04/21/2015
The Iron Chargers are back from the 2015 VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. The competition was held April 15-18 and the Grygla team was ranked 34 out of 90 teams for their division; pretty great for the World Championship! Isaac Kvasager, Robotics advisor, says, “This is the...
04/21/2015
Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) is pleased to announce that their 2015 Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit will begin April 22nd at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The NW MN Art Exhibit runs through May 4th, concluding with an artist reception that includes an award...
04/14/2015
Gracie Woods, daughter of Deanna and Todd Woods, and a Thief River Falls high school sophomore, has been in a fight for her life for the last 4 years. On July 23, 2011, Grace was diagnosed with Osteogenic Sarcoma, which was a form of bone cancer in the femur in her right leg. The cancer has since...
04/14/2015
Grygla Fire Chief Bob Thompson released a statement that in the past week, the Fire & Rescue squad responded to two calls that came in requiring their assistance. On Monday, April 6th, the crew responded to a grass fire in Section 17 of Northwood Township, owned by Gary Gilthvedt, which...
04/14/2015
A total of 54 people volunteered to donate blood, and 50 were able to give during Grygla’s April 1st blood drive. Sixteen people gave blood on the automated 2RBC machine, which collects two units of red blood cells during the donation, so a total of 66 products were collected. Every community and...
04/07/2015
Bernard Picolet served in the United States Air Force from 1952-1956 where he worked as an aircraft repairman overseas, which included being stationed in Japan and Korea. In 1970, he joined the Army Reserve in Walker, MN where he was a cook for three years.
Bernie first joined the American Legion...