06/16/2020
The Clearbrook-Gonvick School District Kitchen staff was very busy the last quarter of school while the student were all e-learning through the end of May. Under the direction of Robin Proffit the school Food Service Director and the district support staff they successfully prepared and delivered...
04/21/2020
by Cindy Kolling
After the Minnesota Governor’s declaration of a Peacetime State of Emergency and a call to avoid group gatherings because of coronavirus concerns, followed by an official Stay at Home order; the Gully-Trail Lutheran Parish congregations followed with the decisions of other area...
04/14/2020
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The story of how Clear Waters Life Center (CWLC) became the subject of an episode of Common Ground began just a little over two years ago. The topic in our Executive Team meeting that day was how to market CWLC. It wasn’t unusual to hear from someone who shopped at Shop-at-the-Top or...
03/24/2020
The 2020 Clearwater County First Lady event went on as scheduled on Saturday, March 14. The Keynote Speaker Dr. Faith Hensrud was not able to attend. Her duties of being president of Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College with the COVID-19 pandemic forced her to cancel. Those in...
03/10/2020
By Karen Edelbach
"This looks like something that's right up your alley," yarn group coordinator, Char Dickerson told Pamela French when an article in a crocheting magazine about Operation Gratitude caught her attention this winter. It explained that Operation Gratitude provides hand made items...
02/18/2020
Join us at a "Retirement Open House" as we recognize American Federal Personal Banker Mary Schow.
Customers and the public are invited to the Open House set for 10 am – 3 pm on Thursday, February 27, at the Fosston Sales Office of American Federal Bank. Cake and refreshments will be served.
Schow...
02/04/2020
By Karen Edelbach
"Volunteering has always been a team effort for us," say Darol and Marilyn Melby, both in their early 80s, especially since their retirement.
"Since retirement we do almost everything together, and, we're both Norwegian!" they chime.
They've run a sheep ranch, a cattle ranch,...
01/28/2020
By Bonnie Kirchman
“Lots of good quality cattle here today,” auctioneer Zach Ballard told the crowd at the Bagley Livestock Exchange on Saturday, January 18th. He added, “Won’t find ‘em any better.”
Ballard, of Mitchell, South Dakota was not only working to sell cattle at the exchange. He was also...
12/17/2019
Two days of racing over
The USXC racing series kicked off it's season of bumper to bumper racing action at the iconic Gerald Dyrdahl Pine Lake 200. A large crowd attended the races last weekend.
Races were held on Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15. Racing started at 9:00 am each day. The...
12/10/2019
BEMIDJI, MN - McIntosh is a community of around 600 people located between Bemidji and Crookston on US Highway #2. Many of the residents work outside the community as far away as Thief River Falls, Minnesota. On Friday, December 6th, the Northwest Minnesota Small Business Development Center (SBDC)...