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Exhibit honors county’s lone national congressman By Anna Jauhola It started with a desk and the spark of an idea to honor Kittson County’s only politician to serve in the nation’s Legislature. Odin Langen was civically minded, having served on numerous boards such as South Red River Township, Kennedy School District, and Parents and Teachers…

By Anna Jauhola Three of Cindy Adams’s summers during high school piqued her interest in the history of Kittson County as she worked at the Kittson County museum through a summer youth program. Then she moved to California and said she’d never come back to her hometown of Lake Bronson. But, in 1986, she and…

­ By Margie Holmgren Gus Peterson, Hallock, honed his leadership skills as president of the Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO). According to the Northwestern Minnesota Synod website, LYO is an organization of high-school age young people who are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The LYO is a place where the voices of young…

By Anna Jauhola Flooding preparations have become second nature for Kittson County residents and officials. Although the National Weather Service in Grand Forks said the area has “favorable melt conditions,” the Kittson County Highway Department is beginning to barricade roads and will soon fill sandbags. “We know per foot what roads are going to go…

By Anna Jauhola Taylor Schulte isn’t afraid to be herself and she credits her family with giving her that opportunity. Taylor, who grew up in and graduated from Wahpeton, N.D., often visits Hallock to see her parents, Tim and Jacquie Schulte. “I have a very alternative style, very much not North Dakota or Minnesota,” she…