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A Freeze Warning is in effect across the area into Monday morning, and Voyageurs National Park crews are set to begin pulling navigation buoys as early as Monday, October 5. Closer to town, Thursday’s Pink Out volleyball game will honor Sarah Peterson, with a shirt preorder deadline tonight.
Starting as early as October 5, 2026, Voyageurs National Park staff will begin removing hazard markers and secondary aids to navigation. Buoys will come out progressively over the next couple of weeks from the park’s lakes: Rainy, Kabetogama, Namakan and Sand Point. The exact timing depends on weather conditions and other operational factors.
During the same period, United States Coast Guard Lamplighters will also be removing buoys that serve as primary navigational aids. The park asks boaters to use caution on park waters this time of year, since navigational markers may be absent as buoys are removed.
Current conditions are posted on the park’s Alerts & Conditions page at https://ow.ly/Vf6150ZTKuF. Once snow arrives and the lakes freeze, the same page carries winter updates on snowmobile trails, cross-country ski trails, snowshoe trails and ice roads.
The Voyageurs Conservancy shared a list of October night sky events to add to the calendar:
As an International Dark Sky Park, Voyageurs is a place to experience these events, and the Conservancy encourages stargazing from the park or from a backyard.
The International Falls Broncos posted an update on varsity football reading “After 3 in varsity football, International Falls 3 Greenway-Nashwauk-Keewatin 0.”
A later post noted that scoring exactly 3 points in a game has happened only twice in 113 years of Bronco football. The other time was in 2003, in a 32-3 loss to Proctor. The Broncos have scored just 2 points in a game five times.
International Falls Broncos
International Falls Broncos (history note)
The community will come together to honor Sarah Peterson at the Pink Out volleyball game between the International Falls Broncos and the L-BF Vikings. Tilson Bay Company is selling shirts, with $10 from each shirt going directly to support Sarah and her family.
Black and pink t-shirts, crewnecks and hoodies are available for preorder at tilsonbaycompany.chipply.com/supportingsarah/. Tilson Bay Company will also be on site during the game pressing pink shirts for $20 each, in youth and adult sizes. The company suggests stopping early so sizes aren’t missed.
Tickets for the October 17 show at 7 p.m. are available at Backus Community Center, Rainy Lake Pharmacy and online through Eventbrite. The Eventbrite link is in the comments of the original post.
Friends Against Abuse noted that October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month.
Small Town Tech shared its first Friday tip for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a check that takes about two minutes: do you know everywhere your email account is signed in? The business compares forgotten sign-ins on a new phone, a work computer or a borrowed laptop to spare house keys. Having a few is fine, as long as you know who’s holding them.
If a device or place looks unfamiliar, sign that device out (Google) or choose “This wasn’t me” (Microsoft), then change your password to be safe. The tip ties in with this month’s theme, “Don’t Make It Easy for Them.” Small Town Tech can be reached at 218-240-8802 or smalltowntech.shop.
