Articles from the March 12, 2022 edition
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Polaris knows how to celebrate its version of Spirit Week
by Jeff Olsen Love has nothing to do with beauty. In the Polaris parking lot adjacent to Highway 89 in Roseau, it was akin to looking at the earliest flying machines, like the Wright brothers' Wright... Full story
The vibrant and vivacious Mrs. Snow is remarkable
by Jeff Olsen Soon to be a centenarian, Eleanor Snow was headed outdoors on a February morning when her phone rang, and she said to call back. It was 22 below zero, and she had a special chore that...
Crushing Goggins Challenge 2022
by Laurel Latham Derek Zimney was determined to take part in this year's Goggins Challenge with his friend Jamie Omdahl, who along with wife, Jessica, is in the process of opening Riverview Outdoors... Full story
My Reading Journey
Essay by: Janna Preteau Roseau Community School Mrs. Didrikson Advanced English 11 My reading journey started when I was very young. My parents always read me my favorite books before I went to bed,...
Technology and the internet
There are a few people I trust for information and for good advice. Joel Rosenberg, https://www.facebook.com/JoelCRosenberg, who lives in Israel, he tracks events and trends in Israel, the U.S.,...
I'd rather be drunk than dead, but I have been dead drunk
As the saying goes, everything is local, which means that people are already concerned about rising gas prices. Once, a can of Copenhagen was two bits (25 cents a can) in 1965. I was working at...
Gas Prices are on the Rise!
I don't usually pay attention to the gas prices. I figure I am going to need it to get back and forth to work and everywhere else. But EVERYONE is talking about the prices and it peaked my interest,...
Apologies Go A Long Way
SENATOR MICHELLE BENSON SENATE DISTRICT 31 Chair, Health & Human Services Finance & Policy Minnesota Senate Building, Room 3109 95 University Avenue West Saint Paul, MN 55155 Phone: (651) 296-3219 Email: sen.michelle.benson@senate.mn March 3rd, 2022...
Is Vladimir Putin the Devil?
There is nothing good to be said about the Devil. If you don’t believe me, check out the Bible. Or, just turn on the television for a reporting of the evil he spreads throughout the world. You will likely see his picture, Vladimir Putin, the...
THE NIGHTMARE
Things weren’t going as planned for “Vovka,” President Vladimir Putin. Despite his armed forces having marshaled what he thought were overwhelming forces of tanks, armored personnel carriers, air power and troops invading Ukraine from three...
Time To Wake Up
Why is it that the one constant among stupid people is that they think everyone else is stupid too? Now the progressive libtards want us to donate guns to the federal government to be sent to Ukraine. As usual the citizens are bearing the brunt of... Full story
Jeanette Fish, 68
Warroad- Jeanette Fish was born in Warroad on March 20th, 1953. In Jeanette's words, "I came into this world red, wrinkled, scared and crying (you'd be crying too if you knew there were four brothers...
Robert "Bob" Rugland, 99
Thief River Falls- Robert "Bob" Rugland passed away peacefully on March 6, 2022, at Oakland Park in Thief River Falls. Bob was born on February 6, 1923, in Bemidji, the son of Ella (Sando) and George...
Jean (Veer) Thompson, 85
Aitkin- Jean (Veer) Thompson, 85, of Aitkin, went to meet Jesus on March 5, 2022. Jean was born on January 8, 1937, to Jacob and Isabel Veer in Alsen, North Dakota. She married Thomas Thompson on...
Melissa Huntley Christensen, 40
Duluth- Melissa Huntley Christensen of Duluth, formerly of Greenbush, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2022 surrounded by her loving family at Essentia Health in Fargo, N.D. Melissa Anne Huntley was...
Cleon "Cleo" Faye Madoll, 76
Salol- Cleon "Cleo" Faye Madoll (Furness) of Salol passed away at her home surrounded by family on February 28, 2022 at the age of 76. Cleo, a former resident of Clear Lake, South Dakota was born in B...
Gordon Dean Reed, 81
Grand Rapids- Gordon Dean Reed passed into glory on March 1, 2022. Born in Peoria, Illinois, January 6, 1941, he was the eldest son of Eugene Reed and Valeria (Hancher) Reed. He grew up in Rome,...
50 years ago… Largest living Balsam Fir Tree found in Beaver Township
5 years ago – Mar. 11, 2017 Craig McMillin is the new fire chief for the Roseau Volunteer Fire Department. The Wannaska Lions Club was hosting a Pancake Breakfast benefit for Wayne Christianson.... Full story
Part 1: Reflections from the Cross Side of Easter: How Much Are You In Love? 3/13/92
"What are you giving up for Lent?" a little girl asked me one Lenten Season when I was a student at Bethel College. She was a passenger on the school bus I drove, and as a patrol girl on my bus she...