Articles from the August 31, 2019 edition
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Roseau County Board gets an earful
Just moments into Gary Slater's opening comments to the Roseau County Commissioners on Tuesday - "I have some questions regarding the Roseau County Board trying to steal land from June Magnusson" -...
Robert Foley Sr. is inducted into the Roseau Community School Hall of Fame
by Jeff Olsen On Thursday afternoon at the Roseau School Theater, Robert Francis Foley, 91 and a semi-retired Roseau banker, was inducted into the Roseau Community School Hall of Fame with all five...
10th Anniversary of Walk to Remember
by Jodi Wojciechowski Over 20 years ago Paula Peterson and Jill Wulff, the Co-Chairmen of Walk to Remember, Inc., started a support group in Roseau to help individuals and families cope with...
WRITE ON! My First NHL Game
by Ally Vatnsdal, English 7, Mrs. Didrikson One night when I was in third grade I was laying in bed and my dad came into my room and asked me if I wanted to go to the Wild game and of course I said ye...
Ploughing Spectators come to Roseau for a day
They have arrived. Competitors, coaches, judges, board members and visitors from 28 countries have descended upon Lake of the Woods area for the 2019 World Ploughing Contest. The official kick off...
Looking Back
5 years ago – August 30, 2014 Shayna Kruger, a tenth grader at Badger High School, was nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington, DC on November 14-16. The Sutter B...
Court Report
Roseau County Sheriff’s Department Thomas Charles Dickson, Roseau, had charges of contempt of court dismissed. (Badge #1926) Vincent Frank Hill, Warroad, pled guilty to domestic assault and was fined $660 with 5 years supervised probation and 180 d...
Salol News
Holly and Baby Walker McLain from Rapid City S.D. and Sharon MacTavish from Aurora Colo arrived at Patrick Monkmans for a visit last Tuesday. Company at Diane and Dennis Monkmans. Wednesday were Holly and Walker and Kiana and Troy Monkman. Visitors...
The Remarkable Allen Brandt Made His Mark
It's funny about a workplace. Everyday, somebody gets hired, fired, retires or just moves on, and some of them are really missed. That's the case with Allen Brandt, 60, who retired on Friday, August...
A picture really is worth a thousand words
Beautiful! Back when I was in the Army in 1966 and stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, we'd get a weekend pass and head down to Waikiki Beach in Honolulu to meet the babes. We were out of our...
Squirrel syndrome is a real health issue!?
I think I have Squirrel Syndrome. So, what is Squirrel Syndrome? According to the experts, it is a spontaneous reaction to what the experts call "shiny objects." It can lead to a large list of...
Farmers, blenders need biodiesel tax credit
After nearly two years, the biodiesel tax incentive stands without movement. This no-brainer legislation enjoys strong bipartisan support from both aisles of Congress because they know it works. But why has there been no forward movement? Rep....
Bullsh*t of Alternative Facts
Where do some of these stories come from? Is it Alex Jones and Info Wars? You will not see the story “Obama’s Vacation Scam” on real news because it’s not true. It’s fairly easy to fact check this one. Even Snopes labeled this one false. Who ever to...
LABOR GAZE!
Where has the summer gone? I'm probably not the only person to ask that question. I heard someone say one time: "Time flies because so many people are trying to kill it!" Humm. Anyway the calendar rem...
Mindset Coaching
When you find yourself in a pickle and need to think quickly about what you'd do I'm reminded of the Disney movie Finding Dory. Ask yourself this question: “What would Dory do?” You could even simply be more like Dory and think from your heart ins...
Gatzke Area Tidbits
Howard & Mary Ann Lunsetter attended Lachlan Kavanaugh Wallace’s first birthday at Lincoln Park in Grand Forks on Saturday. On Sunday, they attended Lachlan’s baptism at the Methodist Church in Drayton, N.D. After the baptism they were guests for...
Richard James Kuklok, 74
Warroad-Richard passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2019 at the age of 74. Richard James Kuklok was born in Fargo, N.D., on August 2, 1945 to Martin and Martha (Fiebiger) Kuklok. The family lived in...
Sandra Erickson, 79
Roseau - Sandra was born on February 23, 1940 to Louie and Bertha (Erickson) Johnson in Roseau. She attended school in Wannaska, Malung, and Roseau. She was united in marriage to Percy Erickson...
Ray Wallace Johnson, 96
Roseau-Ray Wallace Johnson passed away peacefully on August 23rd, 2019 at OakCrest Senior Housing at the age of 96. Ray was born at his home in Karlstad on April 19th, 1923 to Ernest and Lena...
Deloris Lorenson, 87
Thief River Falls - Deloris Lorenson, 87, of Thief River Falls, formerly of Strathcona & Greenbush, died on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Greenleaf Senior Living Center of Thief River Falls. Deloris...
Roseau/Lake of the Woods/Koochiching County FSA Updates
USDA Opens Signup for Market Facilitation Program Enrollment Now Open through Dec. 6. Signup opens today for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to assist farmers who continue to suffer from damages...
Meet the winners of the Grygla Demo
by Jeff Olsen Ryan "Pete" Petersburg, the 1999 RHS graduate with a fondness for demolition derbies and community events, one of which is the annual Grygla Fall Festival, was smiling after last...
Rams Tennis Has a Winning Weekend
In Roseau's second week of the tennis season, the girls started with some tough Section 8A matches and finished with a successful trip to the Twin Cities. The theme throughout the week was the...
Mens golf league update
by Donn Haugen Waking up with the temperature at 48 degrees isn’t always an ideal day for golf. But Oak Crest members were ok with it last weekend, because the rains stayed away for most of the day. We had a little shot of rain basically for one h...
GRP Results
Modifieds A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17G-Mike Greseth, [2]; 2. 39-Shawn Teunis, [7]; 3. 1R-Rick Delaine, [8]; 4. 64-Shane Wahl, [4]; 5. 2-Aaron Holtan, [5]; 6. 33-Ryan Hagen, [9]; 7. 57-Michael Tiani, [10]; 8. (DNF) 81-Jordan Duray, [3]; 9. (DNF)...
