Articles from the December 19, 2020 edition
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Julie Pahlen is ready for the vaccine to arrive
There's no reprieve or slowing down for Julie Pahlen, the Public Health Director for Roseau County. The pandemic doesn't take a day off, and neither does the team she leads. "What we're focusing on at...
Chief Ward Anderson Wants Your Compliance
Recently, there have been some incidents in Roseau pertaining to the state-mandated mask requirement. Roseau's local top cop wants to diffuse the situation by requesting that local residents and...
Here's looking at RHS and Winter Sports
Knock on wood! A week ago Friday, December 11, Roseau School Superintendent Tom Jerome had reasons to celebrate. "We have not had one single student or adult develop or test positive for Covid due to...
WRITE ON! Best Part of Me: My Eyes
by Emma Bassingthwaite, English 11, Mrs. Didrikson My eyes are the best part of me. These eyes help me see the world as I continue to explore it. These eyes help me see my mom as she teaches me...
I'll be Gnome for Christmas
Three trees later I have a new look for my front yard. Actually 4 artificial trees, if you count the one I bought at Past Treasures a couple of years ago. That one was a half tree (thinking now it...
Salol News
Sven and Heather Grafstrom and family went to Rugby, North Dakota to visit the Fergusons for the weekend. Sympathy to the family of Marianne Kristofferson who passed away Friday. Marianne lived here almost her entire life. She was a very active...
Mattracks Prepares for Large Expansion
Mattracks, the world’s largest rubber track conversion manufacturer, just announced that it has negotiated several large contracts with some of the world’s leading OEM Manufacturers spanning several industries; such as recreation, defense, and con...
Looking Back
5 years ago – Dec. 19, 2015 Zach Manka was Roseau’s newest police officer. Holiday Fantasy winners in Roseau were Jane Smith, Eva Gregerson, Brian Haynes, Alanna Foss, Keith Peppel, Sandra Gobeil, Dan...
Badger High School Nominates Hailey VonEnde for ExCEL Award
Badger High School is pleased to announce the nomination of junior, Hailey VonEnde, for the Minnesota State High School League's ExCEL Award. The ExCEL (Excellence in Community, Education and...
MORE THAN 470 MSUM STUDENTS TO GRADUATE IN DECEMBER
As the capstone celebration of the college experience, commencement is one of our favorite days of the year at Minnesota State University Moorhead. It is the culmination of years of hard work and sacrifice by our students. MSUM will celebrate our...
Local BSU Student Rylie Bjerklie Participates In NCAA Division II Track & Field
A student from Roseau is participating in NCAA Division II track & field for Bemidji State University during the 2020-21 season. Rylie Bjerklie, a freshman majoring in biology, is a high jumper for Bemidji State's track & field program this year....
Being a columnist can be enlightening at times
This one time the phone rang in the office when just Lonnie Swanson and I were working on a late afternoon. Just a week earlier in late July 1990 when the First Gulf War was about to begin, I penned a...
Roughlock Falls, deer and Elk
We decided to take a break from our normal sightseeing/exploring to experience Roughlock Falls, a breathtaking multi-tiered waterfall along Little Spearfish Canyon. You may think chasing waterfalls...
To Buckle or Not......
Back in the late eighties my better half and I were on out way to Steinback. We were west of South Junction when there were flashing lights on the highway up ahead. Getting closer it was obvious it was a traffic stop with a patrol car on each side o...
Marianne Rose Kristofferson, 89
Salol - Marianne Rose Kristofferson passed away at LifeCare Roseau Manor on December 11, 2020, surrounded by loved ones at her bedside at the age of 89. Marianne was born on April 12, 1931, in Salol...
Kenneth John Wojciehowski, 76
Badger- Kenneth passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at the age of 76. Kenneth John Wojciehowski was born May 26th, 1944 to Rose and Walter Wojchowski on their farm in Greenbush along with his...
William "Bill" ALbert Rey, 89
Salol - William "Bill" Albert Rey passed away on December 12, 2020 at LifeCare Medical Center at the age of 89. Bill was born October 25, 1931 in rural Pitt to Walter and Alice (Brown) Rey. He grew...
Raymond "Ray" Leland Stoe, 86
Lindstrom- Raymond "Ray" Leland Stoe, age 86, passed away at his home in Lindstrom with family present on December 14, 2020, after battling MDS/AML leukemia for nearly two years. Preceded in death by...
Brandon Lee Sandy, 25
NW Angle- It is with deepest sorrow, we announce the passing of Brandon Lee Sandy, 25, of NW Angle First Nation 33B, Dec. 8th, 2020, as the result of a sudden accident. He was born Nov. 1st, 1995 i...
Jeannine Caroline Lillian Nelson, 89
Roseau - Jeannine passed away on December 8, 2020, at LifeCare Roseau Manor. She was 89 years old. Jeannine Caroline Lillian Nelson was born on August 21, 1931, to Dolphis and Hannah (Pederson)...
Complete The Sentence: "A Tisket, A Tasket..."
Here's my version of the above: "A tisket, a tasket, we all get to wear a masket!" Yea! What's the big deal? I'm fascinated by how much emotion a small piece of cloth can create. Yeah! Yeah! I've...
Court Report
Roseau County Sheriff’s Dept. Chad Christopher Dallager, Greenbush, pled guilty to speeding and was fined $145. (Badge #1928) Caleb Abraham-John Fast, Detroit Lakes, pled guilty to speeding and was fined $125. (Badge #1917) Cory Gregory Hasbrouck, S...
Types of COVID-19 Testing Used at LifeCare Medical Center
Since March 2020, the world we live in has changed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Throughout the last months, we've gained an incredible amount of knowledge about the virus, testing, and ways to treat...
