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  • Sled Race Olympics on Malung Mountain!

    Laurel Latham|Feb 5, 2022

    by Laurel Latham The 2nd Annual Cardboard Sled Race Olympics will be held at the Malung Community Center on Sunday February 13. Registration is at 1 p.m. "Our first cardboard sled races were in February 2020," reports Don Miller. "We had registered ten sleds at 1 p.m. and thought that's a pretty good turn out for the first year! By 1:30 p.m. we had a total of 34 sleds registered!" Sled race categories are: Snowflakes: 3rd grade and younger, Snowballs: 4th grade to 12th grade, Slo-Birds:... Full story

  • Meet Roseau School District's Finest Young Spellers

    Jeff Olsen|Feb 5, 2022

    by Jeff Olsen What is required to be a good speller? Most English teachers credit good reading skills and paying attention to words. A week ago Monday, January 24, the 16 best spellers in grades five through eight gathered in the Roseau School Theater at 7 p.m. for an old-fashioned spelldown, annually known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. It starts at the local level, and these are the 16 Roseau School contestants: Grade Five: Rylee Hagen - class champ, Ty Johnson, Delayna... Full story

  • Frank's TV is top shelf in treating its customers

    Jeff Olsen|Feb 5, 2022

    by Jeff Olsen Jackie Poell knows the family business going back to when she was a young teenager. "Frank's TV has been a staple in our town for 35 years. My parents started the business in '87, and I think I was 14-years-old." She recalled writing a letter to Radio Shack when she was 15. "My mom and dad had five console TVs on the floor when they started. They basically had nothing, and I wrote to Radio Shack that my dad hates chain stores but if he can't beat them, he should join them." She... Full story

  • Starting a new tradition in the new Roseau Gymnasium

    Jeff Olsen|Feb 5, 2022

    by Jeff Olsen Roseau School Superintendent Tom Jerome sat in the bleachers in the new gymnasium a week ago Friday. Approximately seven hours later, the school would host the first basketball games ever in the new gymnasium. Tom Jerome would be there as would several school board members and school administrators. Mr. Jerome had nothing but praise for the student body and staff who have made many sacrifices. With the on-going construction, students have had to walk a full city block to go from th... Full story

  • The Brook, Artwork by: Emma Johnson

    Feb 5, 2022

    Artwork by: Emma Johnson Roseau Community School Art Teacher and Supervisor: Mary Vatnsdal I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorpes, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and...

  • Entrusted to my care

    Julie Elick|Feb 5, 2022

    I was frustrated and wanted guidance for a situation. Instead of talking about it to a friend and asking for advice (which is a normal reaction), I prayed about it first, asking for God's perspective. I came upon this verse which not only nailed my situation, but opened my eyes to a bigger picture. Actually the "picture'' became HUGE! So this is what I am going to write about this week. The scripture I read is as follows, 1 Timothy 6: 21 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn...

  • Emmett's Baby Sweater Vest

    Feb 5, 2022

    Sizes: Small (3-6 months), Med (9-12 months), large (18 months) Yarn: 150 grams of light worsted weight (DK weight or Sport weight) check recommended needles and estimated gauge. Work a swatch and recheck gauge after washing!!! Gauge : 17 sts = 4 inches after washing. Needles: 4mm for body, 3.75mm for ribbing , 3.75mm circular for bands. 4 buttons, ¾ - 1 inch Back With 3.75mm needles, cast on 37 [39 ,43] sts Establish rib pat on Row 1: *K1 , P1. Repeat from *. End K1. Row 2: P1, K1 across... Full story

  • 25 years ago… The Grygla school was damaged by heavy snow

    Carrie Johnson|Feb 5, 2022

    5 years ago – Feb. 4, 2017 Mason LePard was the winner of Roseau School District’s Spelling Bee. Runner-up was Daisy Johnstun. Isabella Grafstrom of Badger was awarded the annual Greenbush-Badger Lions Club Scholarship. The Occupational Development center (ODC) of Roseau was hosting an open house on February 10 in celebration of their 46th Anniversary. Recent fall of 2016 graduates from North Dakota State University included Tiara Tesarek of Badger; Jesse Eastman, Shannon Grawberger, Gar...

  • Amazing news in these amazingly weird times

    Jeff Olsen|Feb 5, 2022

    In the online edition of the New York Times on Monday, the headline read: Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S. I've never been in favor of censorship, but we have a long history of it. We now have a new band of thought police looking out for our young people's minds and souls. What's amazing in these highly illiterate times when the majority of men have read a total of two books in their entire lifetimes - a driver's training booklet and a sex manual the old man left lying around - is they...

