Barnesville Potato Days 2026 will be held Saturday, August 22nd. Activities include: basketball tournament, car show, food court, 5K/color run, kids games and inflatables, Miss Tator Tot contest, pancake feed, rodeo, street dance, street fair, Strong Man competition, stage entertainment, wagon rides, water fights, pedal pull and more.
The Clay County Fair 2026 will be held in Barnesville July 9-12. It’s a free gate fair with lots of fun for all ages. Livestock shows, free-stage entertainment, children’s events, demo derby, Conservation building, modified tractor pull, 4-H, FFA and open class exhibits, grandstand shows, food, bingo, ranch rodeo, kids pedal pull and the Mighty…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—A Barnesville woman is facing felony assault charges after she allegedly threatened a man with a kitchen knife inside their apartment. 36-year-old Hannah Desamille Blankenship was charged Monday in Clay County District Court with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony, and misdemeanor domestic assault. According to court documents, officers were dispatched to…
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WASHINGTON, DC—Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach announced Thursday that over $9 million in federal funding has been secured for eleven infrastructure projects across the 7th Congressional District. Among those projects are $750,000 for a water improvement project in Barnesville, with Polk County also getting $750,000 for a water improvement project and Wheaton receiving $750,000 for a…
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CLAY COUNTY, MN—As you’re taking down your Christmas lights, you might be thinking about replacing those lights. Clay County Solid Waste is accepting old holiday lights through January 3 in Barnesville, Dilworth, Glyndon, Hawley, Hitterdal and Ulen. Mara DeRung, the recycling outreach educator at Clay County Solid Waste says there are also drop-off sites for…
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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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