Weather doesn’t hinder 2023 Let’s Take A Kid Fishing event!

LAKE VERMILION— With rain steadily pelting the lakeside tent at Fortune Bay Resort Casino Wednesday morning, Phil Bakken announced that the 2023 Let’s Take A Kid Fishing (TAKF) event would not go off as planned.   Instead, the kids could hang out and try some activities to bide some time until lunch would be served later that morning with the hopes that the 2024 event...

Hearts for Hospice receives a nice boost!

TOWER— As a person who has experienced a loss due to cancer, Emily Koch wanted to do something in memory of her mother.   So, she decided to become involved with Virgie Hegg Hospice Partners, Inc. in Cook, which is a nonprofit 501 c (3) corporation that serves hospice and hospice-eligible patients and their families in the Cook, Orr, and Tower areas.  ...

Make plans to attend our Job Fair!

Current employees will get their chance to sell Fortune Bay Resort Casino to prospective employees at the upcoming Job Fair on Saturday, April 22nd.   Finding that 30-second elevator sales pitch shouldn’t be too hard as Fortune Bay offers a laundry list of benefits that theoretically should have folks lined up to begin their new career.    “We offer...

Wisocki returns as general manager at The Wilderness at Fortune Bay

TOWER— The Wilderness at Fortune Bay Golf Course is welcoming back a familiar face to serve as its general manager.   “It feels great—it’s the one course I would have come back to after 30-plus years of experience in this field,” said Joe Wisocki, who was tabbed as the general manager at The Wilderness when it opened for play in 2004. “This is...