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Win-E-Mac Seniors, (back) Reed Neubert, Alex Jacobson, Noah Ostenaa, Gavin Walker, Remy Goodwin, Kobe Hamre, Grace Kaupang, Gavin Haskett, Paige Breckel, Bryce DuChamp; (front) Bryer Strom, Tom Martushev, Mia Thompson, Will Tofstad, Kendall Nelson, Felicity Andress and Dylan Roy.
05/18/2021
The Win-E-Mac Academic, Athletic and Fine Arts Awards Program was held on Wednesday, May 12th in the Arts & Event Center. Win-E-Mac School Principal, Kevin McKeever opened the program and first recognized this year’s Senior Honor Students. These students have received a 3.5 grade point average...
McIntosh Friends of Veteran's hosted the annual blood drive at the McIntosh Community Center on Wednesday, January 27th. Dennis Boucher was one of the 52 individuals who showed up to give blood.
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...
Haaven hangs it up at Wild Rice Electric.
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...
January 2020: Mary Goodwin receives Julebukking guests on December 27th when some McIntosh residents got together to carry on the Scandinavian tradition throughout town.
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...
Seasonal candles are hand poured and available at Howard Soap Company in McIntosh,
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...
Bill Malwitz
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...
Jim Paulson from Trail was the recipient of a beautiful, handmade quilt, which was made by the East Polk County Quilts of Valor volunteers.
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...
President Donald Trump visits Bemidji, Minnesota.
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...

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