McIntosh Times
02/02/2021
The McIntosh community hosted a blood drive with Vitalant on January 27th at the community center which helped collect a total of 47 units of blood products for patients in need.
A total of 52 individuals volunteered to donate blood and 43 individuals were able to donate at the Vitalant blood...
01/26/2021
October 2020: Johnson & Johnson halts recruitment for its phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial for its COVID-19 vaccine halts vaccine trial over a patient’s unexplained illness but then restarted trials again.
The Shoppe's of McIntosh held a Flea Market Flip competition on Main street. There was a huge...
01/26/2021
After 47 years at Wild Rice Electric, CEO, Steve Haaven,retires.
Growing up in McIntosh, MN, Steve Haaven was more than delighted when Wild Rice Electric Cooperative offered him a job as an Engineering Aide in October of 1973 because he knew the opportunity meant he and his wife would be able to...
01/19/2021
July 2020: The same day that the United States reports 3 million COVID-19 infections, the nation begins its withdrawal from WHO, citing its response to the global pandemic. The next several years could bear witness to thousands of additional deaths from cancer that could have been prevented through...
01/05/2021
January: The month started off the unique year of 2020 with the announcement of a mysterious Coronavirus-related pneumonia in Wuhan, China early in the month, by the end of January the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency for only the sixth time in history.
In our...
12/15/2020
The importance of shopping locally has been emphasized with increasing urgency in recent years. Events like Small Business Saturday and Plaid Friday have brought some much-needed attention to the importance of shopping local, which is even more crucial now as so many small businesses try to survive...
11/03/2020
The East Polk County Quilts of Valor group recently presented quilts to the following Veterans: Rodney Emerson, Bill Malwitz, Bruce McWillimam, and Walter Pederson. Because of the pandemic the group had to present them privately instead of at the Veteran's Day program as is usually done
The month...
10/13/2020
Since there will not be a Veterans Day program this year, the Quilts of Valor group for East Polk County has decided to award quilts to individuals privately. Each individual who is honored with a Quilt of Valor will be featured in the McIntosh Times.
Here, Jim Paulson from Trail was the recipient...
09/22/2020
Last Friday, September 18th, President Donald J. Trump visited Bemidji, MN held in support of his re-election campaign the “Great American Comeback” event. President Trump is the first sitting President to visit Bemdji.
The outdoor rally took place at Bemidji Aviation Services as a general...
08/25/2020
McIntosh will hold its annual Tractor Day on Saturday, August 29th.
The day will begin with the Antique Tractor Parade down Main Street starting at 11:00 am.
Tractor line-up begins at 9:00 am at Erickson Park on the east side of McIntosh.
After the parade there will be the Kiddie Tractor Pull in...
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