Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

by Ryan Honl

The Wannaska Elementary School sat empty for many, many years after closing. That's no longer the case. Richard Doughman of Wannaska and his crew have turned it into a full scale automotive, power sports and lawn mower repair center, along with a growing inventory of new dealership stock.

They gutted the building and the inside looks amazing. The old gym is now a very large service center. The classroom walls were taken down and one side of the old hallway has an area with over 40,000 parts neatly stored away in hundreds and hundreds of boxes on shelves. It's immaculate. The other...