Tri County Canary
05/21/2026
The 2026 legislative session is over, and I want to give you an overview of where things stand.
This wasn’t a year where Republicans controlled the Capitol. Just like last year, we held one half of the Minnesota House. Democrats held the other half, the Senate, and the Governor’s Office. That meant...
05/21/2026
Let’s talk crops! session talks economics of preemergence herbicid
St. Paul, MN. (5/18/2026)— On May 13, 2026, Thomas Peters, UMN Extension sugar beet agronomist and UMN Extension IPM educator Eric Yu joined UMN Extension crops educator Angie Peltier for a discussion about the economics of...
05/21/2026
MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA - Travel through time with reading at your library this summer! Lake Agassiz Regional Library is bringing a time travel-themed Summer Reading Program to youth and teens in communities in Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk, and Wilkin counties. Beginning June 1,...
05/21/2026
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of Richard Harvey Berttunen, 73, of Winkelman, Arizona, and Clearbrook, Minnesota. Richard passed away in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on May 13, 2026, following a brief hospitalization.
Born on August 6, 1953, to Robert and Edna (...
05/21/2026
Senior Health and Fitness Day.
In the United States, life expectancy in 2000 was about 76.8 years. Estimated life expectancy in 2025 is about 79–80 years. This shows that average life expectancy in the United States has increased by about three years since 2000, despite temporary declines during...
05/20/2026
A poem about Decoration Day:
"Where Memory Wakes"
Today we call it Memorial Day, but the holiday began as Decoration Day, an occasion to honor Civil War dead.
By Brad Trom
The morning softens into May,
Beneath a quiet, shifting sky,
We gather on Decoration Day,
To watch the faded banners fly.
With...
05/19/2026
Statement from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on the Flanders Fire
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has located the origin of the Flanders Fire near the north shore of Flanders Lake. The fire began Saturday, May 16, and has burned about 1,600 acres in Crow Wing County....
05/19/2026
Date: 5/18/2026
From: Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Re: 26000420 Motor Vehicle Fatal Crash
On May 18, 2026, at 1408 hours, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash along 340th Ave SW near the intersection of 120th St SW, Euclid.
A good Samaritan called 911...
05/18/2026
Elaine Ohren, age 81, of Fosston, MN, passed away on Monday, May 18th, at Essentia First Care Living Center in Fosston. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with Carlin Family Funeral Service of Fosston and messages of condolence may be shared at www.carlinfuneral....
05/18/2026
Hazel Trogstad, age 90, of Fosston, MN, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 17th, at Essentia First Care Living Center in Fosston. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 6th, at Hope Lutheran Church in Fosston with the Rev. Peter Lurvey officiating. Interment will be in...
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