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Roseau County Historical Society celebrates milestones Print E-mail
Written by Scott DCamp   
Friday, 18 May 2012 09:09

Roseau County Historical Society Director Charleen Haugen, left, and Museum Assistant Britt Dahl sit in “The Music Room,” which is part of the Roseau County Historical Museum and Interpretive Center’s music history exhibit. Haugen will be retiring from the historical society at the end of June. Taking her place as director will be Dahl.

Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 09:18
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Section 8A tennis draw set Print E-mail
Written by TRF Times   
Friday, 18 May 2012 09:12
    Top-seeded Thief River Falls hosts No. 8 Wadena-Deer Creek Monday, May 21, in the opening round quarterfinals of the 2012 Section 8A boys high school tennis tournament.
    The 4:30 p.m. match will be played on the courts at Franklin Middle School.
    Semifinals (10 a.m.) and finals (12:30 p.m.) will take place the next day at Crookston.
    Thief River Falls has won eight straight Section 8A team titles.
    Individual portion of the tournament will begin Tuesday following the completion of the team competition – approximately 2 p.m.
    The singles and doubles quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will take place Thursday, May 24, in Crookston.
    Thief River Falls’ Logan Engelstad is seeded No. 1 and Chris Borseth No. 6 in singles, while Fabian Tunberg-Jorde Hutton earned the seeded No. 1 and Tanner Nessen-Hunter Blowers No. 12 in doubles.
    Engelstad is the defending Section 8A singles champion.
    Team champion, along with the top two singles and doubles finishers, will advance to the Class A state tournament at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis. State tournament team matches will be played June 5-6, followed by the individual competition June 7-8.
Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 09:19
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Prowlers sweep Pirates Print E-mail
Written by Mike Lundgren   
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 07:48

Sam Matter wound up with a face full of dirt on a head-first slide across the plate with the final run of Thief River Falls’ 11-1 doubleheader-opening Friday high school baseball win over Crookston. Matter delivered a fifth inning RBI single to make it a 9-1 game, went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Grady Pederson, then was the second runner across the plate on a Crookston throwing error to finish off a 10-run rule victory. Josh Edlund is the Pirates’ catcher.

    At the outset, it looked like Crookston and Thief River Falls were going to hook up in a wind-fueled high school baseball shoot-out. But as it turned out, the Prowlers had a lot more ammunition as they out-scored the Pirates 21-2 in the Friday doubleheader at the Multi-Events Center.
    Thief River Falls won the opener 11-1 in five innings and finished the day with a 10-1 regulation seven-inning victory in the nightcap.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 06:49
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Highway 59 to reopen Print E-mail
Written by TRF Times   
Friday, 18 May 2012 09:12
    The excavation and removal of contaminated soil on Highway 59 at Plummer is nearing completion, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
    Mn/DOT anticipates that the highway will be open early next week at the latest.
    The highway has been closed with a detour in place since March 31, when a semi-trailer carrying fuel collided with a train at a railroad crossing on the highway. About 30,000 pounds of pyrolysis gasoline leaked out of a damaged railcar following the crash south of Plummer.
    The semi driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
    During the soil testing process, workers discovered that some of the spilled product had seeped deep into soils under the roadbed, requiring additional soil removal, treatment and disposal. When this process is completed, material to backfill and repair the roadbed will be hauled in; Mn/DOT will then resurface the highway.
    Until the work is completed, motorists are advised to continue to use the posted detour until the highway is officially open. Driving around barricades is illegal and creates dangerous situations for drivers as well as workers in the area.
    Mn/DOT thanks the motorists who use this section of Highway 59 for their patience while the road has been closed.
    For updated information, call 511 or visit www.511mn.org.
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After 47 years, Gene Beito retires from the Valley Home Board Print E-mail
Written by April Scheinoha   
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 07:58

Thief River Falls resident Gene Beito retired in February after serving on the Valley Home Board for 47 years. His wife, Gretchen, has been selected by the board to serve the remainder of his term, which expires in 2014.

 Gene Beito is modest when it comes to the 47 years he served on the Valley Home Board. He wants to make sure everyone knows that he wasn’t the only person instrumental in the history of the facility.
    Gene began serving on the board in 1965 and is one of many people instrumental in the success of Valley Home over the years. Gene succeeded his father, George A. Beito, on the board. George passed away earlier in 1965.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 06:50
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