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US Navy Veteran Jim McDonald and the Veterans History Project
by Ryan Honl The aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea launched in the 1940s at the time of the Second World War and saw it's last day of service in 1990. It was named after the Battle of the Coral Sea in... Full story
Stordahl Flies High On Veterans Honor Flight
by Jeff Olsen Call him the Happy Soldier. He didn't mind KP, polishing brass, shining boots, policing cigarette butts, or dropping down and doing 50 push-ups. To this day, he has no regrets about his...
Appreciative Paula Has a New Lease on Life
by Jeff Olsen Paula Peterson wasn't quite at Heaven's Gate, but the Roseau resident wasn't running marathons, skipping rope or climbing the Grand Tetons. She needed a new kidney. "I'm okay," she said...
75 years ago… The Dokken Brothers find a ring lost on their property
5 years ago – May 26, 2018 Weston Sprabary, age 6, of Roseau was pictured with a 22’’ Walleye he caught at Stoie’s on May 12. Larry and Maureen Severson of Roseau were celebrating their 50th w...
May is Arbor Month in Minnesota
by Laurel Latham What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants a friend of sun and sky; He plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty towering high. He plants a home to heaven anigh For...
Roseau Loses Base for Helicopter Life Flight Service
by Ryan Honl On May 31, Guardian Flight, which manages life flight operations for Lifecare Medical Center, will cease having a local base for helicopter service, but states that there will still be a fixed wing base out of the Roseau Airport...
It's Tuesdays With Judge Dixon in Courtroom One
by Jeff Olsen The judge laughs and, yes, she even smiles. In early May, she was spotted without her black robe in Courtroom One. Every other Tuesday is Treatment Court Day at the Roseau County...
Hayden Nelson is at the Tip of the Spear For Our Nation
by Ryan Honl Hayden Nelson is a 2021 graduate of Roseau High School. In the short two years since he graduated this guy has made his mark on the world hanging out with governors and foreign royalty. N...
Mrs. Clara Johnson Is One Kind Lady
by Ryan Honl At 92 years young Clara's memory is impeccable. "I'm thankful for that," she said. She grew up in Roseau and started teaching at the age of 19 at a little country school near Greenbush...
67.3 grams of cocaine, 72 individual doses of methamphetamine, 894 grams of marijuana, 178 pills that were identified as acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate, along with several scales and baggies were found
Submitted by Marc Hodge, Chief of Police On May 9, 2023, an officer with the Roseau Police Department was in the area of 3rd Ave SW and 10th St SW in the City of Roseau. He witnessed a black vehicle parked in the middle of the roadway. While the... Full story
Edwin Monsrud suffers injuries from snowmobile race
5 years ago – May 19, 2018 The Roseau High School Commencement speakers were Karina Fredrickson, daughter of Richard and Pamela Fredrickson; Abigail Huss, daughter of John and Cathy Huss; and...
5th Annual A Taste Of Warroad
by Laurel Latham Twenty-five vendors brought their samples to tantalize the taste buds of around 250 attendees at the 5th Annual A Taste Of Warroad held at the Garden Arena on Friday, May 12th from... Full story
New Roseau PowerSports Park Opening June 3 With Big Event
by Ryan Honl A pretty impressive team of Roseau Polaris engineers are building one heck of a big Powersports Park just on the outside of town, north on 11th Avenue about a mile past Roseau Electric... Full story
Jensen and Palmquist Advance to General Election
by Jeff Olsen Kermit Jensen and Tim Palmquist have advanced to the August 8 general election following this past Tuesday's District 4 Roseau County Commissioner primary election. With 320 votes, Mr....
Roseau Anglers Shine In Zippel Bay Ice Out
by Jeff Olsen Last weekend, three sets of Roseau anglers didn't claim the title at the 2023 Ice Out Northern Tournament on Lake of the Woods, They did, however, finish in the top money to earn...
The Kid, the Skipper, and the Game at the Metrodome
by Jeff Olsen Benji, the son of John and Sue Wilebski of rural Greenbush, is no longer The Kid. He just began his third year of Medical School at the University of North Dakota and will graduate in...
50 years ago… A Roseau athlete collapses dead after run
5 years ago – May 12, 2018 On April 2 Chantel Vatnsdal became the new librarian at the Roseau Public Library. Avery Novotny notched a hole-in-one using a 7 iron on the 183-yard 7th hole at Oakcrest...
Warroad High School Robotics Team 2883: FRED Excels In 2023
by Laurel Latham Meet Buford the Robot, this year's brainchild of the Warroad High School Robotics Team 2883:FRED. Buford, named after a character from the Phineas and Ferb cartoon series, has had an...
Meet the Two RHS All-State Band Members
by Jeff Olsen Anders Mattson plays the trumpet and could wake up the entire household if he is in the mood. Mr. Mattson, a sophomore, earned All-State honors recently and will participate in the...
Warroad Culinary Team Take 2nd Place In Cook Around The World Competition
by Laurel Latham Thirteen Warroad High School Culinary Class students traveled to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida on Wednesday, April 19, to take part in the Cook Around the World competition...
The Five Sisters remember and honor their War Hero Dad
by Jeff Olsen It's possible that Roseau's Wendell Hamerl, a gunner in the U.S. Army Air Force, was one of the more publicized local World War II veterans. He was shot down twice, escaped capture the...
50 years ago… A lot of alcohol was confiscated by the "no fun police".
5 years ago – May 5, 2018 The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council announced the Art Exhibit winners. Among the winners was Sherri Kruger of Badger for mixed media “Fiery Stump”. Roseau American...
Press Release from Roseau County Sheriff Steve Gust
On April 26, 2023, investigators from the Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force and Violent Crime Enforcement Team executed a search warrant in an apartment complex in the city of Warroad. While executing the warrant, investigators located a suspected... Full story
Roseau County Residents Fearful and Uncertain of Action at the Northern Border
by Ryan Honl In a particularly cold spell two weeks ago, as reported on April 22, nine illegal immigrants crossed a quiet wooded area of the Canadian border north of Salol. It didn’t go for them as planned. The locals know the last thing you should... Full story