Oklee

It was a beautiful evening to hold a Backpack Blessing service at the Oklee North Park. Dawn (Hegge) Hanson was the lay minister for the evening.
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...
RVSP Volunteers received awards on August 5th at UMC. (L to R): Teresa Nelson - Over the Rainbow Award for going over and above. Donna Heirass received the Good Witch Award; always empowering others. Pauline Olson, the Emerald City Award, rich in volunteer hours. Eldon Johnson also received the Emerald City Award, rich in volunteer hours. Irene Hemphill, Tornado Award, stirring things up and making things happen. Clayton Haugen received the Hot Air Balloon award, going above and beyond.
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.”...
Winners in the Paul 5K Run/Walk on Oklee Market Day were: Laura Swenson, Carmen Fore, Don Hagen, John Mickelson and Aaryk Neubert. Not pictured is: Under 18: Jackie Lynn.
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...
Freedom Living Center in 2010 when it first opened, has recently closed it's doors.
05/19/2015
On Tuesday, May 12, Rick Dulka, representing the owners of Freedom Living Center, clarified the reason for Freedom Living Center’s closing at the end of May. The closing took the citizens of Oklee by surprise and many rumors have been heard around town. Here is why the owners reluctantly had to...
Mrs. Susan Lee with her last group of School Readiness students. She will be retiring from RLCC after this school year.
05/19/2015
This year, Susan Frisby Lee is retiring from teaching after spending 37 years in Oklee, Plummer, and Red Lake County Central High School and Elementary School. She has worked 37 years as a speech therapist, 23 years in School Readiness, and 28 years in Early Childhood Special Education. Lee has...
RLCC Friends of Education recipient Shirley Dessellier, RLCC retiree Susan Lee, RLCC Education Association Co-Presidents JoyAnn Dahl and Shelley Steva, and RLCC Friends of Education recipients Kippy Thomas and Buzz Wilson.
05/19/2015
Red Lake County Central Schools honored their Retiree, Susan Lee, and their Friends of Education on May 5, 2015, at the Kramer Brown program in Thief River Falls. Susan Lee was honored for her many years of teaching as a Speech teacher, School Readiness, and ECFE teacher. Susan has worked in many...
05/19/2015
In 1999 the Relay For Life in Red Lake County was organized in Red Lake County and replaced the Longest Day of Golf which concluded in the county in 1998. The Relay For Life began in 1985 in Tacoma, WA and came to Red Lake County as a signature fundraising event for the American Cancer Society as...

Richards Publishing

P.O. Box 159
239 2nd Ave
Gonvick, MN 56644
Telephone: (218) 487-5225
email: richards@gvtel.com