celebrations

Dan and Michaelle (Shepard) White will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with family and friends from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 20 at Northern Town Hall in Bemidji. Refreshments will...

Jim and Carol Shepard, along with family and friends, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary from 1-5 p.m., Oct. 20 at Northern Town Hall in Bemidji. Refreshments will be served...

Jeanette and the late Donald Nash of Tenstrike announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Kortney Nash, to Matthew Jorgensen. Matthew is the son of Michael and Heidi Jorgensen of...

Jessica Heinen, daughter of Earl and Donna Heinen of Paynesville, and James Ellingson, son of Barb and Larry Ellingson of Bemidji, announce their upcoming wedding, to be held Oct. 27...

Ida Toffle has been a RSVP Volunteer Hostess at the front desk of the Paul Bunyan Senior Center for about 20 years. In that time, she has gotten to know...

The ongoing ribbing and joke-telling between Norwegians and Swedes – both in Scandinavia and America – goes on without apparent let-up. “It’s all in fun,” both sides claim. “We’re just...

Her birthday was on the sixth of October. As a child, she merged the date and the month and came up with “Soxtober,” which the family adopted as the time...

Steve Jobs. Nora Ephron, Marvin Hamlisch, Andy Williams. All of them have left this earth. The death of each was noted in major newspapers and on TV news programs. All...

Six high school friends park their vehicle in a field outside the Lake Carlos Winery near Alexandria, ready for the Grape Stomp Festival. They are wearing matching black T-shirts with...

By Missy Thomas, Northwoods Caregivers Just imagine: The temperature is cool, but the sun is shining. The birds are chirping. There is a light, refreshing breeze whispering through the trees...

Our entertainment in Tracy came from the theaters, school and churches, the city celebrations. Every year we would celebrate our agricultural roots. The implement store on Highway 14 had a...

Last month, I left you hanging, mentioning a “groom’s dinner.” What groom’s dinner? In early 2011, Stuart’s daughter Anna, a junior at the University of Minnesota, met Sam Caldis, a...

By Wendell Affield, Special to the Pioneer Dad was a 38-year-old bachelor when he returned to the farm from World War II in October 1945. He carried a gray .50...

ST. PAUL — Beltrami County 4-H had nine youth participate in this year’s 2012 Minnesota 4-H State Horse Show, held Sept. 15-17. Haley Julin was the Grand Entry rider for...

Annie Schrader Spargo of Turtle Lake Township celebrated her 100th birthday Oct. 2. Family and friends gathered at Havenwood Care Center in Bemidji to celebrate the milestone. Present were all...