Articles from the January 9, 2021 edition
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Katie Borowicz is a Golden Gopher
by Jeff Olsen On Saturday evening, Kelsey Didrikson was weighing in on losing the best player on her team. It was evident in her voice - a little bit of shock and awe. Anyone who has coached never... Full story
This Old Postman Puts The Stamp on Originality
by Jeff Olsen His birth name is Edward Furuseth - a legitimate guy, a former Warroad Postmaster, and as quotable as Dizzy Dean, the long deceased Hall of Fame pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. The...
He once glided fearlessly across the ice
by Jeff Olsen It's been years since he laced up the skates and shot the puck around the boards. That happens when you are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) more than a decade ago. Mr. Ness, a...
Roseau County's First Baby born in 2021!
LifeCare Medical Center’s Birthing Center is pleased to announce the 2021 New Years Baby, Paisleigh Grace-Lynn Jaros. Born on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 12:26 p.m., Dr. Jessica Simmons delivered P... Full story
Write On by Grace Everett: The Best Part Of Me: My Ears
by Grace Everett, English 11, Mrs. Didrikson My classmates may have chosen their eyes or smile, but my favorite feature is my ears. I cherish my ears. They have allowed me to listen to countless stori...
Entering The New Year
Telling all about the 2020 journey would take a whole newspaper. We could have never imagined how so many impacts would change our day to day responses. Looking forward can be daunting because in so m...
I might get good and drunk when this is all over
It was a perfect phone call last Saturday when President Donald Trump made the call from the White House to put the squeeze on Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. He wanted Raffensperger...
Cosmo Mystery Area
The area known as the Cosmos was the strangest location on our entire trip to the Black Hills. In 1952, two college boys searched the Black Hills looking for the perfect spot to build a summer cabin....
Jane Norma Smith, 76
Roseau- Jane Norma Smith was born January 7, 1944 in Thief River Falls to Clarence and Anna (Lapic) Smith. She attended school in Holt and Newfolden, then went to one year of junior college at...
Nancylee Eileen Carlson, 79
Roseau- Nancylee Eileen Carlson passed away December 29,2020 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N.D. at the age of 79 peacefully with family present. Nancylee was born April 18, 1941 in Bemidji to Fr...
Thomas Charles Dickson, 66
Wannaska- Thomas Charles Dickson, 66 years old, passed away in his home on December 22, 2020. He was born in International Falls on January 22, 1954 to parents Russel and Coral Dickson, joining eight...
"The Most Dangerous Person...On Earth!"
Recently I was sitting in a waiting room at the Cancer Center in Grand Forks waiting to receive a "PET Scan" in relationship to my cancer situation. The flat-screened TV. was tuned to the ABC...
25 years ago… Roseau High School Senior Anne Johnson was accepted at Harvard!
5 years ago – Jan. 9, 2016 TJ Thawan Sithamat was the first baby to be born in Roseau County this year. TJ, the son of Tony Sithamat and Dokket “Ket” Simmavanh of Warroad, was born on January 6 at Li...
DOWN THE ROAD
by Arlette Solom “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” William Arthur Ward The center hours are Monday–Thursday 8 a.m.– 4 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.– 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday the center is closed. “Remember there’s no such thing as...
