Tri County Canary

Services for Lavine Johnson

01/22/2018

Lavine Johnson, age 94, of McIntosh, MN, passed away on Saturday, January 20th, at Essentia Hospital in Fosston. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 26th, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in McIntosh with the Rev. Gordon Syverson officiating. Interment will be in Our Savior...

Services for Ole Watne

01/19/2018

Ole Watne, age 69, of Gully, MN, passed away on Tuesday, January 16th, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 22nd, at Lund Lutheran Church in Gully with Dawn Hanson officiating. Interment will be in Lund Lutheran Cemetery, Gully. Visitation will be held from 5:...

Services for Harlan Aakre

01/19/2018

Harlan Aakre, age 83, of Clearbrook, MN, passed away on Tuesday, January 16th, at Cornerstone Nursing and Rehab in Bagley, MN. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 20th, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Clearbrook with the Rev. Bob Kirchman officiating. Interment will...

Services for Florence Klinger

01/18/2018

Florence Klinger, age 92, Mentor and McIntosh, MN, passed away on Tuesday, January 16th, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, MN. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 20th, at Faith Lutheran Church in Mentor with the Rev. Michael Sletto officiating. Interment will be...

Services for Ovedia Stratton

01/17/2018

Ovedia Stratton, 92, of Thief River Falls, MN, formerly of Grygla, MN, passed away peacefully on Monday, January, 15, 2018 at Sanford Medical Center in Thief River Falls, MN with her loving family at her side. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Johnson...

Front from left: Crissy Otting, Katie Becker 4-H Program Coordinator, Kyra Jogenson. Back from left: Colton Jorgenson, Katrina Evenwoll, Kirah Otting, Kaleb Tronnes, Brooke Haman, Briann Tronnes, and Sarah Reichert.

Otting Honored as Minnesota 4-H Volunteer of the Year

01/16/2018

Crissy Otting of Bagley has received the 2018 Minnesota 4-H Salute to Excellence Volunteer of the Year Award. The award is given to an individual who has volunteered for 4-H less than 10 years and selected from nominees across the state. She was presented with the award at the annual Clearwater...

Services for Andor “Andy” B. Ness Sr

01/09/2018

Andor “Andy” B. Ness Sr. age 75 of Detroit Lakes, MN died January 3, 2018 at Essentia Health – St. Mary’s Hospital in Detroit Lakes, MN. Andor Boyd Ness was born November 17, 1942 in Gonvick, MN to Boyd and Alice (Rud) Ness. He grew up and attended school in Gonvick, MN, graduating from Gonvick...

The cabin, on a lake in Erskine, Minn., started as an area for outdoor cooking.

Cabin in Erskine, Minn., is a collection of, well, a lot of things

01/09/2018

By Linda Peterson Driving on our half-mile cow trail of a driveway, we started developing our land as a gathering place on a lake in Erskine, Minnesota. Our first building was called Kamp Kitchen. It started as a outdoor screen area to cook and to keep the bugs off. It came together little by...

Services for Henriette “Pete” Stich

01/08/2018

Henriette “Pete” Stich Red Lake Falls, MN formerly South Milwaukee WI (89), passed away on Saturday, January 06, 2018 at Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10;30 AM at St Joseph Catholic Church, Red Lake Falls, MN Wednesday January 10, 2018 with Father Bob...

Services for Roald Emil Josephson