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01/14/2026
Minnesota Farm Bureau Member Katie Wiese Elected Secretary of AFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Minnesota Farm Bureau member Katie Wiese of Cass County was elected secretary of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Young Farmers & Ranchers...
01/14/2026
Arlene Gustafson, age 87, of Fosston, MN, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 13th, at her home with family by her side. There will be no services. Arrangements are with Carlin Family Funeral Service of Fosston and messages of condolence may be shared at www.carlinfuneral.com.
01/13/2026
Velma Oakland of Red Lake Falls, MN passed away on Monday, January 12, 2026 in Pelican Rapids, MN
Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at St. John Lutheran Church in Red Lake Falls, MN with Reverend Jeff Lytle officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...
01/12/2026
The Garfield Lake Ice Racers Club opened its 25th season of racing on Sunday January 11th on Garfield Lake in Laporte, Mn. Races began at noon and will continue to race each Sunday as long as the ice permits. Over the 25 years the club has made donations in the hundreds of thousands of...
01/12/2026
Question: During one of the recent winter storms, I encountered numerous vehicles driving on a 4-lane highway with their four-way hazard lights on. The vehicles were not driving significantly slower than the other traffic, as nearly everyone had slowed considerably due to the low visibility. Is it...
01/12/2026
Kenneth John Merschman, 96, died Thursday, January 8, 2026, at home surrounded by family.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., January 15, 2026 at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Bemidji. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery...
01/12/2026
Leslie David Hofstad, “Les”, was born at home in Grand Forks, ND on August 15, 1940, to parents Osmund and Marie (Johnson) Hofstad. In 1943 he and his family moved to the family farm north of Oklee, MN where Les attended school, graduating from Oklee High School in 1958. While in high school, Les...
01/12/2026
Down at the sale barn Saturday, the think tank had coagulated there with coffees to go to celebrate life. Doc and Dud had their dogs with them, while Bert and Dewey and Steve went stag.
Dud tried to start a conversation, but the loudspeaker soon drove them outside, where they arrayed themselves...
01/12/2026
The Feel of the Familiar
With my list in hand and only an hour to accomplish that which needed purchasing, I made my way into the store. My wish was to grab and go as snow was in the forecast. Thus, I needed to accomplish some things before the weather impeded travel.
It was supposed to be a...
01/12/2026
Massey Harris Continued….One of the first tractors(not THE first one)that I ever got was a 55 Massey Harris Diesel. I call it “mine” although dad traded an old not running R John Deere for it. The starter never worked so we always pulled it to start it. I have now had the tractor for 41 years, but...
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