Articles from the April 28, 2018 edition
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Roseau Fire Department Holds Training Burn
On Saturday, April 21, Roseau Fire Department took part in a training burn at a house south of the Roseau Fairgrounds. A training burn builds the confidence in a firefighters fundamental skills with...
Meet some outstanding volunteers who help others
At the Reed River Coffee Shop in Roseau on Tuesday morning, they looked pretty ordinary - an older crowd, some with their own aches and pains, others with a bounce in their step - and not a single...
County Board declines to act on reimbursement
On April 16, Kevin T. Duffy, attorney at law with the Duffy Law Office in Thief River Falls, sent a letter to Karen Foss, Roseau County Attorney, which stated the following: As you recall, I...
Ayla is full of grace and mischief
Meet Ayla Larayne Gjovik, soon to turn seven and a Roseau kindergartner, who does many amazing things, needs very little sleep, and would make Dennis the Menace look like a deadbeat. Oh, there is one...
PTSD Support Group Meets in Roseau
After thirty-two years of service, seven years as a medic in the Canadian military and twenty-five years in the RCMP, Lou Savard of Steinbach has experienced PTSD firsthand. "After so many years of...
Sylvia isn't the Barney Fife of Mayberry
How well known is she? More people in Roseau County know her by her first name than they know either of their two U.S. senators, the governor of Minnesota, the name of the baby doctor who delivered th...
Choices: The Stuff of Life!
From money to marriage, from here to eternity, the direction of our lives is determined by our choices. Peter Wagner, at his, “Building a Better Community” seminar in Roseau on April 19th, said, “You’re one decision away from a totally differe...
A Great Concert
To the Editor, The Four Seasons Center in Roseau was host to Musicans from the First United Lutheran Church on April 15th. The concert was excellent with a variety of music including gospel, country and popular music from the past. You missed a good...
Not Just a Teacher
To the Editor, I personally want to thank Mr. Lance Dubay for his outstanding mark and influence he has made in the lives of our teenagers that have had the pleasure to go through his classroom. I firsthand have had the pleasure of witnessing just...
We get the Paper
To the Editor, We get the Roseau Region and enjoy the local news. We like Carrie Johnson's looking back column. We also like Jeff Olsen's front page interviews and opinion page. Hopefully nothing ever happens bad at the Roseau School district or...
Will the county taxpayer demand Justices and put a stop to boardroom collusion
To the Editor, Neither of Minnesota’s state statute or the state legislature can challenge a County boardroom majority decision in regards of the County Highway Dept. This is a sovereign entity governed only by the county voters and opinions. This i...
James Odell Avron, 66
Middle River - James passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday morning, April 15, 2018, at the age of 66 years, 3 months, and 2 days. James Odell Avron, the son of the late Odin and Martha (Wettestad) Avron, was born on January 13, 1952, at...
Neil Irvin Friesner, 80
Williston, N.D. - Neil Irvin Friesner, of Williston, North Dakota, formerly of Roosevelt, passed away on Tuesday April 24, 2018 at the age of 80 in Williston, North Dakota at 12:41 pm, surrounded by family. Neil was born April 14, 1938 in Rockwell...
William Krzoska, 91
Roseau - William Krzoska past away Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Karlstad Healthcare Center. William Michael Krzoska, son of Michael and Regina Krzoska was born December 10, 1926 in Falun Township in Roseau County. Willie lived in what is now Beltrami...
Workout of the Week
Is it me or has talking about negative energy become popular? When I think about how my parents communicated 20 years ago we didn’t have memes from Instagram or short videos from Facebook to consume information. How did we learn about negative e...
Rams Baseball 1-1 to start the 2018 campaign
The Roseau baseball team is off to a .500 start despite scoring 26 runs in their first two games. Plating runners has been a highlight to the early season with the Rams scoring 18 in a 6-inning affair versus Sacred Heart on Monday. The Rams started...
