Articles from the June 10, 2017 edition
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Roseau County commissioner Roger Falk is exonerated
In a criminal indictment that dates back to grand jury proceedings on April 21-22, 2014, Roseau County Commissioner Roger Falk, District 3, was tried on April 24-25, 2017, and found not guilty on...
RHS Grads earn master's degrees as fnps
Emily (née Erickson) Westover and Kim (née Olson) Ford, both Registered Nurses, graduated this spring from the University of North Dakota as Family Nurse Practitioners. They have since passed their b...
Some Guys Have All the Luck
I'm not envious, but it is nice to know at least one consistent winner. Meet Mr. Lucky - a.k.a. Matt LeTexier - whose life seems to be a winning lottery without ever purchasing a Powerball ticket. A...
NOT GUILTY
To the Editor, Results are back and Roger Falk was found not Guilty! Now for the real adjudication (a complaint needs no one’s permission to bring a lawsuit against another party.) of 3 Commissioner, one Chief Deputy and one Engineer who were the r...
Ardith Norma Ostlund, 91
Fairbault - Ardith Norma Ostlund passed away on May 31, 2017 at the Milestone Senior Living Center in Faribault, at the age of 91. Ardith was born on August 16, 1925 in Mickinock Township of Roseau County to Martha (Kalhovde) and William Williamson....
Audrey Jean Jackson, 82
Roseau - Audrey Jean Jackson, age 82, of Roseau, passed away peacefully at Hospice of the Valley-Lund Home in Gilbert, Ariz., on November 6, 2016. Born in Thief River Falls, Audrey was the daughter of Martin and Lois (Stordahl) Johnson. She grew up...
Dale Cassman Prothero, 88
Northwest Angle - Dale Cassman Prothero, one of the original modern-day pioneers of the Northwest Angle, died May 27th, 2017 at the age of 88. Born in Wichita, Kan., on April 17th, 1929 to Elizabeth and Joe Prothero, Dale’s upbringing was characteriz...
George Henry Hammer, 86
Warroad - George Henry Hammer passed away on June 4, 2017 at the Warroad Senior Living Center at the age of 86. George was born on March 6, 1931 on the family farm in Pencer, to Bennie and Anna (Schires) Hammer. He attended the Beaver Township countr...
Judith "Judi" K. Haglund, 74
Manteca, Calif. - Judith “Judi” K. Haglund of Manteca, Calif., and formerly of Roseau and Badger, passed away on January 12, 2017 in Manteca, Calif., at the age of 74. Judi was born on October 1, 1942 in Eau Claire, Wis., to Ruth (Moe) and Wal...
Close but no Cigar for Izaak Olson
Here's how close it was for Izaak Olson, the Ram senior, who just missed advancing to the Class 2A Minnesota State Golf Tournament as one of five qualifying individuals. "He was in a 3-hole playoff...
Baseball Rams end their up and down season
It was Casey Stengel, a Hall of Fame manager then in his seventies, who looked skyward in 1962 and said this about his fumbling New York Mets. "Can't anyone here play this game?" His first baseman,...
Gina Wensloff advances to State Golf Tourney
This past Monday and Tuesday, Gina Wensloff competed for one of the five individual spots at the Class 2A State Girls Golf Tournament in Jordan next week. The Roseau junior had a great first day round...
Roseau track sends 11 to State
As the old saying goes “all good things must come to end,” the Roseau track team has 11 athletes that are continuing their season for one more week. Before the final meet of the year (MSHSL Track and Field Meet at Hamline University), 23 track ath...
Roseau Track: boys and girls are subsection champs!
For the first time in a few years, both the Roseau girls and boys track team won the Subsection 31A track meet. The meet was held in Roseau and was on Thursday, May 25th. With ten teams competing on the girls side, Roseau won with 150.5 points, with...
