News
01/11/2022
February 3, 2021
Every year the Moonlighters Snowmobile Club offers Snowmobile training and certification. This years class was large. Attending were: Logan Vettleson, Atley Vettleson, Isaac Palecek, Oscar Duden, Kendra Christianson, Brody Rystad,Hank Jones, Abbie Morinville, Kendra Morinville,...
01/04/2022
January 6, 2021
Numbers were dropping in Polk, Pennington and Red Lake for Covid that week.
There was lots of activity in the area with the Enbridge Line 3 finally going in.
It has been hazardous in the Oklee area due to the number of wild turkeys crossing the road near the Zion Cemetery.
The City...
10/05/2021
The 2021 Red Lake County Homecoming was a huge success. The events started with Coronation on Monday Sep 27, 2021. Crowning the candidates was Brock Tvedt, the 2020 Homecoming King. Homecoming 2020 Queen Kia Bachand was unable to attend the ceremony. Tvedt, son of Tiffany and Kevin Tvedt is...
09/14/2021
The Hero Hustle 5K was held at Oklee Market Day on August 14th, 2021. This was the 5th year the Hero Hustle 5K has been promoting organ, eye and tissue donation at the race.
A virtual 5k option was offered for the 5k as well as the race day event. The virtual 5K is a great option for people that...
09/08/2021
It’s not often that a town is able to continue an annual celebration for 50 straight years. That is amazing all by itself. But it is also amazing that the people of Brooks continue to always put on a great celebration year after year. Without all the people volunteering to their time, it wouldn’t...
08/24/2021
The residents of Oklee and the surrounding area has been sitting on pins & needles waiting to hear what is going to happen to their grocery store. No one wants to see the grocery store close. The news is that there is a buyer, waiting for the powers that be, to approve the sale of D & R...
08/24/2021
Oklee Market Day was held on August 14, 2021. It was a hot but beautiful day in Oklee.
The Day started with the Hero Hustle 5K which started at 9:00 a.m. There were over 50 racers and it was a perfect morning to run/walk. We also had 48 virtual racers.
The funds raised at this event go to the...
07/20/2021
Save the date: Okee Market Day will be held August 14, 2021. The road construction going on in Oklee has made some changes for our events this year. All the events will be held on the south end of town at the Pickleball Court block and Main Street area.
The Hero Hustle 5K for Organ Donation...
06/29/2021
The Red Lake County Fair this year was much scaled down as compared to past years, but with the restrictions of Covid-19, just starting to loosen up it was difficult to make plans to far ahead. So the Fair Board decided to concentrate of three areas of the fair. The 4-H program, the Senior Day and...
06/29/2021
This story ran in the July 12, 2001 Oklee Herald.
As of July 1st, Teresa Benson is the new operator of the Oklee Café.
Teresa, or “T”, as she likes to be called, is originally form Mound, which is on Lake Minnetonka.
“My dad worked for Tonka Toys,” Teresa commented. “For Christmas one year we got...
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