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10/25/2016
"A Gully Home Companion" show was put on at the Community Center on Saturday, October 15. A large crowd enjoyed the hour and half performance. They were raising funds to have another celebration next year on July 22, 2017.
Several acts did their part to keep the show moving swiftly.
10/18/2016
On October 9, 2016, Alice Cooper performed at the Sanford Center in Bemidji. The Farmers Independent and its editor Tom Burford were given several Alice Cooper concert tickets compliments of an advertising package. For that concert. Tom asked me if I would like two of the free tickets. I said , "...
10/11/2016
Norda Gonvick Rosemalers that meets every week in the Good Shepherd Church in Clearbrook had a special event last week. Ken Magnussen, a Gold Medal Rosemaler taught a 3-day “Old Rogaland Style” workshop for those who attended. Magnussen, who is of Norwegian and Danish decent, started in 1975 with a...
09/27/2016
The 23rd annual Pumpkin Day was held in Gonvick last weekend. Two pumpkin growers had their pumpkins come in over 1000 pounds. Bob Edevold with a 1,119 beauty and JJ Solberg with 1,008 pound. JJ had never had a 1,000 pound pumpkin before and he showed his enthusiasm. Other winners included third...
09/20/2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 15, 2016) – FFA students Camryn Larson and Anna Olson of Fertile, with their FFA advisor Witney Ruppecht of Fertile, were able to fly along with Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) to join National Farmers Union (NFU) and nearly 300 fellow farmers, ranchers and rural citizens...
09/13/2016
The 45th Annual Blast to Brooks was packed with fun events for the whole family. Included in the events were a car show, parade, pig races, frozen t-shirt contest, ping pong ball drop, magic show, free ice cream, food vendors, big 100 item raffle and live music by both Kathy Erickson and Uptown...
09/13/2016
by Alethea Kenney
The Fosston Fiber Festival 2015 featured instructors on various fiber art techniques, including Anne Ramey, the instructor who taught netting. While at the festival, Anne met one of the vendors, Julie Hart, a lampwork artist from Indiana who had her handmade glass beads for sale...
09/07/2016
Enbridge Energy Partners announced that it has completed its review of the Sandpiper project and concluded that the project needs to be delayed until such time as crude oil production in North Dakota rebounds sufficiently to support additional pipeline capacity. It is difficult to project exactly...
08/30/2016
Despite the rainy weather on Saturday, that led to the cancellation of a few events, the weekend festival was still a hit with area folks! A few of the events on the schedule included a fun run, talent show, street dance, parade, softball, volleyball & horse shoe tournaments, a demo, and a fly-...
08/23/2016
Enbridge Energy’s Clearbrook Terminal was opened recently for a tour of the large facility. Included in the tour were county commissioners from, Red Lake, Polk and Hubbard counties, Senator Rod Skoe and other interested persons. They were able to see the inner workings of the property located just...
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