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Write On: Poems

Poems by: Savannah Hudnall Roseau Community School Mrs. Olsen’s Sophomore English Day 1: 5-15-23 On a warm summer day, I love to go out and play, Smelling the flowers, Reminds me of April flowers. The smell of summer Is always a reminder That the...

 
 By Julie Elick    Opinion    March 16, 2024 

Rogue Thoughts?

I read the following and it really hit home. Now I will need to do something about it. It is not the kind of thing that takes a one time declaration. Instead it takes a moment by moment commitment. Ma... Full story

 
 By Jeff Olsen    Opinion    March 16, 2024 

Heaven can wait until I'm good and ready!

Occasionally, I wake up in the middle of the night. It's always the same dream and I'm in Heaven. Let's stop for a moment since many of the Holy Rollers up here are grinding their teeth and...

 

I'm ready for planting season!

The warm weather and the time change have my mind thinking about the new additions I must add to my yard this year. I’m sure Kyle is excited to see what I need his expertise building skills to assis...

 
 By Ryan Honl    Opinion    March 16, 2024 

An Ode to Bro

Jeff came into the paper one day last year and I happened to be there. He didn't say much. I think he was just scoping out the new guy. Before he left on his way out the door he stopped for a moment,...

 

Memories and Heroes Last Forever

"Memories and heroes last forever!" That's not a Bible verse so you don't have to accept it as the final word on the matter. It's a line out of a Country-Western song. A song with a particular memory...

 
 By Tom Palen    Opinion    March 16, 2024 

Acclimation

As a kid living in Madison, Wisconsin, I was naturally a Green Bay Packers fan. During neighborhood football games, I dreamed of someday replacing Bart Starr as the Packers quarterback, but that was...

 

Write On: Poems by: Julia Dvergsten

Poems by: Julia Dvergsten Roseau Community School Mrs. Olsen’s Sophomore English Headphones I come in many shapes and sizes I could be white, black, blue, pink, any color you could think. I get lost, cut, thrown, and tangled. Wet, dry, blown, and... Full story

 
 By Julie Elick    Opinion    March 9, 2024

Daylight Savings Time

Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 10, 2024, and will last until Nov. 3, 2024, when we switch back to standard time. The time change means an "extra hour of light" in...

 

When Don't We Get Into Trouble?

Trouble, possibly terminal trouble, will happen to a life who is not lived towards God. "Is any one of you in trouble (afflicted)? He should pray Matthew 11:28,30. One of the nice things about this...

 
 By Tom Palen    Opinion    March 9, 2024

Don't Kick the Car

I still remember the name of the color, Glencoe Green, from Chrysler. It was beautiful, deep metallic green, so dark that most people thought the car was black, but in the sun, oh, did that car sparkl...

 
 By Jeff Olsen    Opinion    March 9, 2024

With Hult and other amazing characters

I run into so many characters that I can sit back and stay relatively sober while wondering, "Who is this stumblebum?" On Monday evening, here came a text from a world traveler who had flown down to...

 

Thank you Roseau and Warroad

Bro was kind and made my life easy this week. Or was he?!? I think we all know he wasn’t really thinking about me and giving me almost no space to write much. He had wrestling on his mind and Hult. So it was either out of the kindness of good... Full story

 
 By Ryan Honl    Opinion    March 9, 2024

Look Out for the Oak Manor Kids

I spent the first couple years of my life in this world at Oak Manor Trailer Court just East of Roseau. My earliest memory is my dad and brother firing off model rockets in the farm field on the...

 
 By Tom Palen    Opinion    March 9, 2024

Brownies

The topic has been debated since shortly after the discovery of chocolate; should brownies and chocolate chip cookies have nuts or no nuts? I think they should have nuts – but walnuts, pecans, or al...

 

Write On: Orin Swart

Essay by: Mckenzi Curry Veteran Narrative Roseau Community School Mrs. Olsen Orin Swart, born in Roseau, Minnesota. Orin was in the Navy for three and a half years. He joined the Navy on August 15,...

 
 By Julie Elick    Opinion    March 2, 2024

Before you point a finger

Before you point a finger, check the following read, and tell me if you fit into the context of its thoughts. "God doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called." They even did a slick little video... Full story

 

A Scary Question

What's scarier than meeting a big, black, Northern Minnesota bear while you're on a hike in the woods? Or your first day on your first job? How about coming across this verse which says "O Lord, you...

 
 By Jeff Olsen    Opinion    March 2, 2024

With a number of characters who made license plates

Last Saturday morning, I came charging out of bed with a smile since I know life is all about chumps, scamps, reprobates, and scoundrels. Right away, I thought of Tallahassee Slim, a Canadian import...

 

A Polar Coaster

Kathy Searle Oops...I thought for sure Laurel had mentioned to the doughnut lady, Kathy Searle my text message of the office needing a sample of doughnuts, but she didn't! Kathy did it all on her own...

 
 By Ryan Honl    Opinion    March 2, 2024

Have you ever run into someone who can't read a room?

When Minneapolis was literally burning down in the background for Saint George Floyd Day, a CNN reporter called the Democrat protests "largely peaceful" while one of their police stations was was lit...

 

Write On: Poems by, Peter Lund

Poems by: Peter Lund Roseau Community School Mrs. Olsen’s Sophomore English Place The Tower I remember that day The day I saw the tower It was great, giant, and beautiful. Everyone was looking at her From the very bottom to the tip top That famous...

 

A Morning Resonance

In our journey as followers of Christ, we are constantly confronted with the challenge of navigating a world rife with discordant voices. The recent tenor of public discourse, particularly in the... Full story

 

Conquering The Hill!

Traveling through life, if each day is committed to God, can be spiritually as well as physically renewing. Today's reflections come from two little girls, about third and fourth grade, at the KOA Cam...

 
 By Tom Palen    Opinion    February 23, 2024

Chicory Coffee

Just the other day I was going through the cabinets in our kitchen and came across a can of chicory coffee that Melissa and I picked up on a trip to New Orleans. I was going to throw it away as the...

 

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