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Northwest Minnesota Arts Council seeks nominations for annual awards

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2 years ago

January 21, 2024

WARREN, Minnesota — The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council is seeking nominations for its “Of the Year” awards. The deadline to submit nominations is Feb. 29.

Nominees must reside in the council’s seven-county service area in northwestern Minnesota: Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau.

The awards, given annually to recognize artists and arts activists in the region who stand out in terms of artistry or volunteerism, are: Arts Advocate of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Northwest Star Award.

The Arts Advocate of the Year Award honors someone who is a voice and advocate for any of the arts disciplines within the community, local school, or the council’s service area. The award includes a $500 cash prize.

The Artist of the Year Award can be given to any art discipline, including visual, performing or creative writing. The nominee is an emerging artist or is at a midway point in their artistic endeavors. A $500 cash prize is given with this award.

The Northwest Star Award is considered a lifetime achievement award, according to an announcement from the arts council. The $5,000 cash prize “can be a wonderful gift to those who have chosen a hard career path related to artistic expression,” said Mara Hanel, the council’s director.

In this archival photo, several works are displayed in a past Northwest Minnesota Arts Council annual exhibit in Warren, Minnesota. From left are “Drunken Vase” and “Bleeding Heart Vase,” by James Johanneck of Red Lake Falls; and “Alarmed Dragon,” by Dennis Kinkead of Hallock.

Contributed / Northwest Minnesota Arts Council

Funding for the Northwest Star and Northwest Artist of the Year awards is provided by The McKnight Foundation.

Funding for the Northwest Arts Advocate of the Year award come from the Minnesota State Legislature.

The nomination form is on the council’s website at:

https://northwestminnesotaartscouncil.org/nominations-for-of-the-year-awards

The awards are scheduled to be presented at the Northwest Art Exhibit reception April 21 at the Kittson County History Museum in Lake Bronson.

Anyone who has a nominee in mind and has questions is welcome to contact the arts council office at (218) 745-8886, ext. 1, or email

director@NWArtsCouncil.org

for more information.

Pamela Knudson is a features and arts/entertainment writer for the Grand Forks Herald.

She has worked for the Herald since 2011 and has covered a wide variety of topics, including the latest performances in the region and health topics.

Pamela can be reached at pknudson@gfherald.com or (701) 780-1107.

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Obituary for Marcie Moe at Johnson Funeral Service

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November 28, 2025

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Obituary for Marcie Moe at Johnson Funeral Service

Marcie Lee Moe age 65, of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, formerly of Grygla, MN, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones. Born on December 10, 1959 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Marcie was the beloved daughter of Adrian Severance Johnson and Edna Irene Christianson Johnson. Marcie was baptized at St.

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5 key takeaways from Minnesota’s loss to Stanford at the Acrisure Invitational

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November 28, 2025

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5 key takeaways from Minnesota’s loss to Stanford at the Acrisure Invitational

Minnesota began its Acrisure Invitational journey with some great energy against Stanford, but an injury to starting point guard Chansey Willis Jr. was too much to overcome in a hard-fought 72-68 loss. Here’s what we learned.

Minnesota has been without North Dakota transfer BJ Omot and Maryland transfer Chance Stephens in every regular-season game, while starting big man Robert Vaihola missed his second straight game on Thursday with a knee injury. Things got even more scarce after two early fouls sent Willis to the bench, and he came out of the locker room with a boot on his right ankle.

The Gophers were already not a very deep team, so taking away four rotational players is a massive issue for Niko Medved and a rebuilding program.

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With Vaihola out for the second straight game due to a knee injury, Minnesota slid Grove into the starting lineup for the first time in his college career. Nehemiah Turner did not see the floor after starting last week’s loss to San Francisco, and it was an eight-man rotation.

The Gophers coughed up 14 turnovers on Thursday night, compared to only eight for Stanford. The biggest difference was that Minnesota’s turnovers resulted in 27 Cardinal points. It’s hard to point to any other stat as the largest factor in Thursday’s result.

Reynolds was the first player off the bench for Minnesota, and he provided some serious energy to begin Thursday night’s game. He had a career-high 16 points in last week’s loss to San Francisco, and it looked like he would remain at that level against Stanford, but he struggled in the second half with six points, six rebounds, four assists and six turnovers on the night.

Asuma generated all the headlines when he opted to stay with the Gophers through the coaching change, but Grove also returned after redshirting last season. The 6-foot-9 big man from Alexandria, Minnesota, got the biggest opportunity of his college career against Stanford. He finished with five points and one rebound in 19 minutes. Medved opted to roll with Durkin in the closing lineup.

The Gophers will face Santa Clara on Friday night in the consolation game of the Acrisure Invitational.

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Stanford Cardinal play the Minnesota Golden Gophers

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2 days ago

November 27, 2025

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Stanford Cardinal play the Minnesota Golden Gophers

Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2) vs. Stanford Cardinal (4-1)

Palm Desert, California; Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinal -1.5; over/under is 142.5

BOTTOM LINE: Stanford takes on Minnesota at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California.

The Cardinal have a 4-1 record in non-conference games. Stanford scores 83.8 points while outscoring opponents by 12.2 points per game.

The Golden Gophers have a 4-2 record against non-conference oppponents. Minnesota ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 11.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Jaylen Crocker-Johnson averaging 3.3.

Stanford averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game, 1.0 more made shot than the 6.8 per game Minnesota gives up. Minnesota averages 74.2 points per game, 2.6 more than the 71.6 Stanford gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ebuka Okorie is shooting 52.1% and averaging 23.8 points for the Cardinal. Benny Gealer is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers.

Cade Tyson is scoring 21.8 points per game and averaging 4.3 rebounds for the Golden Gophers. Crocker-Johnson is averaging 11.7 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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