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06/12/2018
Christopher Kjolhaug, graduate from Clearbrook-Gonvick, hiked to the base camp of Mount Everest in Nepal at the end of May along with two other team members who aspired to do the same. Christopher, along with Lucas Hendrickson, from the state of Washington, and Blake Saathoff, a South Dakotan, made...
05/30/2018
The Leonard Legion Post 619 dissolved their post in 1954. Members of that post then joined the Clearbrook Legion Post 256. What happened to their flag that they used for parade and display at their meetings was recently found by Ken Brien.
He was up in the stairway that leads to the church bell in...
05/22/2018
Glenn Bergerson of Gully attended his last Gonvick Fire Department dinner as a member of the Johnson Township Board. He has been serving for the last 27 years on the town board since 1991.
He served as a supervisor for many years and the last few years he served as the chairman of the township. ...
05/01/2018
Northern Minnesota is currently facing a shortfall of more than 2,000 child care slots to accommodate the children of working parents. Julie Fredrickson, owner and operator of the Leonard Family Childcare business was not concerned about the apparent obstacles to opening a Childcare business. She...
05/01/2018
Alice (Bergman) Forsberg arrived in America from Sweden in 1926 when she was just 3 years old, along with her parents and six siblings. They arrived on the 24th of November through New York City, not the usual Ellis Island, because there were so many immigrants arriving at that time.
Alice's...
04/24/2018
The benefit that was held for Chris Paulson last weekend at the Clearbrook Community Center was a huge success. The silent auction items were all set up and ready at 4:00 pm as well as the spaghetti meal that was served by the Gonvick Lions Club.
Many groups including the Leonard Our Saviors...
04/17/2018
The Goodridge School Drama Department, along with the Close-Up program, is hosting a dinner theater on Friday, April 27th, at 7 pm. Come enjoy a tasty dinner while watching the ever-hilarious play “Larceny and Old Lace.” Tickets are now on sale from any Close-Up student for $20. Price of the ticket...
04/03/2018
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti makes up the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The eastern two-thirds of the island is the Dominican Republic.
In January of 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti and then again a 6.1 earthquake killing...
03/27/2018
Would you like to be a part of a program that makes sure our littlest community members are ready for school when they go off to Kindergarten?
Inter-County Community Council’s Head Start staff have begun their annual recruitment campaign. They are out in our communities seeking families with...
03/20/2018
Lloyd Godtland was honored on his last day of work at the Gully Tri-Coop on Friday, February 16. They had cake, donuts and coffee from 10:00 am to 2:00 p.m. at the Fertilizer plant on “Lloyd’s Retirement Day”. Many came to help him celebrate the big day.
Lloyd has worked at the Coop for 38 years...
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