Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper
Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper
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TJ Huerd decided to take his passion to the next level and open his own guide service, Lake of the Woods Reel Fishing Adventures. TJ found his passion for fishing at a very young age. "My dad took me fishing when I was just a kid, around 4 or 5 years old," he said. As he grew older he would skip their family Christmases to go out ice fishing. He jumped at any chance he could to be out on the lake, as it was his favorite thing to do. Even at a young age he seemed to be a professional fisherman.... Full story
Eldridge "Al" Buffum, 68, a delightful personality who did it his way as an East Coast lawman, local columnist, colorful character, talented raconteur and burly bear of a man, died on Wednesday, June 12, while under the care of his daughter, Antoinette "Ann" Anderson, at her home in Canyon, Minnesota. He had been ill for some time. When Al was in his prime before heart troubles and then cancer started zeroing in on his quality of life, he was a presence in the community with his loquaciousness... Full story
Kat (Katherine) Willems' cell phone rang just two and a half hours after her webcam interview from the Academic Success Center at Northland Community and Technology College with Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester. The cell number was unfamiliar, and fearing a robo call, Kat did not answer her phone. When a message popped up in voicemail, Kat was curious to find out who had left a message. She was quite unprepared to hear that she was being offered the surgical tech position she had just... Full story
by Ella Helgeson, English 12, Mrs. Didrikson It was the summer of 2017. My Californian cousin, Kylie, and I were deciding on what to wear for another beautiful, sunny day in Paris, or what we thought was going to be. But just to be safe, we packed an umbrella in our backpacks. Boy are we glad that we did. After deciding on a pair of black jeans and white crochet tank top, we left our little villa and headed to the City of Love. Not knowing what our day would hold, we decided to stop and get a... Full story
Recently I was standing at the "express lane" counter at SuperOne to have a few of the sustenance's of life checked through by my friend, Taylor Warne, who always treats us customers as if each of us was the reason he came to work that day. Thanks, Taylor! Eyeing my groceries, he asked, "Did you get everything," "I hope so," is my usual response (of course, I always forget something). "Let's see, he said, "chicken, eggs...I wonder which came first," he muses, "the chicken or the egg?" Have you... Full story
Forget all those fancy places where the yards look manicured, nothing is out of place, and you're afraid to pee on a tree. Here's a nice contrast. Nothing beats hanging around an old sawmill with piles of sawdust, slabs, 4X4 tamarack posts and rough lumber stacked high. You build a place with rough lumber and you've got something solid, and you have the slivers to show for it. Out in the Pencer area, I was waiting for Arnold Kaml to finish lunch and head back out to his sawmill. I needed some...
“On My Mind”, is quite the loaded statement this week. It’s probably best I don’t share everything that is on my mind today. It has been quite eventful lately such as Brandon breaking his ankle Friday night. He hurt it when he first arrived home for the summer and it was getting better. Friday night/Saturday morning he was goofing around with the boys and re-injured it. It was a trip to ER in the middle of the night where he found out it was broken. He did quite well through the weekend and Mond... Full story
Roseau County Sheriff’s Department Terrance Lee Heaton, Warroad, pled guilty to receiving stolen property with restitution of $4,405, 60 days and three years supervised probation. He pled guilty to receiving stolen property and was fined $210, 90 days. He pled guilty to stolen property and was fined $50 and 90 days. Augustas James Johnson, Karlstad, pled guilty to driving after revocation and was fined $285. (Badge #1925) Jordan Garret Kittleson, Warroad, pled guilty to fifth degree controlled substance with restitution of $1,000 30 days and f...
Roseau - Al Buffum passed away peacefully at his daughter Antoinette’s home in Canyon, on Wednesday, June 12th after a short battle with a very aggressive cancer. Al was born Eldridge Anthony Buffum (but known by Al to all his friends and family) in New York City, New York to Eldridge W. and Theresa Buffum on March 30, 1951. The family moved to Boston, Massachusetts when he was about 5 years old. He graduated from Boston Technical High School in 1968, and gained employment with the Boston P...
Thief River Falls - Delores "Dolly" Ruth (Knutson) Kaml was born November 22, 1928, in Brant Township, Polk County. She passed away at the Thief River Care Center on June 13, 2019 at the age of 90 years of age. Dolly married George Kaml on November 19, 1948 in Angus, they made their home in rural Warren and proceeded to build a family to help with farm duties. Dolly is known for her baking and cooking and her marathon of converting 200 lbs of cabbage into sauerkraut...no one came to visit withou...
Roseau - Barbara Maxine Zak was born on April 7, 1937 to Amanda (Holland) and Henry A. Petersen. She graduated from Roseau High School in 1955. Following high school she took a 9-month business management course at Aakers Business College in Grand Forks, N.D. Barbara and Donald Zak were united in marriage on January 14, 1958. They lived in Ray, N.D., where Donald worked in the oil fields until 1960 when they moved back to Roseau where Barbara worked at ASCS Ag Office. In 1966 they purchased the...
Grygla - Andy died unexpectedly at the family farm on June 17, 2019. He was 27. Andy was born in Coon Rapids, on November 2, 1991. He was baptized at Moe Lutheran Church in Roseau. Andy attended school in Roseau through tenth grade, and then transferred to Grygla School, graduating from there in 2010. After high school Andy enlisted in the Army, serving until his honorable discharge in 2013. He then served in the Army National Guard until 2016. After his honorable discharge from the Army...
LOOKING BACK 5 years ago – June 21, 2014 Jazmine Dirks of Roseau, daughter of Dave and Paula Dirks, had 11” of her hair cut at Carla’s Book Your Look and was donating it to Locks of Love. An 80th birthday party for Randy Lofstedt was to be held on June 29 at the First United Lutheran Church in Roseau. Trevor Shawn George of Roseau and Morgan Marie Pieper of Williams applied for a marriage license. Matthew Paul Peterson of Wannaska and Amy Theresa Miller of Roseau applied for a marriage license. Participating in the State AA Golf Tourn...
by Keith Cumming Overcast skies and cool temps and rain in the area kept racers and fans guessing as to whether or not the Greenbush Race Park would be able to get their race program in. But the Race Park only received intermittent light sprinkles and was able to get the night under way with a little extra track packing. But before the rains came back cutting the evening short, fans were treated to a couple of exciting features with some fast clean racing. The Pure Stock feature was up first and they would send 10 of 12 cars to take the green....
Submitted by: Larry Hosaluk After 9 days of intense competition, the results are in: the Roseau High School Clay Target Team captured second place in Conference 6A at the Alexandria trap shooting championship in both Varsity and Junior Varsity and the Varsity team won a hard-earned spot in the state tournament. On June 15th, 41 Roseau high school athletes along with coaches and parents travelled to the world’s largest shooting sports competition in Alexandria, to compete in Novice, Varsity and Junior Varsity classes. 8300 student athletes p...