Members of the Rainy River Community College baseball team help clean out The Knights Inn in October. 

Renovations are well underway at the soon-to-be Nomad Motel. Ten rooms are expected to be ready by January. 

Furnishings are cleared out of the vacant motel late last month. The new owners said the motel will be completely cleaned out except for the shell.

Myles Wilcott, left, and Jamie Pryde, are the new owners of The Nomad Motel, formerly The Knight’s Inn, located at 10 Riverview Blvd. The Fort…

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A view of the historic boiler, constructed in 1912, in the basement of Backus. The boiler’s condensation tank will be updated through grant funding.

Merrill stands by the boiler’s condensation tank.

Backus custodian Jerry Vohler stands near the hole in the floor of the boys’ locker room, which was dug in order to repair the pipes below.