Lake of the Woods News

Four people are lucky to be alive after the truck they were in went through the ice on Lake of the Woods in northwestern Ontario on Monday.

A trio of friends a ' Shanna Moorey, Laurel Gosselin and Justin Cain a ' helped light about 1,700 ice candles at the Lake of the Woods Cemetery on Christmas Eve.

Early one morning in May 1792, a young clerk of the Hudson's Bay Co. named David Thompson was hunting on a river a few miles inland from that great body of water.

It may look like a picture postcard in Winnipeg today, but outside the city, a major snowstorm is blowing into southern Manitoba.

Once the holidays are over the Champaign County forest preserve district will again accept used Christmas trees to be recycled.

Lake of the Woods residents question the state's dam classification ["LOW restates dam objections," Nov.

Kenora Public Library, Lake of the Woods Museum, Kenora Handi-Transit and the Kenora and Lake of the Woods Community Foundation presented their 2010 budgets and funding requests to city council at the capital budget meeting Tuesday evening.

To complete historic structural transitions, Debbie Baldwin and Fred Richardson will serve a second one-year term as chairperson and vice chairman of the Lake of the Woods District Hospital Board.

More than 70 percent of Lake of the Woods Association members have paid all or part of the $1,200 special assessment levied on each lot to pay for state-mandated improvements to the dam on the Orange County subdivision's largest lake.

Pope John Paul II students Cassidy Swejda, Morgan Anderson and Sarah Moncrief decorate the Sugar Plum Candy Tree for the Festival Of Trees.

Treaty 3 Police have charged a 19-year-old man with second degree murder in connection with the Sunday death of James Scott.

After almost a decade of administrative efforts, and at least three councils who always balked at the expense, the District of Hope will skyrocket itself into the 20th century going live on the web with a new camera and sound system.

Police say an 82-year old man died Saturday afternoon when he lost control of his vehicle on Highway 140W in the Lake of the Woods Safety Corridor and crashed into a large tree.

Pushed by irate members, the Lake of the Woods Association again yesterday asked the state Soil and Water Conservation Board to relieve it of having to comply with dam-safety regulations.

The Ministry of Natural Resources is alerting area communities to the looming threat of smoke from forest fires following two summers of record low forest fire activity in the northwest region.

The Boone Country Sheriff's Department conducted a DWI saturation this weekend, resulting in six arrests for driving while intoxicated, a Sheriff's Department news release stated.

What's $6 million to the swells on the LOW board? Date published: 11/14/2009 The new dam spillway at the Lake of the Woods, ordered by the state Soil and Water Commission, has caused widespread dissension among the LOW property owners.

Luke Heatherington, shown at the Lake of the Woods Judo Championships in April, won gold at the Ontario International Open Judo Tournament.Photo by Lloyd Mack The 2009 Ontario International Open Judo Tournament in Kingston Nov.

Mayor Len Compton cuts the ribbon at the ground breaking ceremony for Qualico s The Headwaters condominium development.

Was the LOW board negligent? Date published: 11/9/2009 Was the LOW board negligent? If the Lake of the Woods dam-fighters are planning to fight the special assessment dues, maybe this will help.