20 Years Ago (2006)                  Becky Poolman, Family Nurse Practitioner, was to begin her practice at LakeWood Health Center Clinic.  This was a new model of health...

10 Years Ago (2016)Four Lake of the Woods High School seniors were to compete for the title of 2016 Williams Potato Day Queen, with the coronation ceremony held that...

20 Years Ago (2006)                  The Bears soundly defeated Blackduck 41-0 in their Homecoming game. Todd Perala, Blake Bjork, Andrew Kraft and Nate Wellen all scored...

10 Years Ago (2016)Retina LaValla of Baudette pleaded guilty to two counts of felony theft after misappropriating around $7,000 from a GoFundMe account she had set up to...

20 Years Ago (2006)                King and Queen candidates for Homecoming were announced.  Kevin Gubbels, Luke Christensen, Todd Perala, and Tyler Anderson vied for King,...

10 Years Ago (2016)The Northern Light Region ran a feature on one man's struggle with heroin addiction, drawing on statistics from the Lake of the Woods County Sheriff's...

 20 Years Ago (2006)         The Lake of the Woods Ambulance and Baudette and Williams fire departments received a donation of teddy bears from A.B.A.T.E. (American Bikers...

10 Years Ago (2016)The Williams City Council appointed Leslie Huerd and Frank Mack as trustees, filling vacancies left by the death of Trustee Shirley Turpin and Deanna...

20 Years Ago (2006)            The School Board voted to call an election on three questions: 1.) Bond sale referendum, which would revoke the $126 per pupil limit and...

10 Years Ago (2016)Lake of the Woods and Indus Schools opened for the 2016-17 school year on Tuesday, September 6.Williams City Council member and Vice Mayor Shirley...

20 Years Ago (2006)            Pictured was Family Nurse Practitioner Becky Poolman, who would be re-joining the staff at LakeWood Health Center Clinic on October 2, 2006. ...

10 Years Ago (2016)The Minnesota DNR confirmed starry stonewort, an invasive algae, had been found in Upper Red Lake in Beltrami County and in Cass Lake on the Leech Lake...

20 Years Ago (2006)         Cancer survivor Odette Senkyr gave a personal talk during the opening ceremonies for the 2006 Relay for Life. To date the money raised topped...

10 Years Ago (2016)Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar made separate visits to Baudette. Simon met with the Friends of Abuse Center to...

10 Years Ago (2016)Governor Mark Dayton and Lt. Governor Tina Smith stopped in Baudette as part of a statewide tour of all 87 Minnesota counties, touring the ANI facility...