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Captain Geoff Moore base Commander at Whidbey Island, presenting Commander Steven Richards his official release from his duties as Executive Officer at Whidbey Island, Washington and his 25 years of services in the Navy.

Gonvick Native, Steven Richards, concludes his military career

09/26/2017

The Navy Retirement Ceremony is a long-standing tradition meant to celebrate the conclusion of a successful military career, to bid farewell to a shipmate as he departs from active service to rejoin the civilian community. Steven M. Richards joined that group in June of this year with a ceremony...

Congressman Collin Peterson attended Jacob Gunvalson’s graduation party from high school in 2010. He is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 7th congressional district and he will be testifying before the FDA on behalf of Jacob in Washington on September 28.

Gonvick residents heading to Washington D.C. to advocate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment

09/26/2017

Gonvick residents Cheri and John Gunvalson and their son Jacob will travel to Washington, D.C. to attend a Federal Drug Administration, FDA public forum on September 28th that will help decide if a treatment their son is on will be approved in the U.S. Their son was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular...

Ground breaking at Digi-Key in Thief River Falls from left: Rep. Deb Keil, Rep. Dan Fabian, Sen. Mark Johnson, Digi-Key Vice Chairman Mark Larson, Rep. Colin Peterson, Gov. Mark Dayton, Digi-Key President Dave Doherty, Thief River Falls Mayor Brian Holmer, DEED Commissioner Shawntera Hardy, Pennington County Commissioner Cody Hempel, DEED Deputy Commissioner Kevin McKinnon, Digi-Key Vice President Rick Trontvet.

Digi-Key Electronics Breaks Ground on 1 Million-Square-Foot Expansion

09/19/2017

ST. PAUL – Governor Mark Dayton and Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Commissioner Shawntera Hardy today joined leaders from Digi-Key, a global electronic component distributor in Thief River Falls, to break ground on the company’s new $200 million expansion project. “I am...

Delvin with his mother LaVonne “Mickey” Schmunk and wife Miki. Their plans are to stay in the Washington, DC area after his retirement.

Major Delvin L. Schmunk retires from the United States Air Force

09/12/2017

RED LAKE - At a ceremony held at the Red Lake Nation College on Saturday, August 19, 2017, Red Lake Band member Major Delvin L. Schmunk, retired from the United States Air Force after serving 20 years. Schmunk is the son of LaVonne “Mickey” Schmunk. He is a 1988 graduate of Gonvick-Trail High...

Serving the U.S. in Japan

09/06/2017

#UMDProud | August 23, 2017 | Cheryl Reitan Kelsey's morning commute takes her about an hour. She leaves her rented room in a Japanese family home and travels to the U.S. Consulate General, Osaka-Kobe. On the way to work, she stands in the train car, crushed against the window surrounded by...

Letter to Mark Dayton, Governor

08/29/2017

Office of the Governor 130 State Capitol St. Paul MN 55155 Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Project PUC Docket Numbers CN-14-916 and PPL-15-137 Dear Governor Dayton and Commissioner Rothman, The proposed Line 3 Replacement Project (L3R) is a vital energy infrastructure project for Minnesota and the...

“Minnesota Newspaper Week” is August 13-19, 2017

08/15/2017

What would happen if the front page of your newspaper contained no news? What would the community do? Would they miss it? What would people in town talk about? How would they react? More than 200 newspapers across the State of Minnesota will publish no news on their front pages during the week of...

Baseball field built on a farm near Fertile becoming summer spot

08/08/2017

Story and photo courtesy Chris Murphy in the Fargo Forum. Ryan Strem, 38, glowed as another Tuesday night of baseball at Strem Field was approaching. He was up at 4 a.m. to make sure the sprinkler system was keeping the grass in the outfield a perfect green. The corn stalks behind the grass stood...

Sara and Dr. Glenn Madsen in Bomet, Kenya, Africa on a Medical Mission trip. The Madsen’s are former Gonvick residents and on August 17th they will be sharing their African experiences at the Samhold Lutheran Church in Gonvick at 2:30 in the afternoon.

Glenn and Sara Madsen spend a month serving in Kenya

08/08/2017

Editor’s Note: Story and photo courtesy of the St. James Plandealer newspaper and Troy Krause. Had one seen Glenn and Sara Madsen’s bucket list prior to this past March, the words Kenya, or even Africa for that matter, would not have been there. Yet, this past spring the two of them spent a month...

South Knowledge Bowl members at Gully Day include Brian Graftaas, Rob Brekke, Jacob Gunvalson, Milo Johnson and Donna Marshall.

Gully Day: It’s All About Fun!

08/01/2017

Gully Day this year actually started on Gully Day Eve with a whist tournament in the Gully Hall. Almost fifty people entered the tournament and whether you were a good player or maybe not so good a player, everyone had a great time! When it was all over the grand champions of Gully were Carole...