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by Jeff Olsen Never has a Roseau High School graduation ceremony been held in the school parking lot. Thus, the Class of 2020 will forever hold the bragging rights as the first ever. What's more,...

by Jeff Olsen It was a different Memorial Day morning as the sun began to break through the clouds and one could hear the birds singing. That was different. Missing in action due to COVID-19 was the...

by Jeff Olsen During Tuesday's Roseau County Board virtual meeting, the commissioners approved the COVID-19 Preparedness Plan detailing what must be done on a daily basis at the Roseau County...

by Jeff Olsen Even before the virtual city council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Jeff Pelowski weighed the pros and cons of opening the Roseau City Center. "If there's a functional use for it, yeah. But...

That's why I have been invited to share a few timely tips on what not to do as you begin the big stumble into adulthood. Boy, did I ever stumble. Last Friday, I stumbled upon a caravan of vehicles...

On Friday, May 22, a number of Roseau County employees said farewell to Pam Grand, the veteran Roseau County Recorder who made the courthouse a little more special. She never threw her weight around...

On Monday evening, the Roseau County Fair Board met via Zoom and voted to cancel the Roseau County Fair, which is the main event of the summer. Richard Magnusson, Director of the Roseau County Fair Bo...

On Monday evening, the Roseau City Council discussed the Governor's latest executive order (2056) that allowed small businesses to open. "But it kept the bars, restaurants and theaters closed. We're d...

On Tuesday, the Roseau County Board voted to combine the Auditor and Recorder's Offices under one department head. "We had already made the Recorder position an appointed position in April," said...

by Jeff Olsen The Roseau Athletic Hall of Fame Committee recently announced their inductees to be honored at the 2020 induction ceremony on Sunday, October 4, at the Roseau School Theater. Leading...

by Jeff Olsen They never got outside, never played a single inning, and never heard the cheers. Blame that on COVID-19. Yet, Teresa Hulst, the Rams head softball coach, is cheering on these young...

While many of the wealthier New Yorkers were escaping the Big Apple in droves during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Roseau's Colonel Martha Lystad with the U.S. Army Reserve was in the thick of...

by Jeff Olsen During a time of uncertain economic prospects, 35.8 percent of Roseau School District 682 voters showed up at the polls to pass two separate bond referendums this past Tuesday. Each of...

by Jeff Olsen On Tuesday morning, Commissioner Jack Swanson, who was recently added to the Association of Minnesota Counties' Blue Ribbon Governance Panel, addressed his fellow commissioners on the...

by Jeff Olsen It was almost back to normal at the virtual Roseau City Council meeting on Monday, May 11. Consider this. They approved spending over 20 grand to purchase a temperature monitor for...

by Jeff Olsen Recently, Mike Carisch, a bearded gent who a century ago would have been a barnstorming pilot during the Roaring Twenties, was practicing a nifty maneuver lowering a 100-pound bucket thr...

Let's cut to the chase. Jerry "JC" Cleveland, who volunteered for the draft to honor a hometown Staples pal who was killed in Vietnam and later fought there himself as an infantryman and earned a... Full story

Following the regular Roseau City Council meeting on Monday evening, Mayor Jeff Pelowski was looking for a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. He never once said, "Damn!" But he was...

At 74, Marcia "Mars" Folland, a delightful character and retired educator who never knew anything but crutches and leg braces as a young tomboy peppering passing cars with snowballs, reflected...

Nancy (née Palm) Pellett, a 1965 Roseau High School graduate who now lives in Roosevelt, Minnesota, is being treated for Acute Myeloid Leukemia at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in the Twin...

Ken Hayden knows best. Where else under one venue can so many different events be enjoyed? Mention Dick Fosbury and the Fosbury Flop to the RHS head track and field coach and he chuckles - even now,...

They changed your dirty diapers, wiped snot off your upper lip, read you bedtime stories, and spanked your butt when you had it coming. And you had it coming! Sunday's your special day, and your sons...

by Jeff Olsen It's not in the works yet, but the mood is optimistic that the City of Roseau might be turning a big corner. "It's baby steps," said Mayor Jeff Pelowski following Monday's meeting,... Full story

by Jeff Olsen The Roseau County Board approved a LifeCare Public Health Service Contract on Tuesday. "Counties are required to provide public health, and LifeCare does that for us," said Commissioner... Full story

by Jeff Olsen It was an unexpected swan song, much like an unsuspecting tough old goose getting blindsided by a semi. For Tracey Wensloff, this would have been his 20th and final season as Roseau's...