By Chris Marchand A suggestion from a local resident to tranquilize, trap and relocate the city’s nuisance deer population became a focal point for perhaps the most productive exchange of ideas to date on [...]

By Chris Marchand In his 11 years on Dryden City Council, Brian Collins says he has never experienced a level of tension anywhere close to what he feels in council chambers these days. While [...]

By Chris Marchand There are many reasons to stick close to town for the upcoming Family Day long weekend as Dryden gears up to host its annual winter festival Feb. 18-20. City of Dryden [...]

  DRHC Chief Of Staff named Family Physician of the Year By Dryden Observer Staff A local celebration is planned to commemorate a tremendous achievement by a local physician, Jan. 27. In late November [...]

By Chris Marchand After months of drafts and difficult decisions, Dryden City Council approved a final draft of the 2012 budget by a vote of 4-2. Councillors Ken Moss, Mel Fisher, Martin MacKinnon and [...]

This story comes to us courtesy of our sister paper, Red Lake’s Northern Sun News — Ed. By Jennifer Thurbide, Northern Sun News Transportation Safety Board officials say it will be months before a conclusive [...]

By Chris Marchand The City Of Dryden announced last week that the community’s economic development manager, Vicki Kurz, has resigned her post. Stefanie Armstrong, small business consultant for the Dryden office of the Northwest [...]

Transport collision causes death Members of Kenora OPP were investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 in the area of Dogtooth Lake, Kenora. At 1 a.m., January 11, a westbound tractor trailer unit [...]

By Chris Marchand In the 25 years since Rick Hansen’s Man In Motion World Tour, local wheelchair athlete and accessibility advocate Mark Wherrett says Dryden has come a long way in regards to barrier-free [...]

By Ally Dunham With the 2012 budget passed for Kenora District Services Board (KDSB), it was time to move forward with the election of a new chair, as well as finalizing the dollars that [...]