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by Jeff Olsen "Both football and volleyball seasons have been moved to mid-March to mid-May," said RHS Principal and Athletic Director Ivan Hirst on Wednesday, adding that it is his understanding...

by Jeff Olsen It's been a life-changer for Roseau's Kim Langlie, 59, who grew up an only child after being adopted in the Twin Cities by Harold and Margaret Anderson at age five. It was her first...

by Jeff Olsen Say you're a farm kid and the only way to practice is to hit golf balls around the yard to improve your game. Now meet Drew Lovejoy, a soon-to-be Roseau fourth grader with a love for... Full story

It's the special ones who touch us, and Brandon Johnson was damn special. What a character! He came at life with spunk and made us smile and high five and feel good. He was a touch of class. This is...

In order for Badger, Greenbush, Roseau, and Warroad school districts to go back to in-person learning on September 8, Roseau County must have less than 10 new cases of the coronavirus per 10,000...

On Monday at Citizens State Bank, President Robert J. Foley, the son of Banker Bob, didn't require a script or teleprompter to know which particular businesses are on the edge. In 2002 following the...

Tis the season to be bitten by the political bug. On the August Minnesota Primary ballot, four parties are fielding candidates for federal and/or state offices. Along with the Democrat and Republican...

Oh my! Who would have thought that a number of Congressional Republicans would be attacking Representative Liz Cheney, Dick's daughter and now the House Republican Conference Chair that she had been...

For just $2, you could be the next mayor of the City of Roseau. To pass Go, you must file upstairs in the Roseau City Clerk's Office at the Roseau City Center. Earlier this week, City Clerk Beth...

by Jeff Olsen Talk about contrasts. A week ago Thursday, various officials gathered at noon for the ground-breaking ceremony for the $40 million Roseau Community Schools construction project. There...

by Jeff Olsen Go ahead and dream what every golfer wishes will happen - the elusive hole in one. On June 16, Kyle Storley, a recent Roseau import by way of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and the Twin...

by Jeff Olsen It was enough to make a reticent police chief, one who is very tight-lipped whenever a crime is committed in Roseau because it's under investigation, to open up like he had just won the...

Beautiful. Meet Tugger, now my favorite pooch of all time. Earlier this week, my pal Gary Przekwas called to declare that Tugger is a damn Democrat. How can you tell? "I put up a Trump sign and he...

by Jeff Olsen Sure, he's a certified old codger. But what a life he's lived! Plus, he can still kick up his heels. Huck Finn never had a childhood like Francis, who was a commercial fisherman in...

On Monday afternoon, Julie Pahlen, the Director for Public Health at LifeCare Medical Center and Roseau County, was reached by phone at her office in LifeCare Medical Center. She is the point person...

Andy and Rachel Przekwas didn't take top honors at the Minnesota Trail Tournament on Lake of the Woods near the Rainy River a week ago Friday, July 10. But they had no complaints. Andy was manning a f...

A week ago Friday, Alex Halstensgard, a 2014 Roseau High School graduate, made a stunning announcement after being contacted on the status of Oakcrest Golf Course under his direction as the...

Leadership is leading by example. It's like an infantry captain leading the charge when the odds are damn poor and, Sweet Jesus, where the hell is the artillery? That's leadership! And here was...

by Jeff Olsen Toward the end of Monday's Roseau City Council meeting, Jeff Pelowski remarked that Jane Evans and Pat Novacek are up for re-election for four more years. Additionally, he noted that...

by Jeff Olsen Rule number one: You cannot sit on your money! On Monday afternoon, the Roseau City Council approved purchase agreements for two plots of land - the Bergland property south of Oakcrest G...

by Jeff Olsen On Tuesday, the Roseau County Board issued a disaster declaration for the recent flooding in the northwestern part of the county. "This will be our third weather-related declaration in...

by Jeff Olsen Call it a mother's love. Kate Lundquist is passionate, eloquent, and unique. She and her husband, Jacob, adopted two Haitian boys five years ago. "We have six kids," she said, adding...

by Jeff Olsen On Monday evening at the Roseau American Legion, the Roseau Eagles Auxiliary took time out to celebrate a real celebrity. It isn't often that a small city can claim to have in its member...

There might be some weeds in President Trump's "National Garden of American Heroes" - which he is proposing to establish during his second term just as soon as all the crackers rally around the Confed...

by Jeff Olsen A grand total of $2,534,816 in COVID relief money was released for Roseau County last week by Gov. Tim Walz after the Minnesota House of Representative and the Minnesota State Senate...