Trying to work my way out of a desperate situation. Does anyone know of someone who would be willing to give a short-term (3 month) loan with a boat title for collateral? The boat is worth twice what I need to borrow.

Unfortunately my debt to income ratio is too high for the bank to do it. My mortgage payments and Christmas are riding on this.

I really don't want to sell the boat outright because the lake and fishing are the only things that make this town worthwhile for my family right now. I will sell it if I have to....just hope it doesn't come to that.

Improving the viability of Rainy River Community College and increasing city’s share of local government aid top the priorities of Borderland’s state legislators.

Rep. Tom Anzelc and Sen. Tom Saxhaug met with the International Falls City Council Monday to hear council input prior to the 2009 Minnesota Legislature convening Jan. 6.

The airport is still facing bureaucratic hurdles with the Federal Aviation Administration regarding switching on a new instrument landing system, Thor Einarson, airport manager, told the International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission Friday.

Einarson said the Falls ILS system, modeled after one in operation at Scotts Bluff, Neb., is tested and officials are confident that it will operate safely and effectively.

Falls Memorial Hospital and the Duluth Clinic-International Falls made another step in the integration process recently by naming a joint operating board.

The board’s first task will be to designate a new name for the integrated organization.

The Division II American Collegiate Hockey Association rankings were released Nov. 28 with Rainy River Community College occupying the No. 2 spot in the West Region, behind the University of Minnesota Duluth.
St. Scholastica is ranked third, followed by South Dakota State University and North Dakota State University.
In the East Region, Northeastern University is No. 1, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware and both the University of Virginia and California University of Pennsylvania are tied for fourth.

A year after finishing 23-4 with an Iron Range Conference championship, the Broncos eye another memorable season

A good encore can do wonders for any performance.

The 2008-09 Broncos, who open the season tonight at Hibbing/Chisholm, are eyeing a memorable encore themselves after last year’s squad finished 23-4 with an Iron Range Conference championship.

The 23 victories were the most by a Falls team since the 1971-72 season, with the 2002-03 campaign coming the closest with 22 wins. Not even the state championship squad from the 1994-95 season (20-7-1) reached the 23-win mark.

Scoring at a premium with the departure of 1,000-point scorer Sherwood

The last time the Broncos played on their home court, Sam Sherwood became the sixth girls basketball player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

It was the second-to-last regular season game last year before the Falls went on to beat Blackduck in the regular-season finale and lose to Deer River in the opening round of the Section 7AA tournament.

Bronco boys hockey coach John Prettyman has a 64-68-1 all-time record in five years at the helm. However, he’s 39-15-0 over the past two seasons, including a 23-4 performance last year.

Wendy Kay Arnold, a recent honors graduate of the massage therapy program at Northwest Technical College in Bemidji, will open Rainy Lake Massage Therapy and Wellness Center in the Citizens for Backus/AB Room 212, in International Falls.

“I am so proud and so happy that can I support the community and the Backus,” Arnold said.

The Small Business Development Center has free sets of the mandatory state workplace posters.
The free poster sets can be picked up at the SBDC/KEDA office at 405 Third St. – alley entrance behind the post office, or by calling Jenny Dougherty at 283-8585. 
They can also be ordered by calling 800-342-5354 or e-mail DLI.Post@state.mn.us.