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100 Years Ago Feb. 13, 1919 Shipping Association does record business. One of the most harmonious and best attended farmers' gatherings for transacting business ever held in Osakis, was the annual meeting of the Osakis Shipping Association which was held at the Empress theatre last...

I have had the honor of being the Todd County Board chair three times. In Todd County, the commissioners are on a rotation to serve as chair. Being the chair brings on a lot of extra responsibilities and duties. You have more committee assignments and you are in Long Prairie a lot...

100 Years Ago Feb. 6, 1919 Roosevelt memorial program. The honoring of Theodore Roosevelt and the brave boys who have lost their lives overseas, will be the object of a special program to be given a the High School auditorium in Osakis next Sunday afternoon. The public is cordially...

We have a crisis that is hitting the homes, businesses and schools in our community. It is not a government shutdown, a stock market drop, or a Washington D.C. scandal; it is child care. Let me quickly preface this with, the crisis is not that we lack good child care providers —...

100 Years Ago Jan. 30, 1919 Child fractures arm. Morgan Anderson, 11 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernt Anderson, had the misfortune to fracture his right arm above the elbow while skiing on the lake Tuesday afternoon. The strap on one of his skis broke and Morgan was thrown in such...

At our recent school board meeting on Jan. 14, our annual reorganizational meeting was held. This meeting takes place in early January for all Minnesota public school boards. The first order of business was the election of school board officers for 2019. Becky Hensley — board...

100 Years Ago Jan. 23, 1919 Accidental shooting. Mrs. Oscar Larson of Osakis township was accidentally shot at their farm home early Sunday evening. The bullet from a 32-calibre revolver in hands of her son, Raymond, aged 17, entered her thigh, making a bad flesh wound. At last report,...

The other morning as I grabbed a quick cup of coffee at the local café on my way to work, I stumbled into a conversation that I normally avoid like the plague. It seemed that I had walked into a hornet's nest of a discussion on who is to blame for our poor water quality in the area...

100 Years Ago Jan. 16, 1919 Local boy returns home. Percy Ketelle, who has been in an Army training camp at Wadsworth, S.C., for several months, was mustered out last week at Camp Grant, Rockford, IL and arrived home Sunday night. Percy left here with the Douglas county contingent...

100 Years Ago Jan. 9, 1919 Park Regions Hospital to reopen. A well authenticated story reaches the Review this morning that Dr. A. J. Gilkinson has taken a five-year lease of the suite of rooms on the second floor of the Lamphear block and on or about Jan. 15 will open reopen the...

Happy New Year to you all from the Osakis Police Department! We had another record breaking year in 2018 for our Calls for Services for our small but busy department.

100 Years Ago Jan. 2, 1919 Another Osakis farm sells for over $100 an acre. A deal has been closed through the Borchert and Grestry land agency in this city for the sale of F. L. Robinson's 240 acre farm adjoining Osakis for $110 per acre, to William Andrews of Blue Earth, Minnesota....

A New Year's resolution. Sounds like something that would really make the world a better place. People deciding to take better care of themselves in regard to their weight, diet and their appearance. People wanting to be more courteous by holding the door open for others, giving more...

There is a significant need for mental health services in rural areas. While the prevalence of mental illness is similar between rural and urban areas, the services available are very different. Recently, health policy experts have begun to encourage a better integration of mental...