Leader Record

School Board meeting held

07/28/2015

The Clearbrook-Gonvick School board met in regular session on Monday, July 20. Superintendent Wayne Olson informed the board about the new levy legislation that had been passed during the 2015 Legislature Session. In order to receive the funding that will cover facility maintenance, health and...

Warren Larson, Board Vice President of Northern Dental Access Center in Bemidji, gave a presentation to the Clearwater County Board of Commissioners to seek support of legislation to provide for a new clinic with updated features and room for expansion to provide for the growing demand for dental care.

Board hears about dental care needs throughout northwest Minnesota

07/28/2015

Warren Larson, Board Vice President of Northern Dental Access Center in Bemidji, gave a presentation to the Clearwater County Board of Commissioners at their July 21, 2015 meeting. Northern Dental Access Center is a community access, nonprofit dental clinic located in Bemidji, which provides...

Autumn Smith, Summer Intern, working on placing pictures and adding captions to the newspaper.

Leader-Record Gets New Summer Intern

07/28/2015

Autumn Mary Marie Smith is the new summer intern at The Leader-Record. Some of the past interns include Dillan Straabe, Kailee Dyrdahl, Shelby Edevold, and Ryan Horn. Autumn is an intern through the Pohlad Family Foundation Youth Employment Program. Carl Pohlad owner of the Minnesota Twins started...

New Assistant County Attorney hired, traffic counters to be installed at county lakes

07/21/2015

The Clearwater County Board of Commissioners met on July 14, 2015. Attorney Richard Mollin introduced Jason Steck to the Commissioners as the candidate he wanted their approval to hire as Assistant County Attorney. Mr. Steck is one of seven candidates interviewed, and has a background and...

The 12th Annual Pine Lake Fishing Derby was held on Saturday, July 11. The largest fish was caught by Rick “Uncle Buck” Cameron from Peotone, ILL. The northern weighed 14 pounds and 8 ounces. Gus Farnworth of Gully caught this 1lb 3 oz crappie. Entry fee was 100% payback for all the participants. The event was co-sponsored by the Gonvick Lions Club and Sportsman’s Lodge at Pine Lake. Devin Aakre was in charge of the event.

Fishing Contest

07/21/2015

The North of Gully winning Knowledge Bowl participants in the special events held last weekend were from left to right: Kelly Melin, John Gunvalson, Brenda Omang, Lloyd Sweno and Lonny Carlson.

North of Gully dominates South of Gully

07/21/2015

July 18 was Gully Day and had three competitive events with North of Gully vs South of Gully.The first event was the Knowledge Bowl possibly having the ten smartest humans ever assembled on the Gully stag.North of Gully took the lead early and continued to build a large lead with victory in the end...