Gearing up for the 2012 presidential and congressional elections, political voices were heard Tuesday during Minnesota’s precinct caucuses. Locally, Republicans gathered at Falls High School and DFLers at Rainy River Community College, as well as other locations in Northome, Big Falls, Littlefork and Birchdale to participate in the caucuses. More than 100 people turned out for the GOP caucus with about 40 for the DFL Party gathering. The G...

In the Broncos’ first overtime game of the season, Falls’ boys basketball team pulled out an 80-77 victory at home Saturday over Crosby-Ironton. “A big win for us against a good quality opponent,” said Broncos head coach Derek Dowty. “Defensively, we’ve still got lots of improvements to make, but offensively we played very well as a team (Saturday).” Four Falls players scored in double figures led by Ryan Kilbride with 18 points, followed by...

Littlefork-Big Falls’ girls basketball team led early and stayed close with Kelliher/Northome for much of the first half Monday night, before losing at home, 62-41. “I think we did all-right, here and there,” said L-BF head coach John Larson. “We kind of dug ourselves in a hole again. In order for us to be a successful team, we need to play defense and box out.” The Vikings, who lost for the second time this season against the Mustangs, pla...

L-BF boys hoops team loses at Ely A first-half lead turned into another defeat Friday night for Littlefork-Big Falls’ boys basketball team. The Vikings led by six at halftime and lost at Ely, 60-57. L-BF, now 6-7, was led by Garrett Larson with 22 points, followed by Tyler Vork with 17. Falls girls hockey to host quarterfinal Falls’ girls hockey team will open the Section 7A Tournament at home 7 p.m. Thursday when the No. 4-seeded Bro...

International Falls’ Billy “The Kidd” Christianson will be in the “main event” Saturday night in Burnsville as part of Driller Promotions’ “Prime Time MMA” at the Prime Time Sport Bar and Grill. Christianson, who trains with Borderland Combat Sports in the Falls area and has a 5-1 professional record as a mixed martial arts fighter, will be in the 155-pound weight category when he faces Ben Neumann, an Iraq War veteran who has a 4-0 record an...