WESLEY BALKEN Wesley Balken, 68, of rural Erhard, died Monday, August 30, 2021. Visitation: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Friday, September 3, 2021, at New Life Lutheran Church in Rothsay with a 6:30 p.m. prayer service.  Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 4, 2021, at… Read More

DONALD LAFAYETTE Donald LaFayette, age 85, of Post Falls, ID (formerly of Barnesville, MN) died Monday August 22, 2021 at Kootenai Hospital, Coeur d’Alene, ID. Donald Vernon LaFayette was born on September 8, 1935 to Frank and Berhardine (Lohse) LaFayette in rural Downer, MN.  He grew up in rural Red Lake County MN and Clay County… Read More

CHRISTOPHER STORO Christopher Mark Storo, age 55, of Dubuque, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester, Saint Marys Campus, after a short battle with cancer. Christopher was born on April 25, 1966, in Fargo, North Dakota, to Mark & Anita (Knutson) Storo. Christopher graduated from Shakopee High School in… Read More

JOHN BOEN John Harold Boen, 91, a resident of Pelican Rapids, MN, died Saturday, August 28, 2021 in his home, on the farm, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. John Harold Boen was born on May 25, 1930 to Tov (Thor) and Inge Mabel (Maasjo) Boen at Sattersmoen Hospital, in Pelican… Read More

Michael Owen Ostbye passed away peacefully of cardiac arrest at his home in Costa Rica on October 24, 2020.  Mike’s final resting place is beneath a mountain almond tree on his property in Costa Rica. Friends and family will gather on the deck of Fair Hills resort, north of Pelican Rapids, for a short funeral… Read More