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Derek Montgomery
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn.

Photos: Rethinking a Company Town

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Joe Mershon
Joe Mershon, photographed Nov. 10., 2013, outside the Rainy Lake Visitor Center, is actively involved in promoting Voyageurs National Park events and other activities in the International Falls area.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News

The Daily Circuit's Tom Weber joined MPR News' Ground Level team in International Falls earlier this week, talking to residents and visiting everything from a high school class to deer-hunting shacks.

The town of 6,400 people felt the blow this fall of several hundred job cuts at the mainstay paper mill. Residents are examining how they might forge a future different from the past.

Full coverage of this series can be found at: Rethinking a Company Town

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Fred Rusch
After 36 years working at the Boise paper mill, Fred Rusch, center, took an early retirement offer from the company and spent his last day at the plant working, eating cake and saying goodbye to friends and co-workers who worked alongside him for decades. Here, colleagues ate cake and said goodbye on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, at the Boise paper mill in International Falls.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News
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Industrial technology demonstration
Fifth graders listened as industrial tech teacher David Olson demonstrated how an LED light can be lit using voltage generated by different fruits. The fifth graders were visiting a high school class aimed at teaching an appreciation for engineering in hopes of retaining young people in International Falls. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, at Falls High School in International Falls.
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Tom Weber with Mike Ward
The Daily Circuit's Tom Weber interviewed Mike Ward, superintendent of Voyageurs National Park, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in International Falls.
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