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Sam Hunkler, 65-year-old doctor from Beals, said he's mounting an independent bid for governor to provide voters with a choice outside of the traditional two-party system.

Sam Hunkler, 65-year-old doctor from Beals, said he's mounting an independent bid for governor to provide voters with a choice outside of the traditional two-party system.

Anthony "Tony" Blaschak, Jr., 69, of Barnesville passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown with his loving and caring family by his side.

Sam Hunkler, 65-year-old doctor from Beals, said he's mounting an independent bid for governor to provide voters with a choice outside of the traditional two-party system.

Veteran Marvin Nicklay, 81, has organized over 450 military funeral honors at the Fargo National Cemetery in North Dakota; he spoke of his work to Fox News Digital.

Community notices

The Tamaqua 2022 Memorial Day Parade will be held at 10 a.m. Monday. Karl Smulligan of Tamaqua has been named grand marshal of the parade, while Charles Odorizzi will be the featured speaker for the ...

In total, Marvin Nicklay has performed military honors for 454 veterans.

9/2/2010: On this date in 1940, potatoes were on the menu-or at least, the agenda-for competitors in a National Potato Picking Contest in Barnesville, Minnesota. The contest started in 1938 and is ongoing even today, as part of Barnesville's Potato Days celebration. Today, they start the contest at 10:00 on a Saturday morning at the sound of a whistle, no matter what the weather is like.

Starting with George D. Hamilton and continuing with Lou and Jack Benshoof, most of the Detroit Lakes newspaper's leaders over the past 150 years were long-haulers. Read on to learn more about some of these leaders, along with other well-remembered editors, columnists and other characters who've worked at the newspaper, in light of the paper's Sesquicentennial on May 18, 2022.