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Lincoln Dunn, a very special guest that Ed had invited on the Oh Canada Show is the owner of Rejuvenate Fitness who talked about his business and tells a little about himself. So what does Rejuvenate have planned for Spring Fever Days? This will be a big fundraiser with proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer…
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Credit to Branda Sawatzky for this report: https://fftimes.com/news/district-news/canada-prepares-for-potentially-record-breaking-wildfire-year/ 2023 marked an unprecedented year for wildfires. Experts say it wasn’t the number of fires burning that made it historic, but rather the size of the fires. Thanks to unrelenting heat waves throughout the spring and summer, Canada lost about 15 million hectares of vegetation to fire,…
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All are welcome to a free presentation on Tuesday April 23 by Jenna Pogorels of the Alzheimer’s Association on understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. Program begins at 6:30 p.m. in Room 101, Backus Community Center, 900 Fifth Street. Call Koochiching Aging Options with questions at 218-283-7030.
The talk about Spring Fever Days continues as Ed Gackley talks to Dave Goodman, the owner of North Country Track & Field. Dave is a long-time resident who shares his own experience growing up and participating in Spring Fever Days. Now as the owner of North Country, he is attending as a business who is…
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Tim Martin from Nestor Falls Marine & Sports had joined Ed on this past Tuesday’s Oh Canada show where he shared some exciting things that were happening at the Emo Ice Arena. Things have been busy for them at the shop and the excitement only grows more as we begin to see more open waters.…
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This past week 14 seniors from International Falls High School had went on a 5-day trip to Washington D.C. and New York City, which got extended to 6 days because of a delayed flight home. I got to talk to 3 of those Seniors, Addison Wallander, Olivia Master, and Alina Hartzler about their trip that…
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Each month the park will spotlight a different employee. The March spotlight is on Emma Misner, our new Budget Analyst at Voyageurs National Park. Emma began her NPS career in February 2024 as a Budget Analyst supporting the Voyageurs and Apostle Islands maintenance programs. She also serves as the tenant manager for the Voyageurs housing…
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I had the opportunity to interview the Just For Kicks Dance team which is split into two groups, younger and older. I had first talked to the younger group and asked them how long they danced for. And for those 2-4 years I asked them what their favorite part was and they had a rather…
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