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It's unfortunate that you have to read the obituaries to learn someone's real name. In November, Chopper Edberg died, and I never knew his real name was Ordean Elroy Edberg. That is a classy name. I...

It was Christmas again over the weekend. Christmas was with Kyle's family in Grand Forks. It was quite nice not having an emergency room visit in the middle of Christmas. A little side note, Kyle is...

Arlene Besserud, 88, sat in her living room at North Star Apartments in Roseau gently caressing the back of her husband's hand as he recalled the one recollection that never escapes his mind. Age has...

Beautiful. An important date slipped by on Monday, December 31, which is understandable since none of us was alive when this special date was first celebrated up here. On Monday, December 31, 1894,...

I was surprised to see that Steve Hall, a Brainerd native, passed away. I first met Steve in 2000, shortly after purchasing the Times-Region. He and his wife owned some hunting land in Roseau County...

Beautiful! Before I toss Davey Wilson's hat into the ring, I must add that I miss Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Yes, I know that most of the folks up here couldn't stand Mr. Obama, maybe because he...

I have so much on my mind I'm not sure where to begin. Brandon had his MRI and everything was good. They are thinking tendonitis in his shoulder. He was cleared for light lifting and is extremely...

Terrific! Here it is, that time of the year when Santa is making his list of the champs and the chumps, a time when the scalawags, scoundrels, and scamps come charging into the limelight demanding...

Take a note, Lisa! Yes, Lisa Dunham has left this newspaper, but she had great secretarial skills in addition to thinking like a linebacker. We hit it off famously. She was the thunder and lightning...

Terrific. Thanks to The Times of Israel, (1 December 2018, 1:55 pm), I spotted the following headline the other day: Did Trump replace Fed chief due to her lack of height? What the hell does height ha...

The best retort my old man ever said to my brother and me, but not to my sisters, was, "You must be a little bit stupid!" I never disagreed. We have a lot of stupid people in this world, the majority...

Christmas is coming fast but try to slow down. Before you know it Christmas will be over. Most of us live our lives in a hurry. We hurry to finish school, hurry through meals, hurry through the work...

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to remember everything you are thankful for. I try to thank people and remember on a daily basis but Thanksgiving is a great time to reflect. Myself I am first and...

Every day, any number of us get up in the morning and immediately start bitching that life isn't fair. "We gotta go to school, we gotta work at a lousy job, we gotta put up with a bunch of dumb...

I hope Donald doesn't lock up Smokey the Bear. Global warming is here. You can deny it like a lot of conservatives do, but it's impossible to deny these horrendous climatological catastrophes in...

They never dug any foxholes, charged up steep hills against hostile fire or landed on beaches under heavy enemy fire. But they lived through it. Marlis (nee Carlson) Glennen never wore a military...

Of course I had to inspect the new bridge over the Roseau River on County Road 126 south of Roseau. It's hard to shake off Oliver Ullman, who I've known since he was about nine and who kept inviting...

If people can't have their dreams, this world would be a very dull place. Years ago, long before the majority of Americans who are alive today were born, the Irish Sweepstakes in the 1950s were...