20 Years Ago (2003) The Koochiching County Board was looking into the possibility of bringing a casino to the area. No location had yet been announced. Florian...

These two young people, so much in love, got engaged to be married in 1917. But then Eric got called up for Army duty in 1918 and sent to France...

10 Years Ago (2013) Cyril Sorrels, known by everyone as Cy, passed away peacefully in the hospital on May 7, 2013, surrounded by family and friends. Cyril was born June 3,...

10 Years Ago (2013) Ronald Eugene Anderson passed away at his home as he wanted to when the time came, which turned out to be Saturday, May 4. Ron was born in Spooner...

20 Years Ago (2003) Emily Jenniges was the only female professional fisherman on the Professional Walleye Trail that year. She fished in the summer and was a substitute...

The wedding of Fred “Dynamite” Pedersen and Clara Schmidt in Graceton on May 9, 1920. But why is everyone in the wedding party so serious, indeed...

10 Years Ago (2013) One of two exhibits debuted at the Baudette Depot, one titled “If These Bricks Could Talk.” it was designed and fabricated by Venture Exhibits of...

20 Years Ago (2003) Baudette would host the 2004 MN Governor’s Fishing Opener. It would cost about $200,000 to organize and conduct the event, which would be raised...

20 Years Ago (2003) U. S. Border Patrol, MN State Patrol and Roseau County Sheriff’s Department located Shane Bourman at his parent’s home in Roosevelt after he had...

10 Years Ago (2013) Ten years ago was the first edition of the Northern Light Region, a merger of two longtime area publications, the Baudette Region and the Northern...

10 Years Ago (2013) Marvin and Charlotte Anderson celebrated milestone birthdays following the church service at Wabanica Lutheran on Sunday, April 28th. Marvin turned 80...

20 Years Ago (2003) The schoolboard agreed to have a girls hockey team that year. Mike Mosher and Tim Lyons were the hockey coaches. Obituaries were printed for Betty...

10 Years Ago (2013) “The Bombing of the Bog” was the program at the Lake of the Woods Historical Society Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 28, at the Brink Senior Center in...

10 Years Ago (2013) After 110 years, the Baudette Region was shutting down and would merge with the Northern Light. An obituary was printed for Phyllis Bergquist,...