Lorraine Hedlund starts a five-generation legacy

On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, Lorraine Hedlund, 98, a former Malung elementary school teacher and farm wife, earned a new status as a great-great-grandmother when Jaden and Tahnee Anderson's first child, Carter Amiel, was born in Grand Forks.

Jaden is the son of Carter and Wanda Hedlund's daughter, Jamie, who is married to Joel Anderson. Joel and Jamie have 13 children and live in rural Solway near Bemidji.

Recently, Wanda, whose husband is Lorraine's firstborn of four children, bubbled over in appreciation of her mother-in-law.

"She is originally from Badger and has four kids - Carter, Doug,...