Chet Isaacson, a lumberjack from Wisconsin Dells, competes in the single buck competition at the DLW Timberworks Lumberjack Show Saturday, July 15 during River Falls Days. The single buck saw is razor sharp. Also called a “misery whip,” lumberjacks use their entire body to move the saw.
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Dave Weatherhead, owner of DLW Timberworks Lumberjack show, bested his competition in the axe throw Saturday during River Falls Days. The axe is thrown 20 feet with the intention of hitting the bullseye, which is five inches in diameter.
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Dave Weatherhead is intent on his speed carving sculpture during the DLW Timberworks Lumberjack Show Saturday in River Falls City Hall’s parking lot.
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This little guy was chosen to receive a “hare chair” from lumberjack Dave Weatherhead after the Timberworks Lumberjack Show’s speed carving segment. The group hosted three shows Saturday, July 15 for River Falls Days.
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Lumberjack Chet Isaacson, who will compete in this week’s Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, scales a 45-foot pole during the Timberworks Lumberjack Show’s speed climbing competition. Isaacson, who raced against Dave Weatherhead, won the challenge.
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Lumberjacks Chet Isaacson (left) and Dave Weatherhead gave new meaning to the “Rollin’ on the Kinni” theme during the logrolling (“birling”) portion of their show Saturday. Men who birled logs were called river pigs, once upon a time.
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Dave Weatherhead (right) cheers in victory after beating Chet Isaacson during the logrolling contest Saturday at River Falls Days. Weatherhead, of Hayward, has been in the business for more than two decades.
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Lumberjack Chet Isaacson shows his skills during the springboard chop segment at Saturday’s lumberjack show in River Falls. The springboard chop was historically used to allow lumberjacks a flat working surface when working on the side of a hill or above a flaring root system.
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River Falls 2023 Royal Ambassador Rose Sayler was crowned during the Queen’s Tea Thursday, July 13 at the River Falls Public Library. She was the only contestant for the ambassador program this year.
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River Falls Royal Ambassador Rose Sayler helps the River Falls Lions Club with its annual duck race on the Kinnickinnic River Sunday, July 16.
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Peyton Frion, 11, Ellsworth, shows off her face paint from the St. Paul Vulcan Krewe at the River Falls Days Parade. Dad Nick Frion had his head marked as well.
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Members of the River Falls Community Theatre’s “Tinker Bell” production handed out flyers at the River Falls Days Parade Friday, July 14. The troupe will perform Aug. 11 and 12 at Meyer Middle School.
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Members of the River Falls High School softball team doused the parade crowd with squirt guns Friday, July 14. The weather was a bit rainy, but the sun came out before the parade ended.
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Dawn Benoy, of Ellsworth, represented Strength Academy in the River Falls Days Parade Friday night. Strength Academy offers strength training classes, HIIT and nutrition coaching.
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2022 River Falls Royal Ambassadors (from left) Elena Lester, Ary Lee and Alexis Broten take one last trip through a parade route on Friday, July 14.
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Pierce County Sheriff Chad Koranda stops to say hi to Zachary Frion, Ellsworth, during the River Falls Days Parade. He walked the route with St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson and River Falls Police Chief Gordon Young.
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A little rain never hurt anybody. Families flocked to the River Falls Days Parade Friday, July 14 despite a few sprinkles and showers.
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