past Saturday was the 2024 Bronco Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which was held in the Backus auditorium, and we saw 3 alumni, a former coach, and 2 teams. Those Inductees were: Craig Dahl, who played in the following sports. He was a six-time letter winner for the Broncos, and he had this to…
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United Way’s New Project, Operation: Soldier Story
For those who might not know, United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) is a volunteer-based organization that works alongside other organizations such as United For Veterans. Through United for Veterans they help bring The Wall That Heals, a Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to the area. It was with that partnership that United Way came up with…
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RRCC Players Voted All-Region 13 and 1st & 2nd Team All-American
The 2023-24 NJCAA All-Region 13 and All-American teams had both been selected by the NJCAA D3 Committee for the Men’s and Women’s Basketball. Therefore, congratulations are in order for Rainy River Freshman Destiny Piekarski who was voted 1st Team All-American for NJCAA D3, this means she ended up in the top-5 in the nation for…
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Oh Canada: Tompkins Hardware Interview w/ Dee Maynard
Another business in the Emo area will be joining in the festivities of Spring Fever, Tompkins Hardware and Home Center is a business that has been serving the community for a long time. How long exactly? Dee Maynard let’s us know. Ed then asked her about her job at Tompkins and what it entails, and…
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International Falls SSW Dodgeball Tournament
As a way to celebrate Spring Sports week, the International Falls School District held a Dodgeball tournament among the student body. The teams were divided by grade with the 11th & 12th Graders being this years champs, beating the 10th Graders in a best-of-3 series. Karla Line, the head of the Honors Society, was also…
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Oh Canada: Emo Feeds Interview w/ John Sawatzky
For the first ever Oh Canada Show outside of Fort Frances, Ed Gackley was set up inside the Emo Feeds building where he got to talk to John Sawatzky who owns the business. John would start by talking about the history of the store. It’s a business built off service, and John Sawatzy was then…
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International Falls High School Baseball Preview
I had an opportunity to talk to Coach Phil Talmage, along with Seniors/Captains Parker Olson and Brody Carlson prior to their season opener at Cherry High School. Here’s what they said about how they felt about the 2024 season. So what was the team working on in preparation? Then, I asked about players who could…
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AG Show Recap
This past weekend was the Agriculture Show held the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture, an event held in Barwick, Ontarrio. Our own Ed Gackley had interviewed Bernie Zimmerman prior to the show, and then followed up with Bernie on his Oh Canada show. Bernie summarized it as a great success. It is an event to…
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