A Fargo man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Monday afternoon near Barnesville. The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened at 3:38pm Monday on I-94. 60-year-old Ronald Ellis of Fargo lost control of his motorcycle and went into the median ditch. Ellis was taken to a Fargo hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A Barnesville man is dead after a two vehicle crash east of Barnesville Tuesday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says 89-year-old Burton John Swenson of Barnesville was killed when his vehicle collided with a vehicle driven by 64-year-old Cary Lee Zepper of Hawley at 8:25am Tuesday on Highway 34, about five miles east of Barnesville. …
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BARNESVILLE, MN—Barnesville’s 33rd annual Potato Days celebration is coming up Friday and Saturday. This year’s Potato Days includes favorites like the French Fry Feed, street fair, potato peeling contest and mashed potato eating contest. Potato Days President Dave Gross says everything gets started Friday afternoon at 4. There’s a parade on Saturday through Barnesville with…
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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has awarded grants to two area businesses through its Meat, Poultry, Egg and Milk Processing Grant program. B and E Meats of Crookston is receiving a grant to buy a utensil washer for its meat processing facility. And Callahan Meats, Inc. of Barnesville has received a grant to buy equipment…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Barnesville is hosting its annual Wild Game Feed Thursday night. Gene Prim, the head of the organizing committee, tells us what’s on the menu. If you like Mexican food, Prim says there will be South Texas Wild Hawg Tortillas. This Wild Game Feed is free will offering. Where will…
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Several area athletes signed national letters of intent Wednesday to accept college football scholarships for next fall. Fertile-Beltrami running back Isaiah Wright signed with University of Minnesota-Duluth. Wright was a two-time All State player in 9-man football and led the Falcons to a Minnesota state 9-man championship last fall. Barnesville defensive back Gannon Bolgrean and…
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A jackknifed semi was involved in an accident Wednesday morning on I-94 in Clay County. The Minnesota State Patrol says a Freightliner tractor driven by 38-year-old Don Vang of St. Paul was eastbound on I-94 at 5:25am when it jackknifed. A Ford Bronco driven by Jim Towne of West Fargo was also eastbound on I-94…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—A tradition at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Barnesville will continue Thursday night with their 64th annual lutefisk, lefse and meatball supper. Scott Bauer is president of the Our Savior’s men’s group. When Bauer says they’ll be serving a lot of food, he’s not kidding. Bauer tells us where proceeds from Thursday’s supper will…
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When Halloween is over, what should you do with your pumpkins? In Clay County, you can drop off pumpkins to be recycled for compost. Ella Holiman, a landfill technician for Clay County Solid Waste, explains. Holiman says you will have to clean up your pumpkin before dropping it off. Here are the locations where pumpkins…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—Barnesville’s annual Potato Days celebration begins Friday and runs through Saturday. Director of Potato Days Missie Goheen talks about Friday’s events. Saturday’s schedule at Potato Days includes a parade through town at 1:30. Goheen says this year’s parade has more than one grand marshal. There’s a full schedule of events at Barnesville’s Potato Days…
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