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INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: The National Park Service (NPS) anticipates releasing a prospectus for a concession business opportunity to provide Lodging, Food and Beverage, Retail, Marina, and other services at Kettle Falls within Voyageurs National Park in the fourth quarter of this calendar year. The prospectus will describe the business opportunity and the terms and conditions of Concession Contract #CC-VOYA002-24…
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Timm Ringhoffer talks with Jon McDonald about some fire safety issues and how controlled burning is used in conservation. Timber sales in the area were also discussed.
CO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls #1) worked fishing and boating enforcement on the Rainy River and Rainy Lake. Kittelson also attended meetings in regards to upcoming Academy training at Camp Ripley. Questions were fielded about a recent boating accident on Rainy Lake. CO Curtis Simonson (International Falls #2) reports checking anglers on Rainy Lake and…
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The Purple Pride Golf Tournament is tomorrow starting at 1pm at the River Golf Course. The Purple Pride event is a fund raising event that benefits all youths activities in the borderland. Timm Ringhoffer with Jimmie Nab.
On 08/04/2022, at approximately 2119 hours, the Koochiching County Dispatch center received a 911 call of a boating accident on Rainy Lake near Franzen Island. The reporting party stated that he and another party were severely injured. The reporting party stated they had been boating when the motor came out of the water and injured them. The Koochiching…
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“Eckman GM shop local promotion. Big Fishing month here in the Borderland with the 18th annual Int’l Falls Bass Fishing Championships. Alicia Kelly and Margaret Ewald both showed up at Eckman GM at the same time and said “We like to Fish” for $100 gift certificates to Sportsman’s Service of Int’l Falls. Congratulations and Thank you…
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Andrea Pastor and Brad Krasaway were guests this morning on Lets Talk About It, with Timm Ringhoffer. Andrea and Brad talked about enrollment options for the St. Thomas Aquinas school for the upcoming school year.
Veterans Service Officer Mark Lessard was in studio for Lets Talk about It, and Mark wanted to get the word out on some events that will be happening that would be of interest to county Veterans.
Even as the flood waters recede, the Finstad Auto-Marine Shop will host its annual openhouse on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Befitting its listing on the National Record of Historic Places, the 108-year-old shop on the shores of Rainy Lake has the best-preserved marine-oriented machine shop in Minnesota. The Shop has survived floods of historic proportions…
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The National Park Service will search for zebra mussels in and near Voyageurs National Park from August 2 through August 5, 2022. The effort will include a SCUBA team who will dive to inspect areas of Black Bay on Rainy Lake just outside of park boundaries where the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR)…
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