Stanley (Stan) Erwin Moe was born December 11, 1937, and he died peacefully surrounded by family on August 3rd, at the age of 84. A life-long resident of Duluth, MN, Stan attended Denfeld High School and was the first graduate from Salter Vocational School.
By Lois Pelto Downtown Two Harbors on a quiet Saturday afternoon, July 16, suddenly became alive with the arrival of motorcycles, with eighty-seven machines. My passion for photos of local activities found me in the middle of First Avenue at the waterfront intersection taking pictures of the groups walking around Main Street.
By Barb LaFond- Omarzu I am very pleased to introduce you toTracie Borgeson who we met at “A Place For Fido” in the Fitgers complex in Duluth. Tracie is definitely a doglover .She was delightful and was a great sport to have her picture taken with my son’s dog Michelangelo .
By Kitty Mayo The national Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) will be featuring northlanders this coming week in their series special “America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston”. The program tells the story of how interactions with the Minnesota wilderness is changing in the context of race and climate change.
Long-time Chetek resident, teacher, local sports guru and one-time “Voice of the Chetek Bulldogs”, Jon Erickson, 78, passed away peacefully on July 25, 2022, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, MN, after a relatively brief but valiant battle with cancer, with family and a chaplain by his side. He was born on February 28, 1944, in Two Harbors, MN, to Vanner “Churn” Erickson and Ethel Erickson (nee Carlson), their only child and theirpride and joy. He was a humble, modest man who didn’t like to boast about himself and who wrote a barebones version of this obituary himself, in order to spare others the task of having to do so after his passing, but his sons took it upon themselves to enhance it, in order to better highlight the wonderful man he trulywas. Jon graduated from Two Harbors High School in 1962, and then continued his education by attending the University of Minnesota Duluth, graduating in 1967 with a triple-major in Elementary Education, Geography and Physical Education. He continued his life-long passion for learning by earning a master’s degree in Educationfrom the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire in 1976.
Mark David Lindell, 51, died July 24, 2022, at his home in Forest Lake, MN. He was born June 27, 1971 in Owatonna, MN, the son of David C. and Pauline Lindell-Nelson. Mark married Chrystal Albrect in 1998 on his golden birthday, and they were divorcedin 2012 Mark graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in MechanicalEngineering. His career was in the network engineering field.
Vernon “Bruce” Stenswick, age 71, of Glenwood, formerly the Twin Cities, died Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at Glenwood Retirement Village. A Celebration of Bruce’s life will be held from noon until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 10th, at Barsness Park inGlenwood. Vernon “Bruce” Stenswick was the son of Vernon Eugene Stenswick and Ruby Jensen Stenswick. He was born October 10, 1950, in Two Harbors, MN and passed away on July 20, 2022, at Glenwood Retirement Village in Glenwood, MN at the age of 71, after suffering with MSA - MultipleSystem Atrophy. Bruce grew up in Two Harbors, was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, and graduated in 1969 from Two Harbors High School.He attended the University of Minnesota and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1973. He joined the Peace Corps and served three years teaching in Malaysia. Upon returning to the states, he taught science classes in Granite Falls from 1977 to 1981 before returning to college and attaining a Master’s degree in Physics at Mankato State University.
This season’s Bulldogs men’s hockey team will feature a one of college hockey’s most explosive top-six forward groupsnext season. The ultra-elite player in the group is freshman left wing Isaac Howard, a first-round (31st overall) pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2022 National Hockey League draft. The 5-foot-10, 180-pounder -- who has NHL speed -- scored 155 points (65 goals) in 101 games in two seasons with the U.S. National Development Team.
Emmanuel Lutheran and Bethlehem Lutheran Churches in Two Harbors hosted youth groups from the Service Learning Camps, LLC during July, an experience that everyone agreed was wonderful. Service Learning Camps (SLC) is an organization that works mostly with church groups to help connect volunteers with different service opportunities.