09/29/2015
Monday, September 21 was a big day for Brian Engebretson as he was surprised with an “Action Trackchair” at Clearbrook. He thought he was going to attend a monthly meeting of Clear Waters Life Center and was totally surprised when he was presented with the new equipment.
The Action Trackchair and...
09/29/2015
4-H at the Minnesota State Fair is not just a fun annual event. Every summer, thousands of 4-H youth participate in the state fair to showcase the knowledge and skills they've gained throughout the year, and to continue their learning experiences.
4-H youth spend months working on projects designed...
09/29/2015
Red Lake County Central will be celebrating Homecoming Week Monday, October 5th- Friday, October 9th. There will be many activities planned throughout the week as well as dress up days including: Monday-Jersey Day, Tuesday-Dynamic Duo Day, Wednesday-Character Day, Thursday-Spirit Day, and Friday-...
09/10/2015
On Wednesday, September 2nd, Oklee Lutheran Parish held a campfire service at the Oklee North Park with the purpose of Blessing the children’s backpacks before school started. Dawn (Hegge) Hanson, lay minister from the Gully Parish, performed the service and Oklee Parish supplied the wood and...
09/10/2015
It was a pretty exciting time for Red Lake County since the Washington Post ran a story written by Christopher Ingraham using data from a USDA study on 6 amenities ranking all 3,111 counties in the United States and Red Lake County, MN came up at the 3,111 spot. Which of course, according to that...
09/01/2015
On Wednesday, August 26th, Brooks Travel Plaza celebrated by hosting a ribbon cutting and inviting the entire neighborhood to come and enjoy a pulled pork meal, and a chance for door prizes.
The day was once again a beautiful summer day, blue skies and a nice breeze. The directors and managers...
08/27/2015
Last week, while driving home from work and listening to Minnesota Public Radio, there was an interesting conversation going on about an article published by the Washington Post written by Christopher Ingraham.
The first thing that registered as I was listening, was that Red Lake County had been...
08/19/2015
On August 26th, the new Brooks Travel Plaza will be holding a Grand Opening. A Grand Opening ribbon cutting will be held at 10:30 and then at 11 p.m. to 2 p.m. the public is welcome to come and enjoy a pulled pork meal, ice cream, coffee. There will be drawing all day and F’real specials.
The...
08/19/2015
On August 5th, volunteers for Senior Citizen programs in Northwestern Minnesota gathered for the annual RSVP Banquet with 200 plus volunteers gathered at University of Minnesota Crookston for the 2015 Volunteer Appreciation Banquet.
The theme of the program was based on the movie ‘Wizard of Oz.”...
08/19/2015
This year, Oklee’s Market Day was the most perfect day ever. It was sunny and not too humid and a perfect day to explore the events held in Oklee.
The Paul’s 5K Walk/Run was held in the morning with 60 participants. There were prizes given for Males & Females in three different age groups. The...