04/12/2016
Section 8A Speech Tournament was held Tuesday, April 5th at Fosston. The Rebels speech team took eight entries to the competition with four entries making it into the final round. Rebels Coach Judy Schue commented, “The most entries we have placed in the final round for many years.”
Rebels who...
04/05/2016
RLCC Theater will be presenting the three act comedy, "A Hillbilly Wedding" by Le Roma Greth and by special arrangement with Heuer Publishing on April 15-16-7 in the Oklee School gym. Admission is $5.00 for 6th through adult and $3.00 for K-6th grade.
The new cast includes Tom Nelson as Pa...
03/29/2016
The Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Oklee was held on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. at the Oklee Community Hall.
The children attending were broken into four age groups and after they each had a chance to find Easter Eggs, they could go and pick out a book to take home and read.
There was also a table...
03/29/2016
Red Lake Country Speech team hosted the 11TH annual Plummer Lions Invitational Speech Meet on March 19, 2016 at Red Lake County High School. There were 11 schools who attended the meet and 150 participants. Winning the tournament was East Grand Forks, in second place was Crookston, and third place...
03/22/2016
Red Lake County Rebels Junior High Speech Team had a Novice Meet on Thursday, March 17th in Fisher. There were seven teams present and the Rebels took home the third place trophy. According to their coach Mrs. Judy Schue, “It was a great competition for our younger speakers.” Eighth grader Jayden...
03/22/2016
The River Watch group at Red Lake Country Central High School has been studying two local rivers in Brooks, Oklee, and Plummer. The rivers include Lost River and Clearwater River. The group measures and checks how clear the water is, how low the water is and makes sure that the rivers are all...
03/22/2016
Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls was the site for a Young Authors Conference for grades 5-8 on March 10, 2016. It was sponsored by the Northwest Service Cooperative. Ten RLCC Elementary students attended including fifth graders MiReya Gibbs, Shawna Majeres, Caleb...
03/15/2016
Sami Smith, a senior at RLCC High School, has turned a hobby of sewing into a community service project.
While sewing a blanket for a baby she babysits, her sister, Stephanie, who is a nurse in Fargo, ND, mentioned there was a need for baby blankets at the hospital where she is employed. With...
03/15/2016
On Sunday, March 13th, the 95 quilts were blessed at Zion Lutheran Church. The quilts were made by mostly Zion Lutheran WELCA members, Ardell Opdahl, Ione Nelson, Joyce Austad, Liz Follmann, LaVonne Brown, and a former Oklee resident, Leona Brekke, who sewed tops at her home.
The quilts are many...
03/08/2016
On Sunday night, the Relay For Life team Kamp Kenneth, held a evening of food and fun. The food was Klub, a Norwegian specialty enjoyed my many in the area.
The fun was a concert held after the good food, was the musical talents of North Country Gospel group.
The evening began at 5:30 p.m. with a...