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Oliver Francies oliver@page1publications.com Pearl Werner will be celebrating her 100th birthday soon. A resident of Good Samaritan over in East Grand Forks for the past few years Pearl has stayed active through something she used to not fully like when she was younger, gardening. When she was younger, Pearl’s mom had a big garden in…

Meet the “Greenbush Runners”, all employees of LifeCare Greenbush Manor, who began running as a group this summer. They are: Kirsti Converse, Paige Langaas, Karen Hedman, Chelsey Hamness, Amanda Kjos, Kasey Pries, and Kayla Klaski. “We run three to four days a week (starting) at 4:30 or 5:00 a.m.,” Kirsti said. “We’re training for the…

During his second Badger School Board meeting on August 12, new Badger superintendent-principal Kevin Ricke talked about the shift that’s occurring within the Badger School building. The office team is at full strength, all the back-to-school notifications are being organized, and the first day of fall sports started that day. “The vibe at school is…

Last month, the first part of the story, “Local FCCLA students taking in national trip” was featured in The Tribune. The first part highlighted the Badger FCCLA students who were attending the FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif., and the projects some of them did to advance to this national conference. Part two of…

The Baudette Fire Department was called to the scene of a fire on Sunday in east Baudette. A 911 call was received at 11:52 a.m. The department arrived on the scene just six minutes later at 11:58 a.m. to find the north bay of the structure totally engulfed in flames with substantial flames in the…

The    Oliver Francies oliver@page1publications.com This year at media day for the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks Football team, a number of different coaches noted a common theme with the philosophy of Head Coach of the Green Wave and UND Alumnus and teammate of a couple of coaches on the staff of UND, Ryan…