New Angle Inlet cell site to provide first responders, residents with better service
A new cell site created specifically to enhance voice and broadband service for public safety personnel in the Northwest Angle went live on Nov. 17.
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A new cell site created specifically to enhance voice and broadband service for public safety personnel in the Northwest Angle went live on Nov. 17.
Life for resort owners and other businesses on Minnesota's Northwest Angle has been especially challenging since March 2020, when the U.S.-Canada border closed to nonessential travel in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation is only marginally better this year.
Allan Hetteen died in a November 1973 farm accident, but in July, his son, Mike, of Roseau, was able to relive a bit of Polaris history when he visited the glacier site where his dad, David Pearson and Harold Johnson had tested those Comet snowmobiles 58 years earlier.
Last week, a group of legislators rallied together and journeyed up to the NW Angle. It has been well documented, with the U.S. / Canada border has been closed…
As of yesterday, August 9th, fully vaccinated Americans were allowed back into Canada. However, so many people wanted to cross the border that the line was 8 hours long at the International Falls, Fort Frances border crossing point.