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Minnesota Rust held it's grand opening on Friday, August 31st.
09/11/2018
Not only is Andrea Stordahl a mom to Jens and Adler and a wife to Bryce, she is a successful entrepreneur and people are taking notice. Featured recently in the Grand Forks Herald, and mentioned in Flea Market Junkovers magazine as one of the top places to shop for vintage and repurposed items in...
Roy Ostenaa led the Antique Tractor Parade on Saturday, August 25th in McIntosh. Here he stops to pause for the National Anthem.
09/05/2018
The annual McIntosh Tractor Day was held on Saturday, August 25th.  The fun began with the Antique Tractor Parade. The parade will begin at 11:00 am and traveled down Main Street. Following the parade was the Kiddy Tractor peddle pull sponsored by the Polar Beach Snowmobile Club. The Tractor Pull...
A severe storm that tore through Winger on Sunday night did extensive damage to several buildings, including Calvary Lutheran Church. The National Weather Service has not confirmed tornadic activity, though the damage seems to resemble that of a tornado.
08/28/2018
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office along with Emergency Management is reporting storm damage from multiple areas of East Polk County including the Winger area, Fosston area and Tilberg Park and Campground, located in Queen Township, north of the City of Fosston.  This occurred late Sunday evening,...
Kilmer Christopherson.
08/21/2018
The friends and family of Kilmer Christopherson will be holding a benefit for his family at the McIntosh Community Center on Sunday, August 26th from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. There will be a scalloped potatoes and ham dinner with all the trimmings, along with a quilt raffle, silent auction and Chicken...
Here, the wolf, played by Brock Trandem and Little Red Riding Hood, played by Sydney Svalen have an interaction.
08/21/2018
The musical "Into the Woods, Jr."  was performed by the Win-E-Mac Community Theatre at the WEM Arts and Events center in August.
08/14/2018
The annual McIntosh Tractor Day will be held on Saturday, August 25th.  The fun will begin with the Antique Tractor Parade. Tractors can register and line up at Erickson Park starting at 9:00 am. The parade will begin at 11:00 am and travel down Main Street. Bring your own chair. Following the...
Tammy Frohlich, RSVP Director; Elymyrna Kaupang, Winger (President's lifetime achievement award); Jennifer Erdmann, RSVP Coordinator.
08/14/2018
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Volunteers rocked UMC’s Brown Dining Room on August 1, 2018, during the annual volunteer recognition banquet. Nearly 200 RSVP volunteers and station managers were honored at the event.  “Rockin around the Clock” was the appropriate theme as volunteers...
The Olaf Stardig cabin in Knute Township, rural McIntosh was recently moved to the East Polk County Heritage grounds in Fosston. See stories in the McIntosh Times and Tri-County Canary.
08/07/2018
With the recent move of the Olaf Stardig cabin to the East Polk County Heritage Grounds in Fosston, we are taking a look at the history of the cabin and the family that immigrated here from Sweden in the late 1800’s.  Here is a story, written by the late Martha (Stardig) Henney, Olaf’s...
Kiecker Farms, established in 1916 near McIntosh, was recognized as a Century Farm during a program July 14 at the Polk County Fair. Fair Board President Danny Grunhovd presented the Kiecker family a commemorative sign and a State Fair certificate signed by Gov. Mark Dayton. From left, were David, Marlin and Bud Kiecker and Grunhovd. Qualifying farms must be 50 acres or more and have been in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years. Photo credit: Fertile Journal.
07/31/2018
Eighty-one families from throughout Minnesota are being honored as 2018 Farm Family of the Year by the University of Minnesota. The farm families will be recognized in ceremonies beginning at 1:15 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9, at the annual Minnesota Farmfest on the Gilfillan Estate near Redwood Falls....
Back row - Odney Hegrenes, Bruce McWilliam, Jim Wertish, Gary Frisk, Paul Gustafson, Chuck Brinkman, Galen Enerson, Lewy Ronken (Buddy Holly) front row Lonnie Berg, Jean Schleicher McCabe, Tanis Gunderson Agar, Kay Eraker Carlson, Ruth Johnson Mandt, Linda Hendricks Barstad, Carole Schleicher Eckstrom, Gloria Covlin Carver, not pictured Leona Thompson Humphey.
07/24/2018
Mac/Winger class of 1963 celebrated 55 years with dinner at Morans and a tribute to Buddy Holly in Winger. 

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