Tri County Canary

08/17/2016
  Funeral services for Gerald Stone will be 6:00 p.m., Saturday August 27, 2016 at Johnson Funeral Service, Thief River Falls, MN. Gerald Bernard Stone was born March 5, 1932 on a farm in Kittson County, MN.  When the doctor came to the house, Daddy paid him with 12 chickens and six dollars. Mom’s...
Jim Stordahl was recently honored at a retirement reception at the University of Minnesota Crookston Campus. He is pictured here with his family, (l-r) Wanda Stordahl, David Stordahl, Jim Stordahl, Adler, Roxanne Stordahl, Lawrence DuFault and Madeline DuFault.
08/16/2016
Retirement for Jim Stordahl, the Polk and Clearwater County veteran extension agent may still seem a lot like work as Jim and his wife Roxanne practice organic farming on their rural McIntosh farm. From crops to cows, there is a lot going on at their small farm, which was recently certified organic...
08/15/2016
Lois Tangen, age 99, of Fosston, MN, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at Essentia First Care Living Center in Fosston.  Memorial services will be held on Saturday, August 20th at 11:00 a.m. at Hope Lutheran Church in Fosston with Rev. Paul Magelssen officiating. Visitation will be held for...
The Handy family round barn.
08/09/2016
In ten years of searching for round barns, this true round structure near the tiny Polk County town of Trail was probably the most difficult to find. It was one of the few times traveling around the state when my sense of direction failed me. After a few futile attempts using written road...
Paul Nelson
08/09/2016
Editors Note: Payden Ware graduated from Fosston High School last May and will be attending St. Cloud State this fall.   It was just another day on the job: Paul Nelson was doing his routine supervising, making sure everything was going smoothly for his railroad crew. The only difference this time...
Shown here are Garden Valley Education Foundation Director Vernon Hamnes (right) and Garden Valley Telephone Company CEO/GM Tim Brinkman (left) who recently presented scholarship checks totaling $2,500 to Lydia Lindenfelser.
08/09/2016
Garden Valley Telephone Company is pleased to announce that Lydia Lindenfelser, Clearbrook-Gonvick School, and Megan Espeseth, Win-E-Mac School, are the recipients of a college scholarship from Garden Valley and the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS), the philanthropic arm of NTCA-The Rural...
Several monuments were tipped over.
08/09/2016
The Salem Norwegian-Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eden Township received damage during the August 3 storm that went through the area. The winds blew out windows and moved the building over on the foundation. One could see light between the foundation and the walls. Part of the building was...
Greg and Donna Parenteau
08/02/2016
Greg and Donna Parenteau of Erskine MN will be part of the 2016 Minnesota State Fair with their business Parenteau’s OOf-da Tacos Inc. After 21 years of waiting they finally got the call. Greg & Donna have owned and operated since 1996 and have been patiently and persisting pursing the MN State...
Myself and a beautifully restored D-21 Allis Chalmers.
08/02/2016
On July 22, 23, 24, 2016, in Hutchinson, MN, the 25th Orange Spectacular was held.      The Orange Spectacular is the largest of all Allis Chalmers shows in the world. The idea was dreamt up by the Karg family of Hutchinson and started in 1992 at their farm. In 2010 my friend Bruce Bjerklie and...
08/01/2016
Steven Orville Sundbom passed away unexpectedly at his farm in Clearwater County on July 30, 2016, at the age of 66 years.    Funeral services will be on Friday, August 5, 2016 at the Cease Family Funeral Home Chapel in Bagley with the Reverend Wayne Hjermstad officiating.  Visitation will be on...

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