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by Jeff Olsen Right off, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Roseau City Clerk Beth Carlson remarked that everyone has an opponent except for incumbent Mayor Dan Fabian, who faces no opposition. However, long-term incumbent Roseau City Councilmember Pat Novacek, who filed for reelection, will face opposition. "There are two openings and four candidates," said Ms. Carlson. Incumbent Mary Hayes chose not to run for reelection. Three Roseau residents - Keith Severson, Oliver Ullman, and Kavan Lovgren - have file... Full story
by Jeff Olsen Roseau County Deputy Sheriff Dan Davidson was standing in the parking lot at the Kevin Johnson Auto Service in Roseau. The man doesn't frown like a drill instructor upon being asked dumb questions. He smiles. Mr. Davidson was asked if he's ever been called Dapper Dan. "Nobody's ever called me that before." And he didn't growl. Where's your hometown? "That's interesting. I was born in Minneapolis but I went to school in Jefferson, South Dakota. So, I kind of grew up halfway in...
by Ryan Honl The theater at the Roseau school was a buzz of activity last week culminating in a great play called Hansel and Gretel involving local kids between first grade and high school. Over 150 people attended the play last Friday. The program was put on by a group called Storybook Theatre that hasn’t been here in Roseau for five years because of COVID and reorganizing the program by taking over from a group called Prairie Fire that had been doing it for 30 years. The program lasted a w...
School Districts across the State of Minnesota are dealing with a funding crisis. The education funding formula provided by the State of Minnesota is failing to keep up with the rate of inflation and the costs of operating a school district. The Minnesota current funding formula provides $7,281 dollars per pupil in revenue. Due to legislation failing to keep pace with inflation and rising costs a gap of approximately $1,264 dollars per pupil exists. If the current funding formula adjusted with i... Full story
by Jeff Olsen In late July, Roseau High School junior Jasmine Hovda, 17, was notified that she was being invited to the 2024 USA Hockey Girls Under-18 Select Player Development Camp. Book a flight, Dad! The venue was in Lake Placid, N.Y., from August 4-9, and it featured the top 76 female hockey players in the nation, ages 15 to 17. They were competing for spots on the 25-player 2024 U.S. Under-18 Women's Select Team to play three games in St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada, this past week....
Poem by: Karina Christianson Roseau Community School Carla Olsen Cabin Life Cabin sunsets, fire ablaze Warm and cozy, nights we praise Nature’s beauty, all around Campfire crackles, joyful sound Memories made, forever found Outside the Lights Poem by: Seth Dahl Roseau Community School Carla Olsen Outside the bright city lights We cherish the little things Our free time gets spent on anything From late night of working on engines in the shop To riding dirt bikes or snowmobiles all day with the people you enjoy Our favorite time of year starts w...
In this life, there are dreamers and there are doers. Dreamers live in a world of lofty ideas; doers live in the here and now to make them happen. Once the lofty idea has been fulfilled, the dreamer moves on, while the doer sticks around to deal with the lasting consequences. It's sad that the world tends to value and enshrine the dreamers over the forgotten doers - (Quote by Joe Olson) It is easy to come up with ideas. And it is a good thing to dream. But the maintenance of that dream is a...
There are two important things which set Christianity apart from other religions: The Atonement, that is, Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross for our sins, and the Resurrection. Jesus was not just another religious martyr. The apostle Paul was extremely bold concerning the importance of the Resurrection. In Corinthians 15 he wrote: “And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith…For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has...
That's a saying that was coined by my good friend, Dale Jaenicke, which is similar to "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." In other words, skip the bragging. Or, as I prefer, "Keep a low profile" - which is hard to do in the newspaper business. The only place I have campaign slogans is in my outhouse. That's to cover up the open cracks in the north wall - especially in the winter. But back to politicians, whose credibility should always be suspect - like in this NPR headline on August...
Mom has made it through her first week of post-surgery! Everything seems to be going pretty good. The pain is minimal. My guess was it would be, in comparison to what her shoulder was like before surgery. Her sister Janet is staying with her and they are getting a lot of quality time! Both are still alive yet. Lol! I mentioned last week it was Brandon's birthday. I did get a cute pic so I had to include it this week. B was hoping to get a new tattoo machine for his birthday and, of course, he... Full story
"Thank you Madam Speaker for the nice introduction but I'm not actually a retired Command Sergeant Major and never held a weapon of war on a battlefield because I was never in a war. I did leave my men behind before they deployed to a war though so I could become a Washington swamp creature. That counts for something right?" That would have been the answer I would have suggested to Tim Walz since it would actually be the truth. But I'm not his advisor, since I love freedom and despise socialism...
Fifty years ago when first married most of our friends were our parents’ age. Normally there is a lot more to learn from people that have been there done that. The downside is that they are all passed on. When looking back they were all farmer labor democrats. It is a pretty safe bet none of them would approve of what has happened to their party. Today’s radical liberal left dems are destroying our country like never before. Here is an opinion from a former judge. “I am a student of law whose age is 85. My first year of college was 68 years...
Badger- Lonnie Eugene Hagen was born on June 7, 1952 in Roseau to LuVerne and June Hagen, the 2nd of six children. Lonnie farmed with his dad while growing up and after graduating from Badger School. He and his sisters liked the challenge of riding the calves in their pens. They could never stay on, so Lonnie came up with the idea of tying his sister Sherry's ankles together underneath the calf's belly. This plan didn't work like he thought (or maybe did as he planned) and Sherry slid under the...
Roseau- Loraine Otto passed away on August 8, 2024 at LifeCare Roseau Manor at the age of 96. Loraine Virginia Otto was born on April 14, 1928 in rural Roseau County to John and Teckla Brunell Miovac. She attended school until the 8th grade and on September 11, 1945 she married Lester Otto. Their first home together was a small cabin along the river in Big Fork. Lester worked in the logging industry for a couple of years there. Lester’s love for farming brought them back to Roseau County w...
Thief River Falls- Leslie Ann Rogalla, 49, of Thief River Falls passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 surrounded by her loving family at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester. Leslie was born December 16th, 1974 in Bemidji to Rockford and Barbara Ammerman. She attended Knox Elementary School up until 4th grade, where she then attended Washington Elementary until 5th grade. In 6th grade, she attended Franklin Middle School where she would spend the next three years. As a child, Leslie enjoyed...
I was on my way to northern California, pulling a Scamp trailer. It was late, around midnight, and I was in the middle of nowhere Nevada when the state trooper turned on his lights to pull me over. I wasn't speeding, so I had no idea why I was being stopped. I greeted him, "Good evening. I usually know why I'm getting pulled over, but I have no idea tonight." The officer laughed, then said, "You don't have any lights on the trailer." "Really?" I was surprised. "I just had the wiring on the car...
Warroad RiverPlace is pleased to announce the opening of the state’s newest arts, culture, and events center on Saturday, October 5, 2024. The public is invited to a free, family-friendly “Grand Welcoming,” a day of festivities celebrating community and creative expression at the state-of-the-art facility located along the bank of the Warroad River (104 State Ave., Warroad, Minn.). The community will have the opportunity to tour the 20,000-square-foot, multipurpose building designed to be a wel... Full story
by Laurel Latham What started out as a group of women getting together to ride in the forest has blossomed into a most amazing fundraiser. “We had six teams with a total of 256 registered riders this year in this year's ride on Saturday, August 3rd,” reported Penny Turgeon-Kimble. “This is the nineteenth year of the Femme Fatale Ride and each year we’ve had more and more riders. We are hoping next year to add one or two more teams, so we have over 300 riders for our 20th anniversary ride. ...
