Sandhill River News Today

Willow Larson has been selling her art since she was 12 years old, most recently through her business Ivory and Sage. Her coffee mugs featuring regional small towns are a hit.

Jeanette Arlene Hagen (Helgaas) and her beloved husband, Monroe Lawrence Hagen passed away within four months of each other, Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 and Monday, March 13th, 2023, respectively. They were married for 66 years. Theirs was a love story.

Don Joseph Blaeser, 73, passed away on February 4, 2023 with his family by his side at the Sandford Broadway Hospice House in Fargo, after a year and a half battle with cancer. Don was born in Crookston on April 29, 1949 to Ervin and Leona (Teuber) Blaeser. He grew up on the family farm near Mahnomen, MN and attended school there, graduating in 1967. He attended Moorhead State and graduated in 1972.

Mike Christopherson     “It’s the family game of a lifetime.”     My first thought during my interview years ago with Lee Leach, whose family owns and operates Minakwa Golf Club in Crookston, was that the words he chose to sum up his thoughts on the game of golf amounted to a pretty corny quote for a story I was writing. But I used it. I think I even incorporated it into the headline.     Cornball or not, Lee was right. From one generation to the next, golf is the family game of ...