20 Years Ago (2005)            Seven girls were in the running to wear the Potato Day Queen crown. Nicole Beckel, Katie Carlson, Kintessa Canfield, Jennifer Demmerly,...

10 Years Ago (2015)An extensive water, land and air search was underway for three men reported missing last Saturday on Lake of the Woods. According to Lake of the Woods...

20 Years Ago (2005)            There was hardly room on the dance floor during the annual Oktoberfest held in Baudette.            The L/W Girls’ Volleyball team now sat...

10 Years Ago (2015)Five local high school senior girls were in the running to be crowned Potato Day Queen during the city of Williams’ annual celebration, scheduled for...

20 Years Ago (2005)            Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty toured the Solvay Pharmaceuticals hormone facility.            The football field at L/W School became the...

10 Years Ago (2015)Nancy Craig, 67, of Williams, was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident on September 19, approximately nine miles north of Blackduck. Almost 90...

10 Years Ago (2015)The 2015 Lake of the Woods Homecoming King and Queen Candidates were featured on the front page. They included Mikaela Sindelir, Jaiden Dahl, Lanie...

20 Years Ago (2005)            The Waskish area had reasons to celebrate as the new access at Upper Red Lake, located on the Tamarac River, east of Highway 72, opened and...

10 Years Ago (2015)Staff and students at Indus School, as well as the Indus/Loman community as a whole, were mourning the loss of longtime Indus School secretary and...

20 Years Ago (2005)            Featured on the Region’s front page was the oral history interview conducted by Museum Director Tom Imes with Ted Klegstad back in 1983. Ted...

10 Years Ago (2015)Lila Ebeltoft, a resident of CHI LakeWood Care Center in Baudette, was set to celebrate her 100th birthday on Monday, September 7.Joann (Gillie)...

20 Years Ago (2005)            The North American Sturgeon Championships on Rainy River near Birchdale drew 257 anglers. The largest sturgeon measured 63 ¾ inches long with...

10 Years Ago (2015)Signs in support of MNA LakeWood employees were popping up around the area as LakeWood employees sought community support in their efforts to reach an...

20 Years Ago (2005)            The fourth annual Lake of the Woods American Cancer Society Relay for Life, held on August 19th, raised nearly $35,000.            A crowd of...

20 Years Ago (2005)         Tom Dinndorf’s 1938 Stinson Reliant Sr-10 was awarded the Reserve Grand Champion, Antique Category at the Oshkosh fly-in.         Organizers for...