Articles from the July 8, 2017 edition
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Now's the Time to Celebrate the Roseau Civic and Commerce
Roseau Mainstreet will once again be hustling and bustling with activity. The Roseau Civic and Commerce hopes that during this exciting time for Roseau, the area businesses are ready to move forward...
Its's been one heckuva run for ski
Roseau's Brian "Ski" Donarski can be described in many ways - one of the walking wounded from his tour of duty in Iraq, a guy who rolls with life's punches, a dedicated volunteer, a sincere patriot,...
Summer Reading Pays off at the Library
On Thursday, July 13, some lucky kid will win a $100 Kindle Fire at the Roseau Public Library, which will be wrapping up its five-week summer reading program with a noon picnic at the Roseau City Cent...
Yes, Maynard, history does repeat itself
It could be a harrowing time to be a kid in the mid-1950s. The damn Russkies had the hydrogen bomb, and they were going to drop it right on Christ the King Catholic Grade School in south Minneapolis....
The Struggle is Real
Becoming a mother is one of the greatest, most rewarding jobs in life. It is also the scariest, most frustrating and completely exhausting jobs a woman will ever have. Before you judge this statement,...
Thought I should tell someone, of my good luck
To the Editor, On my way to my place on Oak Island Minn. on Lake of the Woods,; It was Sunday June 11th, I think. I stopped for gas and a few groceries at Riverfront station in Wannaska. Getting gas the owner, named Rusty ,came up to me and said I...
"Kids and Phones" "What's with the Phones these days"
To the Editor, Does anyone else see this phone epidemic sweeping the country, besides me? Does it bother anybody? Take a look around us these days, any waiting room, Dr.s office, in cars, restaurants, where are the kid’s heads? in their phones. I...
BT is the first half champs at Oakcrest
It's now official, even if it might be inconceivable. The Byfuglien Trucking team won the 1st half of the Men's Golf League at Oakcrest. If you need to move a freezer or carry a semi engine by hand...
Legion Lads come up short in Stephen
They throw baseballs, not hand grenades - and it was all for naught as Roseau American Legion Post #24 competed on the road against Stephen/Arygle a week ago Thursday. In the opening game, the lads,...
Royals win Fourth of July hit fest
Even before the Warroad Fourth of July fireworks, the Roseau Royals senior amateur baseball team was lighting up the scoreboard in Warroad as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the 1st...
Workout of the Week - WOW #36
The idea of spot training your body is one that often comes into a conversation with all my clients. We all want washboard abs and thinner thighs right? Is it REALLY that easy? It can be, it just takes what we all want more of and don't have enough...
Ray Eliason, 92
Roseau - Ray passed away on Sunday July, 2, 2017 at LifeCare Roseau Manor at the age of 92. Raymond Wallace Eliason was born in Swift County on July 27, 1924, to Bernt and Petra (Torgelson) Eliason. He was baptized and confirmed at Big Bend Lutheran...
Richard (Dick) Marvin Novacek, 85
Greenbush - Richard (Dick) Marvin Novacek was born on September 23, 1931 at Greenbush and died at home from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) at 8:08 p.m. on June 29, 2017 at the age of 85. Richard lived all his life on the farm in Polonia Township, near...
Thorbjorn "Dale" Hanson, 67
Roseau - Our loving dad, Thorbjorn "Dale" Hanson, 67 years old, passed over on the eve of July 2nd 2017 at home surrounded by his family, after battling cancer. Dale served in the Vietnam War era and was a proud Soldier in the U.S. Army. Born on Dec...
