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Icebox Days 2012
January: Annual Icebox Days celebration draws a record number of participants in all events.
Ice show
March: Skaters dazzle audiences during the annual International Falls Figure Skating Club?s ice show.
38 Special
June: 38 Special gets the crowd on its feet during the second annual Riverfest event.
Peterson brothers
August: Brothers Duane and John Peterson of Bemidji take home the title in the eighth annual International Falls Bass Championship.
Posted: Saturday, December 29, 2012 9:04 am | Updated: 10:54 am, Fri Dec 28, 2012.
The Journal revisits headlines from 2012 in this news and photo feature.
January
- The Good Samaritan Society ? International Falls selects Kraus-Anderson Construction Company as the main contractor to build new campus.
- Area businesses report weak business with warmer-than-average winter temperatures.
- Icebox Days draws a record number of participants.
- Efforts from Borderland residents allow for two black Labrador puppies to enter training for America's VetDogs program.
- Hiring for Ash River NoVA plant begins.
February
- Rainy Lake water level drops below rule curve.
- Life of former Falls resident, Lora Sinclair, is feature in Chicken Soup for the Soul book.
- CEOs in the Classroom program is launched.
- New district lines result in new leadership for Borderland.
- Postal Service officials announce closure of Bemidji processing center,which impacts local mail delivery.
March
- Local officials explore plan to help people with minor offenses cross the border.
- Local musher Ryan Anderson finishes with perfect 2012 sled dog racing season.
- Two former Falls residents discuss why the North Dakota oil boom got their attention.
- The Falls School Board approvals layoffs and program reductions to avoid projected budget deficit.
- Mediation continues between teacher's union and school's negotiating committee.
- Brian Jespersen is appointed to serve as Koochiching County sheriff.
April
- A Fort Frances man pleads for safe return of missing 7-year-old grandson.
- JoAnn Bokovoy is named citizen of the year.
- Ice out on Rainy Lake is declared April 6 ? a new record.
- DNR pinpoints walleye spawning sites on Rat Root River.
- International Falls School District Superintendent Jeff Peura accepts jobs with Lake of the Woods School Board.
May
- International Falls City Council announces it will hire an economic, community development director.
- Falls Elementary School principal Jerry Hilfer prepares for retirement.
- Indus teacher Lois Lewis is named ?2012 National Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year.?
- International Falls is awarded $650,000 grant for warehouse project.
- Local attractions make 'Best of Minnesota' list.
June
- A 22-week series on the journey of Ernest Oberholtzer begins.
- A new law changes the face of school lunches.
- Nordy Nelson is offered position as International Falls School District superintendent.
- A bill to expand border protection is approved.
- A kayaker stays with a Falls family while traveling from the Northwest Angle to the Florida Keys.
- Canada proclaims July 2 as Peaceful Borders Day.
July
- The second annual Riverfest featuring 38 Special is deemed a success by organizers of the event.
- A grand jury is to be convened in Muggli case.
- Falls Mayor Shawn Mason resigns to take newly created position of city director of economic and community development.
- Carl Muggli is indicted on first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder charges.
August
- Falls resident Mabel Carlson turns 100 years old.
- Falls School Board approves the hire of Melissa Tate as Falls Elementary and West End Elementary principal.
- A rat concern is investigated by city officials.
- Members of the Koochiching County Board express concern about wetlands plan.
- A second cold box at the Falls cold weather testing facility receives $200,000 grant.
- Runner Mike Ehredt launches 2,100-mile journey from Borderland to Texas to honor fallen veterans.
- Brothers Duane and John Peterson of Bemidji, capture the eighth annual International Falls Bass Championship title.
September
- Rainy Lake Medical Center officials discuss status of integration with Essentia.
- Rainy Lake Medical Center announces it will temporarily discontinue the service of delivering babies.
- Carl Muggli's trial is set for Jan. 4 in Bemidji.
- SkyWest Airlines will provide service to the Falls International Airport.
- Airport safety drill exceeds expectations.
October
- KDA representatives aska Boise to reconsider withdrawal from RECAP program.
- Koochiching County Board members discusses voter identification concerns.
- Citizens of Backus celebrate 10 years of saving historical building.
- Duayne and Nancy Johnson open up about importance of organ donation.
- A local judge orders $2 million bail in Carl Muggli case.
November
- Election night results announce Bob Anderson as the mayor of International Falls and other election results.
- Minnesota voters reject two Minnesota ballot amendments ? and community members weigh in on how they voted.
- Ranier residents express frustration over U.S. Postal Service decision to reduce window hours at Ranier Post Office.
- Eric Walls is chosen by the Falls School Board as the new head boys baseball coach.
- Resolute Forest Products Inc. kraft mill and No. 5 paper machine in Fort Frances is idled indefinitely.
December
- Donald MacDougall, a convicted sex offender, is released from prison.
- Local officials issue a thin ice warning.
- The number of children in Koochiching County foster care hits all-time low.
- A ceremony is held for grand opening of second cold weather testing cold box.
- Local school officials react to the deadly Dec. 14 school shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Posted in General on Saturday, December 29, 2012 9:04 am. Updated: 10:54 am.
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