I think the city may be over doing it in their efforts to clean up blight. What the city thinks may be blight might be stuff the homeowner wants to keep. Not everyone can afford to have a storage unit for their stuff. If it is neatly piled I think it should be OK. I may be wrong be I don't remember seeing a set of guide lines on what you can and cannot have on your property. If someone decided to take it to court I am not sure the city would be the winner. The trailers that are vacated are a hazard and they have not been taken care of.

Prescription records sent to Kmart

Thrifty White Drug Store of International Falls closed its pharmacy Tuesday and the store will remain open to sell its non-prescription inventory.
Kirsten Whipple, Kmart spokesperson, said the Kmart Pharmacy has acquired Thrifty’s customer pharmaceutical records. She described the sale as a “mutually beneficial opportunity.”
Whipple noted that sales of this nature are not generally made known to the public before they occur, and that the records typically transfer at the same time, and according to State Board of Pharmacy regulations.

A life dedicated to local library ended quietly

Falls Public Library enveloped her career and her life, her world and her universe.
And the bound literary works which Marie Knudson chose to fill that universe, took her (and many others) anywhere she wanted to go.
The librarian who served Falls Public Library from 1948 to 1978 and who strengthened the local institution died quietly on Tuesday at Falls Good Samaritan Care Center at the age of 95.

To the editor,
I admit I am not much of a cook, but I do know you have to plan a meal before you can cook it or eat it. Thumbs down to the editor of The Daily Journal who criticizes the city of International Falls for seeking planning assistance with the Irvin N. Anderson Amphitheatre as part of the larger riverfront development. Under an Aug. 6 headline “First Work on Foundation” our beloved editor gives us the following culinary analogy “the gravy is being ladled before the meat and potatoes are even cooked.”

Everyone thinks about where they will be or what they will be doing in five, 10 and even 20 years.
Same goes for communities. Residents of Ranier started a process this week that will help it to control and guide its future.
Tuesday’s meeting brought together stakeholders of the community to discuss what they consider are assets and concerns in the city, as well as their vision for the future. It was meant as a starting point to setting goals and objectives that will fill the desires of residents and meet the future needs of the city.

With the summer sports season wrapping up and the fall sports season just around the corner, a group of local athletes are staying active playing soccer.
Current and former high school students have started to play soccer on the field behind the Falls High track under the name of the International Falls Soccer Club.

Local event to serve as basis for global festivities

"Live on Skis", a weekend of riding old sleds and hanging out with people with common interests, is scheduled for Feb. 14, 2009, on Rainy Lake.
The main event will be centered around the Thunderbird Lodge in International Falls, but satellite will events will be taking place all over the globe, according to organizers.
Forrest Hess, a New Yorker, who attended the 2008 event as a result of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, is expected to again take part in the event, this time perhaps as the host of a satellite event in New York.

Now is the time for people who plan to hunt this fall to sign up for a Firearms Safety Hunter Education class, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources . Youth can’t buy a hunting license in Minnesota and many other states unless the training is completed.
The purpose of the DNR hunter education course is to teach safe, responsible firearm handling in the field, in the vehicle, and in the home after hunting. Through lectures, hands-on activities and videos, students learn about firearms, firearm safety, shooting fundamentals, and firearm and wildlife laws.

DNR Staff Report

A joint investigation by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis has resulted in a hefty fine for a Minnesota woman. Katherine K. Tramm, 48, of Mora, paid a $2,500 fine July 15 for the shooting of a bald eagle, a federal offense.

The importance of locally led conservation was emphasized to leaders on Capitol Hill by representatives from Koochiching Soil and Water Conservation District and others across the nation during the National Association of Conservation Districts' 2008 Summer Legislative Conference the week of July 23 in Washington, D.C.
More than 200 NACD members from almost every state and territory came together for four days of networking, learning and informational briefings from federal agencies, partners and Congressional staff.