Articles from the July 23, 2022 edition
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State Patrol Legend Sylvia Maurstad Retires
by Jeff Olsen On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, Sgt. Sylvia D. Maurstad, a 28-year Minnesota State Trooper, officially and quietly retired. There was no fanfare, no goodbyes, no banquets, and no speeches a...
Beau Keagle Can Shoot With the Nation's Best
by Jeff Olsen In what has been a very successful stretch, the Roseau High School Clay Target Team - national champs in 2019 and third in the nation in 2021 - recently had their highest individual... Full story
Corridor Trail Groundbreaking
by Laurel Latham Warroad Community Development, in partnership with the city of Warroad, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday, July 19, at 11 a.m., on a new multi-use trail at the trailhead site... Full story
Write On: Baseball: The Game I Love - by Aaron Wensloff
Essay by: Aaron Wensloff Roseau Community School Mrs. Didrikson, Advanced English 11 My passion is baseball. I love playing baseball; I love watching baseball; I love everything about it. The...
Neither know we what to do
Have you ever tried to take control of your thoughts? I am not talking about repression, repression is when you don't deal with past or current pain. Repression occurs when a thought, memory, or...
Don't Get Yourself In A Stew
Genesis 25: 19-34 How many of you like stew? I mean the kind of stew you serve in a bowl or with cornbread or over biscuits. How much will you give me for this can of delicious, Casteberry's Beef...
75 years ago… Gustav Kveen was named pres. of the Red River Valley Crops/Soil Ass.
5 years ago – July 22, 2017 The Class of ‘57 had their 60th Reunion at the Four Seasons Center in Roseau. Salol attendees were Arlys (Brandt) Foster, Sylvia Christofferson, Genevieve (Grafstrom)...
Here's thanking Sweet Jesus for making our day
What's it take to write a thousand words minimum for a column? In my younger years, it took a couple of beers and then the juices began to flow. Those were the days back in the late 1980s and most of...
Roseau County Fair is here!
The Roseau County Fair is always bittersweet. I'm excited for the fair days to arrive but that means summer is winding down! It used to mean school was starting soon, too. I can't say I looked...
Fair 2022 A good time was had by all
It’s fair week in Roseau County one more time. After more than sixty of them much of the thrill is gone. That is not entirely a bad thing. The thrill has been replaced by an admiration and more than a little pride in all the improvements. As in...
Carol Yvonne Johnson, 78
Hibbing- Carol Yvonne Johnson passed away on June 29th at 12:15 a.m. in Hibbing after a long battle with cancer. Carol was born in Roseau on December 29th, 1943 to Anna and Hilding (Alf) Grahn....
Wesley Walter Paulsen, 77
Greenbush- Wesley Walter Paulsen, passed away on July 15, 2022, at the age of 77. Wesley was born on September 11, 1944, to Walter and Luella (Conover) Paulsen at Budd Hospital in Roseau. Wesley was...
Randy Eugene Sandstrom, 69
Roseau- Randy Eugene Sandstrom passed away peacefully at his home on February 22, 2022 at the age of 69. Randy enjoyed all things in nature and the great outdoors. He loved to watch wildlife, hunt,...
Raymond "Ray" Ole Vistad, 87
Roseau- Raymond "Ray" Ole Vistad was born on October 17, 1934, in Roseau to Ole and Ethel Vistad (Sellen). He grew up in Roseau and graduated from Roseau High School. On November 28, 1957, he married...
Evelyn Nelvina Berry, 94
Warroad- Evelyn Nelvina was born October 26, 1927 to Elmer and Janet Ellen (Buchan) Brandli, in their home in Clearriver Township, south of Warroad. Evelyn was the 10th of 11 children. Love of...