International Falls, Minnesota

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• Florence Adele Chute, 82
  

  Submitted by Journal Staff on January 7, 2009 - 1:07pm. Deaths Florence Adele Chute, 82, of Bemidji, Minn., died Saturday, Jan.

• Tax preparation volunteers needed
  

  Submitted by Journal Staff on January 7, 2009 - 12:31pm. Community News The free volunteer tax preparation service for senior citizens and low/moderate income persons of Koochiching County is gearing up for the ...

• Council starts new year with wishes for success, By Laurel Beager, Editor
  

  Submitted by Laurel Beager on January 6, 2009 - 9:40am. City will seek grant that could provide $100,000 to police department The International Falls City Council Monday met the new year by swearing in two ...

• Falls City Council expected to seek federal grant
  

  Submitted by Journal Staff on January 5, 2009 - 1:07pm. The International Falls City Council tonight is expected to consider seeking a federal grant for equipment and staff time through the U.S. Department of ...

• City plans for Nov. 28 parade and gathering, By Laurel Beager, Editor
  

  Submitted by Laurel Beager on November 4, 2008 - 6:34am. >> Read similar stories filed under: City News, I Falls International Falls City Council agreed during a brief meeting Monday to allow the International ...

• SAWKAR: You know you are Minnesotan when....
  

  Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I certainly did and now it's back to work.

• Koochiching County Board News Notes
  

  Tim Pawlenty has cut $75,000 in funding to the county. The money will likely come out of the countya TMs general fund, according to county coordinator Teresa Jaksa.

• Looking Back at December 30
  

  25 YEARS AGO A family celebration is planned for Anna K. Lindvall, a longtime resident of International Falls, who will turn 95 on Saturday.

• Falls company receives financing
  

  The Northland Foundationa TMs Business Finance Program, directly and in partnership with other lenders, approved financing totaling $514,500 to five businesses in the region between Oct.

• Music and memories, By Tom Laventure, Staff Writer
  

  Music brightens the day, but the Borderland Pioneers show just how much the spirit can be lifted from hearing a familiar song in a live performance.

• Looking Back at December 26
  

  Former Bronco and current Rainy River Community College basketball standout Pam VanBergen is second in scoring average in the Northern Division, according to statistics released last week by the Minnesota ...

• Jorgenson receives leadership award
  

  James Jorgenson, son of Maryvon and James "Scratch" Jorgenson of International Falls, was honored with a Board of Directors award for distinguished leadership by the American Society of Health-System ...

• HOCP plans January activities
  

  The next Heart of the Continent Partnership meeting is coming to International Falls on Jan.

• Looking Back at December 23
  

  31, closing 31 consecutive years of service on the International Falls City Council.

• Nursing home industry worries about new ratings, By Lisa Kaczke, Staff Writer
  

  Rating systems help people decide which restaurants to go to or hotels to stay at.

• Tuesday, December 23
  

  KOOTASCA closed The KOOTASCA office will be closed Wednesday and Thursday for Christmas.

• Looking Back at December 22
  

  Elliott has served as the county's top law enforcement officer for 24 years and was a member of the Falls Police Department for eight years prior to that.

• Looking Back at December 19
  

  Bob Lessard will remain chair of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee despite an attempt to remove the International Falls DFLer in retaliation for his endorsement of Republican Norm Coleman.

• Friday, December 19
  

  Kabetogama Al-Anon An Al-Anon meeting is planned for 7:30 p.m. Saturdays upstairs at Kabetogama United Methodist Church.

City Description

International Falls is a city in and the county seat of Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 6,703 at the 2000 census. International Falls is located on the Rainy River directly across from Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. The two cities are connected by the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge. Tolls are only charged for north (Canadian) bound vehicles, but it is a round-trip toll. Voyageurs National Park lies 11 miles east of International Falls. There is a major U.S. Customs Port of Entry on the International Falls side of the toll bridge, and a Canadian Customs entry point on the north side of the bridge. Although the International Falls area was well known to explorers, missionaries and voyagers as early as the 1600s, it was not until the late 1800s that a small village was founded,By a man named Lingren Stamfhouse. This promising community originally was known as Koochiching, an Ojibway word meaning "bass field." The inhabitants gave the names Rainy Lake and Rainy River to the nearby bodies of water because of the mist-like rain present at the falls where the lake flowed into the river. In 1901 the village was incorporated and two

City Contained By:

• Koochiching County
• Minnesota

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 16.5759239062 km squared

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