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The first newspaper to be published in Thief River Falls was The Press in 1889. The second paper, The News, began publication in 1890 in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, as the Red Lake Falls Times, then moved to Thief River Falls in 1893 and changed its name to the Thief River Falls News. Yet another paper, The Review, began operations in 1903.
Thief River Falls takes its name from a geographic feature, the falls of the Red Lake River at its confluence with the Thief River.The name of the river is a loose translation of the Ojibwe phrase Gimood-akiwi ziibi, literally, the "Stolen-land river" or "Thieving-land river", which originated when a band of Dakota Indians occupied a secret encampment along the river, hence "stealing" the land ...
KTRF is part of Thief River Falls Radio, which also includes: KTRF-FM 94.1, KKAQ AM 1460, and KKDQ FM 99.3, Sjoberg's Cable Channel 3 and a weekday news letter publication - The Radio Gram. KTRF covers local sports, Minnesota Twins baseball, and Minnesota Vikings football, and Minnesota Timberwolves basketball, as well as regional and high ...
Minnesota Public Radio broadcasts on 43 stations that serve Minnesota and its neighboring communities and 42 translators providing additional local coverage. (40 + 41 = 81 total.) Stations are located in Minnesota , Wisconsin (La Crosse), North Dakota (Fargo and Grand Forks), South Dakota (Sioux Falls), Michigan (Houghton), Iowa (Decorah), and ...
Thief River Falls takes its name from a geographic feature, the falls of the Red Lake River at its confluence with the Thief River. The name of the river is a loose translation of the Ojibwe phrase, Gimood-akiwi ziibi, literally, the "Stolen-land river" or "Thieving Land river," which originated when a band of Dakota Indians occupied a secret encampment along the river, hence "stealing" the ...
KVRR's programming is simulcast on three full-power satellite stations: KJRR (channel 7) in Jamestown, North Dakota, KBRR (channel 10) in Thief River Falls, Minnesota (serving the Grand Forks area), and KNRR (channel 12) in Pembina, North Dakota (which also covers parts of southern Manitoba, Canada, including Winnipeg).
KTRF-FM (94.1 FM, "The Falls") is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Hits format. Licensed to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, it serves the Thief River Falls area. The station is owned by Thomas E. Ingstad.
Near Thief River Falls it is joined by the Thief River, flowing southward into the county from Marshall County. The combined flow exits Pennington County toward the south, then swings west- and northwestward as it moves to its confluence with the Red River near Grand Forks, North Dakota.