Man Dead In Shooting Incident

A 61-year-old man is dead following a shooting incident at Whitefish Bay First Nation near Sioux Narrows.

Police says Charles Minshall was the owner of a store in the community.

Treaty Three Police Service found his body after responding to reports of gunfire being heard in the area of the store Sunday morning.

No one has yet been arrested.

No Injuries In Boating Incident

No one was injured in a boating accident on Rainy Lake on the weekend.

Koochiching County Sheriff's Office says two boats received minimal damage after brushing each other sides Saturday night.


Police says both operators thought the other was going to turn away to avoid a collision, but neither did.

Man Arrested On Sexual Assault Charges

A 25-year-old man man faces a long list of charges after a 50-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in the Red Lake area.

OPP says the two knew each other.

The victim was transported to hospital and released.

The accused remains in custody.

No names have been released.

MNR Getting More Fire Aid

The Ministry of Natural Resources is receiving more outside help to deal with a rash of forest fires in northwestern Ontario.

Twenty firerangers from Saskatchewan and 20 from New Brunswick will join Ontario's crews on the fire lines.

Waterbombers from Quebec and Newfoundland have also been called in.

Twenty firerangers from Minnesota arrived last week.

Five new fires were reported yesterday, bringing to 70 the number active.

Four are in the Rainy River district.

Sun Starts Deck Fire

The sun is being blamed for starting a fire in Littlefork.

Fire personnel were called to extinguish a blaze Sunday night on a deck of a home.

Officials say it was started by the sun hitting a mirror to create a heat source.

Town Seeks Federal Dollars

The town of Fort Frances will submit federal funding requests for four components a recent energy retrofit study.

Upgrades to the Memorial Sports Centre and a group of facilities that include the Daycare Centre, Museum, East End Hall, Sister Kennedy Centre and Sorting Gap Marina top the list.

Councillor Paul Ryan says its in line intent of new Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund.

Upgrades to the Civic Centre and sewer and water plants will also be part of the application.

New Aestheticians

A special graduation ceremony for six students of a new program at Confederation College's Rainy River campus.

They're the first to complete an introductory aesthetics course.

Instructor Sara Enns says students can use the program to further their education or start their own business.

The College is looking at offering the 13-week program again this fall.

New Diapers Wanted

A collection of new diapers is underway in International Falls.

The United Way of Northeastern Minnesota is teaming up with a number of businesses and groups to collect diapers for needy families in Koochiching County.

Spokesperson Elizabeth Johnson says it's a first  for the community.

Depots have been set up at Border State Bank, Bremer Bank, City Drug, Kmart, Koochiching County Health Department, KSDM/KGHS Radio, Stewart's Super One, SUPERVALU, TruStar and Wells Fargo.

UnitedHealthcare and Boise will also be conducting internal drives with their employees.

The diapers will be distributed by the Salvation Army and Falls Hunger Coalition when the drive is over August 13.