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by Jeff Olsen A week ago Tuesday, veteran District 4 Roseau County Commissioner Russell Walker submitted his resignation via a letter, which was read during the board meeting at the Roseau County...

by Jeff Olsen Doing "hard time" is sitting in a cell day after day in the Roseau County Detention Center. You could be a millionaire or a pauper but if you are arrested and denied bail, you're doing... Full story

by Jeff Olsen Back in 2015, Chris Ingraham, a reporter for the Washington Post, came upon some fascinating data. He then wrote the piece and it went viral. Imagine a different scenario if a reporter...

Earlier in the week, I called this chap for some info and said, "How's it going, mayor?" Jeff Pelowski, the Roseau County Environmental Officer, briefly chuckled when informed that he will always be...

by Jeff Olsen Robert Foley, the CEO and Chairman of the Board who will be 65 later this year, sounded delighted last Friday and wanted it known that Stuart McFarlane is ready to take the reins as...

by Jeff Olsen Even before the turn of the century, 2002 Roseau High School graduate Sarah Butler made golf look a lot easier than it really is. The longer one plays the game, one thing is obvious -...

Beautiful! It all came back to me, thanks to a recent article in the publication, Minnesota Reformer, about a bill being proposed in the Minnesota State Legislature. The headline read: Lawmakers...

by Jeff Olsen A week ago Wednesday morning, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) didn't walk in blind to the concerns of Paul Marvin, the CEO and Chair of Marvin, and other corporate executives at the...

by Jeff Olsen Avery Paul Goodin wasn't supposed to be born in January since his due date was February 11. He made an early arrival on Wednesday, January 4, at 5:01 a.m. He was five weeks early and a...

by Jeff Olsen Laura Holmstrom, a versatile athlete-scholar, doesn't look overly tough, but true grit is in her DNA. The 2022 Roseau High School graduate could easily have attended Princeton or... Full story

Inconceivable! I thought Joe Biden was much smarter than Donald Trump. Both are now guilty of storing, misplacing and/or concealing at their personal properties any number of classified documents. Som...

by Jeff Olsen During Leif Eidsmoe's Forestry Class field trip on January 5 to Hayes Lake State Park, the weather was almost like springtime. "It was beautiful out, probably 16 to 17 degrees and... Full story

by Jeff Olsen Shortly after 5 p.m. at the Roseau City Center on Monday, Roseau City Attorney Michelle Moren issued the oaths of office to Mayor Dan Fabian and Council Members Amy Bassingthwaite,...

by Jeff Olsen Dan Fabian, who will be inducted into the Minnesota High School Track & Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame on January 27, got lost in the shuffle until recently when his paperwor...

In this business of interviewing or covering dignitaries and rascals, the rule is nobody lives forever. My preference is covering rogues, reprobates and even thieves since they're my kind of people. S...

by Jeff Olsen Say this for the gentleman who stepped forward to help out on a temporary basis. He went the extra miles. Scott Johnson recently served six months as the District 1 Roseau County...

by Jeff Olsen On Thursday, December 29, Henry Boucha, an outstanding amateur and NHL hockey player a half century ago, was honored before the Warroad Warriors faced off against Orono during the Hockey...

On Tuesday, a photo arrived by text from our daughter April. It's an interesting photo and brought back some old memories. April also wished us a Happy Anniversary on January 3, an occurrence that...

by Jeff Olsen A week ago Tuesday, veteran District 4 Roseau County Commissioner Russell Walker submitted his resignation via a letter, which was read during the board meeting at the Roseau County...

by Jeff Olsen Doing "hard time" is sitting in a cell day after day in the Roseau County Detention Center. You could be a millionaire or a pauper but if you are arrested and denied bail, you're doing... Full story

Earlier in the week, I called this chap for some info and said, "How's it going, mayor?" Jeff Pelowski, the Roseau County Environmental Officer, briefly chuckled when informed that he will always be...

by Jeff Olsen Ward Anderson, the pride of Lake Bronson, Minnesota, became a licensed police officer in 1990. That's how he ended up in Roseau. The 1986 Lake Bronson High School graduate, turned 55 sho...

by Jeff Olsen Adalyn Marie Thompson will always be the best Christmas gift that Shanda Christofferson and Shane Thompson will ever receive. The Warroad couple have known each other since they were in... Full story

Beautiful. In sports, they honor the GOATS - the Greatest of All Time. These athletes are legends, the best ever like Mickey Mantle, Tom Brady, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Serena...

by Jeff Olsen Danny and Jill Geroy don't work in tuxedos and gowns. Or fancy shoes! Welcome to their hobby farm out by Hayes Lake near the old Dewey Thompson Store, which is no more. Once, as a...