Articles from the January 25, 2023 edition

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 By Jeff Olsen    News    January 25, 2023

Citizens State Bank Celebrates the Changing of the Guard

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 Laurel Latham    News    January 25, 2023

Faith Lilly Joins the 1000 Points Club

by Laurel Latham When Warroad junior Faith Lilly scored her 1,000th point during the basketball game on January 19, Coach John Larson called a time out and announced Faith's incredible accomplishment....

 
 By Jeff Olsen    News    January 25, 2023

It's the perfect gig for this golf-loving gal

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 -...

 
 By Tom Palen    Opinion    January 25, 2023

Flying Things

I was surprised the kite flying festival on the beach wasn't canceled due to high winds coming across the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, I know it takes wind to fly a kite, but these were very strong. The...

 

Strength for today is mine always

There are 75 years of memories, both of good times and bad which still reside in the back of my mind. Places, situations, tears and laughter. I used to stand in the middle of the floor in a coffee...

 

Vandalizing bar

Mechanical systems sustained extensive damage after a burglary was reported Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Brickhouse Restaurant and Bar in Roseau. Michael Shane Mooney Jr., 28, was linked to the crime after h... Full story

 

Greenbush man Faces Charges

A Greenbush man faces charges in Roseau County District Court after he allegedly nearly struck a squad vehicle head-on and then led the trooper on a seven-mile chase. Jeffrey Travis Peterson, 44, has been charged with felony fleeing a peace officer...

 
 By Jeff Olsen    Opinion    January 25, 2023

It's just one big hangover in America the Great

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...

 

Are you getting your Paper?

I can't tell you how many times we have heard in the past months, "we didn't get our paper." I don't think any of us at the office could even give you a number to how many times it has been. There... Full story

 

Fishing! The WAG System

This old farmer is in no way, shape or form putting anyone down for having a love of ice fishing. But, are the what was once dozens, hundreds and now thousands of wheelhouses crippling what is probably our states best walleye fishery? When you can be...

 

Expectations

Taking this column back to real life tween parenting. There is nothing worse than having a child that you feel you cannot console. The tears do not stop. You see the disappointment in themselves pouri...

 

God Speaks

Have you ever talked to a chicken? Talking to the chickens is one of my favorite things to do at the fair. Do we communicate? Absolutely. Speaking about the mouth, the Bible has a lot to say about...

 

Fern Elouise Severson, 96

Roseau- On Thursday, January 19, 2023, Fern Elouise Severson of Roseau peacefully passed away at the Roseau Manor at the age of 96. Fern was born to Sam and Signe (Gavelin) Palm on May 12, 1926. She...

 

John "Jack" Bernard Wollack, 79

Birch Island- John "Jack" Bernard Wollack died in hospice care on Sunday, January 8, 2023 at his residence in St. Therese of New Hope. He was 79 years old. Jack was born September 29, 1943 in Duluth,...

 

Evelyn Peterson, 91

Grafton, N.D.- Evelyn Peterson, age 91 of Grafton, N.D. passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at the Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, N.D. Evelyn Karlstad was born on October 9, 1931, in Falun...

 

LaMonte Gross, 91

Greenbush- LaMonte Gross of Greenbush and formerly of Side Lake passed away at LifeCare Medical Center in Roseau at the age of 91 on January 12, 2023. LaMonte Emerson Gross was born on January 13,...

 

75 years ago… Ruben Bjorkman was the youngest member ever to represent U.S.A.

5 years ago – January 27, 2018 Girls ruled in the Roseau Geography Bee. Hope Grafstrom placed first, Autumn Gross placed second and Max Wilson, last year’s champion, nailed down third place hon...

 

No Speeding Tickets issued at the Student-Officer Skate

by Laurel Latham On Tuesday afternoon January 17, music was blasting and hot chocolate flowing at Doc's Harbor Inn rink in Warroad, where winter is never boring. Warroad Elementary students K-5 laced... Full story

 

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