McIntosh Times
02/13/2018
McIntosh volunteers from the former Ladies Auxiliary, hosted a blood drive with United Blood Services on January 31 at the Community Center which helped collect at total of 55 units of blood for patients in need.
A total of 62 individuals volunteered to donate blood and 53 individuals were able to...
02/13/2018
The Winger Lions will be sponsoring a benefit for Lilly Brtek, daughter of Angie and Dan Brtek of Winger, and granddaughter of Becky Johnson, Kelly Johnson, and Lucy Brtek all of Winger. The benefit will be held on Feb. 18th from 10 am until 1 pm at Winger Community Center.
The Winger Lions Club...
02/06/2018
The 2018 Win-E-Mac School District Spelling Bee was held at 8:45 on Tuesday, January 30th at the Arts & Events Center. Sixteen spellers--four each from fifth through eighth grades--were selected to compete. In the end, Kianna Tadman, a sixth grader, was the champion and will be going on to...
01/30/2018
Congratulations to Abby Lende, Nathan Fortman, and Connor Johnson on winning the Red Lake Falls Vex Robotics Tournament held on January 20th! Their Team number is 5300c and have named themselves the "Nerdanators". With winning this tournament, they have qualified to Participate in the Minnesota...
01/30/2018
Math Night focus this year was how we can help our kids grow in thinking, not just in math facts.
The most important question we can ask our kids, on a daily basis, is "What do you notice?". Not just when doing a math problem, but also when you see a picture, while you are driving, playing a game...
01/30/2018
Despite the strong effort that is being waged to control it, the drug problem in northwestern Minnesota is getting bigger and bigger all the time.
Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force agents were involved in 339 arrests for drug trafficking and other violent offenses in the eight-county area of...
01/23/2018
James Tadman, Polk County Chief Deputy, announced his candidacy for Sheriff in the upcoming November 2018 election. His announcement comes after Sheriff Barb Erdman reported she will be retiring at the end of her second term, which concludes in December 2018.
Tadman is a 30-year veteran with the...
01/16/2018
Sundogs, the term has been in use since the early 1600s and noone really knows why they are called this, the scientific name for sundogs is parhelia (singular parhelion).
A sundog or mock sun, in meteorology, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to the left and/or...
01/03/2018
Founded in 2010, the McIntosh Heritage Center and volunteers have spent many hours collecting, preserving and researching historical information and artifacts of the original Thirteen Towns of east Polk County.
The group was located in a small office in the Bjella Building in McIntosh, where...
12/27/2017
WEM Student Council hosted Ugly Sweater Day for the staff and students.
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