A Medicare scam warning, a Backus 1920s music show Oct. 17, a fifth-place Broncos swim finish and school reminders for Oct. 12–14 lead the Oct. 11 roundup.
The Lake of the Woods Control Board's October 8, 2026 bulletin puts Lake of the Woods below its normal range. Rainy Lake's outflow for the period ending October 9 is 147 cubic metres per second.
1937: Russell Lee in the Lumber Towns, History Highlights
In August and September 1937, Russell Lee photographed lumber camps in Itasca and Koochiching counties. Ten Library of Congress frames show the table, the horses and the buildings.
Voyageurs National Park names Jennifer Onufer superintendent; RLMC health fair Oct. 8, Ronnings appreciation event Oct. 8-11, and a Hall of Fame class is named.
Voyageurs buoy removal can start Oct. 5, KOOTASCA collects Halloween costumes through Oct. 19, and Servants of Shelter marks World Homeless Day Oct. 10.
Warren Upham's 1920 gazetteer gives one waterfall on the Big fork two place names, Grand Falls and Big Falls. This instalment reads his entries and the streams he lists nearby.
Read from the 1986 National Park Service water-level study: how the Kettle Falls dam became Docket #1 of the International Joint Commission, and why the commission's April 18, 1913 decision declined it.
1937: Russell Lee in the Lumber Towns, History Highlights
Russell Lee's 1937 photographs of Craigville, Itasca County, from the Library of Congress: a main street, beer parlors, a barber shop in a saloon and a lumber camp.
A Freeze Warning covers Koochiching County from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, with temperatures as low as 28 expected, the National Weather Service says.
Rainy Lake's outflow was 102 cubic metres per second in the Lake of the Woods Control Board's report for October 2, 2026, against a 100 minimum cited from the International Joint Commission's Orders.
Koochiching County had 4,069 jobs in March 2026, down 54 from a year earlier, with an average weekly wage of $1,111, up $9. Figures cover government and private sectors.
NWS Duluth's Freeze Warning for Koochiching County runs midnight to 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, with lows as low as 30. More frost and freeze chances follow.
Personal vehicles entering the U.S. at International Falls totaled 27,071 in August 2026, up 1.3% from August 2025. Trucks were down 7.1% from a year earlier, while pedestrians were up 29.8%.
WE Health Clinic ends in-person care in International Falls Jan. 1, 2027. Also: a free veterans retreat Oct. 2–4, a Sept. 30 photo contest deadline and Broncos scores.
Read from the 1986 National Park Service study and Warren Upham’s 1920 gazetteer: what the Ontario contracts required of the Falls dam, what was built, and how the river changed by 1911.
