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by Jeff Olsen The Haitian-born Mr. Jean, 40, gets high marks from Roseau County Auditor Martie Monsrud. "We're happy he's here, and he's a very good worker," she said recently. Daniel is the deputy auditor and has lived an interesting life. He speaks three languages - Haitian Creole, French and English. He laughed when it was mentioned that he's smarter than the general public being able to speak three languages. "Oh, that's not true," he said. Married to the former Mallori Hewitt, they arrived...
by Ryan Honl Minnesota has a lot of Scandinavian heritage and especially so up here in the North. Most of the Norwegians and Swedes that came to Roseau County well over a hundred years now were farmers looking for a place in America similar to the climate and soil of Scandinavia. They found that here. One thing that came along with those early settlers was the Scandinavian art of rosemaling (pronounced rose-mah-ling). Rosemaling in English literally means "decorative painting." The Norwegian roo...
Students in Grace Novacek's class had the opportunity to work with hip hop artist and a spoken word poet. The residency was arranged with COMPAS and sponsored by the Roseau Parent Teacher Organization. by Delaynna Mortvedt "You are going to have the time of your life and you're never going to want to come home," assured my mom while we were packing. I thought she was overemphasizing every little detail. Little did I know, her presumption was in fact right. The trip has made many memories,...
Staff Writer, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise A few miles north of Waco, Texas, on the east bank of the Brazos River, sits the Homestead Heritage, an agrarian Christian community committed to preserving 19th century craftsmanship. The community offers shops where visitors can observe "artistry-in-action" complete with a pottery barn, blacksmith forge, grist mill and a carpentry shop. George and Laura Bush commissioned the Homestead to construct and furnish their house at the Crawford Ranch....
What are your best hopes for someone who has a special place in your heart? Someone you think about a lot? That they might be happy? Certainly that would be the desire of all of us. But, life bears witness to the fact that we're not always going to be happy. We might be happy one day, and sad the next, or angry, or fearful. Happiness many times eludes us. Especially if we make happiness our goal in life. Perhaps there's something better than happiness to attach our "best hopes" list to. How abou...
by Ryan Honl Michael Daigle, a resident of The Meadows Apartments in Roseau, was arrested on June 10 for 5 felonies relating to drugs, threats of violence, and possession of a stolen gun by a previously convicted felon who committed a crime of violence. The Warroad Police Department arrested Daigle at the Icon Apartment complex in Warroad. A victim, his girlfriend, called police and told them that he had been making threats saying he was going to "bury her" because he said she was provoking him....
5 years ago – June 15, 2019 Border State Bank president Bobby Lundbohm will retire on June 27 after 44 years in the banking business. Robert Foley Sr. was selected as the 2019 Roseau Community School Hall of Fame inductee. Erin Leverington of Roseau was named to Hamline University’s College of Liberal Arts Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester. Morris Hulst was celebrating his 80th birthday with an open house on June 22 at his home in Badger. Roseau “Athletes of the Week” were Erick Laz... Full story
Ain't life sweet! Just about everywhere in the news last weekend was a great human interest story. Various headlines mentioned 100-year-old World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart, Jeanne Swerlin. NPR ran with this headline: He helped bring back American POWs in Normandy. 80 years later, he got married there And this AP News headline: A World War II veteran just married his bride near Normandy D-Day beaches. He's 100, she's 96 They're a very attractive couple and not your typical...
We decided to check out Pedro's Grill and Cantina in Superior, Wis. It is family-owned and operated. Pedro's prepares authentic Mexican dishes. It was quite tasty and the margaritas were pretty good. It was a great place to eat and the staff was very friendly. I think Kyle and Bri would say the games were fun, too! Some Spotted Cow was purchased after we ate and I made a new friend. She was a blue and white pittie, who was super sweet! We went back to the hotel to have a few adult beverages and...
According to the largest denomination within the Lutheran church in this country, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, it's sinful to call us a Christian nation and if we boldly proclaim that, it "overlaps with and provides cover for white supremacy and racial subjugation." That ever diminishing denomination within the Lutheran church that people have rightly fled from to other denominations that stick to the authority of Scripture issued a statement titled, "We Are Christians Against...
Like Mr. Rogers used to say, “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” With an estimated fifteen million people here illegally from one hundred eighty-two countries how much longer can we even have a neighborhood? Sixty-two percent of Americans are in full support of massive deportations. Is it a wonderment that thirty-eight percent don’t and thirty-seven percent still blindly support Sleepy Joe? The Libtards in charge of this country are doing their best to instigate WWIII. Biden is doing everything he can to get under Putin’s skin. Why... Full story
Writen by Sue Helm, Submitted by Brianna Geer Trails4Transplants held their twelfth annual ride and fundraising event May 28th - June 1st. The T4T 2024 “Coming Home Ride” was an enormous success with 45 riders on 38 horses and a support crew of 8 to 10 people participating. On May 28th, T4T’s base camp was set up at the Lake Bronson State Park Group Camp. And throughout the week, riders and support crew showed up from Dalhart, Texas, Pierre, S.D., Bismarck/Mandan, N.D., Minneapolis to Duluth and...
by Laurel Latham On Saturday, May 18, Warroad Rescue Unit celebrated their 50th anniversary of service and dedication to the community. An Open House from 2 p.m.-5 p.m., where cake, cookies and coffee were served at the Warroad Public Safety Facility, had numerous past members of the ambulance crew make an appearance to celebrate the 50th anniversary, as well as Geri Burress’ 30 years of service. “In 1974, a few brave individuals took classes to be certified as a new healthcare provider cal...
by Ryan Honl Dr. Shawn Tweten, a 1999 graduate of Warroad High School, is running for Congress in the 1st U.S. Congressional District that covers the entire southern border of Minnesota, to include Mankato and Rochester. He’s running in the Republican primary to unseat the current sitting Republican Congressman, Brad Finstad, who has held the seat since 2022. It is the same district in which Governor Walz (D) was a congressman before he became Governor. Governor Walz was a public high school t...
Submitted by Larry Hosaluk On June 8, 47 high school athletes converged on the Northland Range and Gun Club for the first annual Roseau Rams Invitational Trap tournament. It was a bright sunny day and the range volunteers had the facility perfectly prepared for the event. The teams shot 50 targets in the morning and 50 more targets after the lunch break. Robert Foley cooked up fat juicy burgers for the shooters, coaches and families. The top 8 scores from each team were added up to make the...
A school teacher, Carole Olsen, was in charge of religious education at Saint Mary’s church in Ottumwa. “You should be teaching a CCD class,” she told me. I was in my early twenties; I was not a teacher and knew nothing about teaching, so I told her no, but Carole didn’t give up. “You don’t need a degree in education to be a teacher,” she said. “A teacher is someone from whom others learn. A degree just lets you get paid for teaching in the public schools.” “I wouldn’t know how to go about...