  • Bro is my hero this week!

    Jodi Wojciechowski|Feb 5, 2022

    Bro always has his column done first and I fill whatever space is left. This week he is my hero!! (Actually, every week he is, but don't tell him!) He didn't leave much space and he picked the perfect week since I don't really know anything and I'm tired...Have a great week and I will catch up with everyone next week! Crispy Parmesan Chicken a la Cordon Bleu Ingredients 1 1/3 cups hot water 1 1/2 cups milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 box Chicken Helper™ crispy Parmesan chicken 1 cup diced cooked h...

  • One Farmers Thoughts

    Sheldon Larson|Feb 5, 2022

    Here’s an opinion from a former judge. “I am a student of law whose age is eighty-five. My first year in college was sixty-eight years ago. One class I took was political science. A half page of my textbook essentially outlined a few steps to overturn a democracy: 1. Divide the nation philosophically. 2. Foment racial strife, promote, incite. 3. Cause distrust of police authority. 4. Swarm the nations borders indiscriminately and unconstitutionally. 5. Engender the military strength to weaken it. 6. Overburden citizens with unfair tax... Full story

  • What Have You Got? What Are You Doing With It?... 1/27/02

    Pastor Joe Elick 1940-2021|Feb 5, 2022

    Matthew 25: 14-30 Mankind has value because we/they are created, and that in the image of God. Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." In Genesis 1:26 God's Word says, "And God said, 'Let us make people in our image, to be like ourselves...'" What a wonderful realization, but what a sad working out of it in so many lives. Someone asked me recently, "what is life worth?" Apart from God and even sometimes with God we continue to orchestrate our lives in such a...

  • Jean Marie Baird, 93

    Feb 5, 2022

    Dilworth- Jean Marie Baird, 93, of Dilworth, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Serenity Assisted Living of Dilworth. Jean Marie Zachau was born January 19, 1929 in Superior, Wis. to the late Henry Wilbur and Veronica Josephine (Culhane) Zachau. She grew up and went to school in Cass Lake. On August 5, 1947, she married Ralph Baird. They made their home in Grand Forks, N.D. and Staples and were blessed with four children. Together they had many businesses together but the ones she was...

  • Robin Andrew Sehlstrom, 59

    Feb 5, 2022

    Mason City, Iowa- Robin Andrew "Big Bear" Sehlstrom, 59, of Mason City, died Friday, January 14, 2022, at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell, S.D. Robin was born February 3, 1962, the son of George Wadena and Leona Bush in Mahnomen. He was later adopted and raised by Wilmer Sehlstrom. He married Becky Murl on December 19, 1998, in Roseau. A graduate of Roseau High School, Robin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in Beruit, Lebanon. Following an honorable discharge, he...

  • Alvin Joseph Grothe, 96

    Feb 5, 2022

    Astoria, Ore.- Pastor Alvin Joseph Grothe passed away at his home in Astoria, Ore. on January 30, 2022 at the age of 96. Alvin was born in Badger on July 14, 1925 to Adolph and Alma Grothe (Peterson). He graduated from high school in 1944, served with the 7th Div. Occupation Forces in Korea, was honorably discharged, and bought a farm in Badger. In 1952, Alvin married Frances Tauer of Badger where they settled on his farm. He worked as a carpenter and farmer until they became convinced God was...

  • Allen Lee Bourman, 63

    Feb 5, 2022

    Warroad- Allen Lee Bourman of Warroad passed away in Fargo, N.D. on January 21, 2022 at the age of 63. Allen was born in Stillwater on September 9, 1958 to John and Arlene (Lewis) Bourman. He graduated from Warroad High School and on December 23, 1976 he married Mary Fish in Warroad. Allen worked for Bailey's Logging, Hasbargen's Logging, Marvins, Red Lake Casino, and the family Sawmill. He was passionate about hunting, fishing, and spending time in the outdoors with his family. Allen loved his...

  • Wrestling at TRF

    Scott Mooney|Feb 5, 2022

    Submitted by Scott Mooney On Thursday, Tristian, Patrick, Avery, Owen, Daniel A., and Daniel N. wrestled at TRF. We competed against JV wrestlers from TRF, Fergus Falls, and United Clay Becker. Before competition we matched up the JV wrestlers with other wrestlers for a competitive match. One mat had the three varsity duals. At the same time a second mat had approximately 40 JV matches. Tristian, Daniel A., and Daniel N. each had heartbreak and happiness winning and losing one match by the end...