Backus MN

Events this week also include a Hwy 87 construction meeting in Hubbard, astronomy day and Ojibwe Star Wars in Hibbing, CHAIR's grand opening in Virginia and a craft event in Bigfork.

District residents approved the 10-year, $9 million levy in a special election Tuesday, April 8, 2025, with 62% of voters saying yes.

East Grand Forks and Northern Lakes will face off in the quarterfinals. The winner will most likely play Hibbing/Chisholm in the semifinals.

Amy Gordon, Roger D. Hoplin, Carrie Maurer-Ackerman, Brent Passarella and David Sheley are running for I.S.D. 2174, Pine River-Backus, School Board.

Karen Goodenough and Rusty Lilyquist are running for Cass County District 3.

We heard from a lot of keen young phenologists this week! Reports include sights and sounds of a toad, wood frogs, frosty mornings, and currant leaves,…

Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Every Tuesday, as our resident phenologist, John Latimer said this morning, "we…