Foreston News

Submitted photos Thick with smoke and heavy flames, three firefighters and two instructors were inside the upper level of this home as they worked to put out the fire during a practice burn Saturday, Dec.

What makes a good neighbor" "One who listens to all your noise, but don's say nothin'." Milton Johnson, Milaca "I have the most wonderful neighbors.

Archers took a total of 171 deer during the first two-day bow hunt, Oct. 15 - 16, at Camp Ripley Military Reservation near Little Falls, including a 32-point buck that may challenge the current state record deer taken by archery.

Investigators are looking for information about a suspicious fire that damaged a Foreston school.

On Saturday, Oct. 3, the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office received a complaint of a stolen vehicle.

A fire last night at Faith Christian School in Foreston caused students to stay home for the day today.

Sheriff Brent C. Lindgren reports that the 2009 county wide law enforcement compliance checks of predatory offender registration verifications were once again recently completed.

-- Laura Lee, Becker, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship, a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship and a $1,000 Robin Norgaard-Kelleher Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Katherine Johnson, Maple Lake, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship, a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship and a Presidential Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Katie Pfannenstein, St. Joseph, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- David Farmer, Foreston, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Kelsey Gruba, Foley, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Benjamin Ruiz, Milaca, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. Daniel Lawin, Long Prairie, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Justin Baumgarten, Cold Spring, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Stephanie Spicer, St. Cloud, has been awarded a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Alexander Huss, Milaca, has been awarded a $1,000 Troppman Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Jessica Althoff, Becker, has been awarded a $1,000 Recognition Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Zebulon Emerson Beilke-McCallum, St. Augusta, recently received a master's degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. -- Candice Kociemba, Avon, and Haley Kvaas, St. Cloud, recently graduated from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. -- Benjamin David Solheim, St. Cloud, recently received a doctor of physical therapy degree from Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa. -- Several local students have been awarded scholarships from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. They are: Andrew Grelson, Cold Spring, $450 Ben Miller Scholarship; Jackie Theis, Cold Spring, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship; Anna Schiller, Holdingford, $300 Fishing for Fun Emeriti Scholarship; Sarah Paycer, Little Falls, $500 Robert Kramer Scholarship; Jordan Priem, Long Prairie, $1,000 Don Niskanen BSU Men's Golf Scholarship; Emily Pippo, Maple Lake, $600 Harold T. Peters Scholarship; Emily Carlson, Milaca, $700 Evelyn W. Berg Scholarship; Keith Lumley, Big Lake, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship and a $1,000 Morgan Family Technology Education Scholarship; Michael Stein, Sauk Centre, $500 Tom and Sandy Richard Elementary Mathematics Scholarship; Brian Olmanson, St. Cloud, $600 Wag Collins Memorial Mathematics Education Scholarship, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship and a $566 Ray Breen Scholarship for Math, Science and Music; and Chelsea Pollreisz, Zimmerman, $600 Harold T. Peters Scholarship. -- Several local students recently graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. They are: Joshua Philip Hoppe - departmental honors, Melrose; Nicholas Joseph Lodermeier - departmental honors, Autumn Nicole Marquette, Ashley Ann Minnerath, Elizabeth Jane Offerdahl and Adam John Weems, Sartell; Brian Dale Grebinoski and Stephanie Lynn Larson, Sauk Rapids; Kimberly Jo Bacharach, Laura Ann Greenlee, Jacquelyn Marie Hartman, Eric David Johnson, Jennifer Rose Kissner - departmental honors, Donald Charles Meredith III and Zachary Thomas Weber, St. Cloud; Darin Lee Goebel, St. Joseph; and Emma Louise Bahe - departmental honors, magna cum laude and summa cum laude for multiple degrees, Waite Park. -- Aaron Remer, son of Richard and Joy Remer of Sauk Rapids, recently received a $550 Helgason Engineering Scholarship from North Dakota State University, Fargo. -- Eric Pfeninger, son of Mike and Pam Pfeninger of Cold Spring, was named to the President's List for the 2009 spring semester at Minnesota State Community and Technical College. -- Magdalena Schroeder, daughter of Gregory and Maria Schroeder of St. Cloud, recently took part in the Concordia Language Villages program through Concordia College, Moorhead. -- Chase Reuter, son of Barbara Reuter of Sauk Centre, has been awarded a $2,500 Freshman Academic Scholarship from North Dakota State University. -- Katherine Holdvogt, Freeport, has been awarded a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Jack Hedlund, St. Augusta, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year.

-- Laura Lee, Becker, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship, a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship and a $1,000 Robin Norgaard-Kelleher Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Katherine Johnson, Maple Lake, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship, a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship and a Presidential Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Katie Pfannenstein, St. Joseph, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- David Farmer, Foreston, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Kelsey Gruba, Foley, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship and a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Benjamin Ruiz, Milaca, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. Daniel Lawin, Long Prairie, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Justin Baumgarten, Cold Spring, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Stephanie Spicer, St. Cloud, has been awarded a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Alexander Huss, Milaca, has been awarded a $1,000 Troppman Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Jessica Althoff, Becker, has been awarded a $1,000 Recognition Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Zebulon Emerson Beilke-McCallum, St. Augusta, recently received a master's degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. -- Candice Kociemba, Avon, and Haley Kvaas, St. Cloud, recently graduated from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. -- Benjamin David Solheim, St. Cloud, recently received a doctor of physical therapy degree from Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa. -- Several local students have been awarded scholarships from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. They are: Andrew Grelson, Cold Spring, $450 Ben Miller Scholarship; Jackie Theis, Cold Spring, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship; Anna Schiller, Holdingford, $300 Fishing for Fun Emeriti Scholarship; Sarah Paycer, Little Falls, $500 Robert Kramer Scholarship; Jordan Priem, Long Prairie, $1,000 Don Niskanen BSU Men's Golf Scholarship; Emily Pippo, Maple Lake, $600 Harold T. Peters Scholarship; Emily Carlson, Milaca, $700 Evelyn W. Berg Scholarship; Keith Lumley, Big Lake, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship and a $1,000 Morgan Family Technology Education Scholarship; Michael Stein, Sauk Centre, $500 Tom and Sandy Richard Elementary Mathematics Scholarship; Brian Olmanson, St. Cloud, $600 Wag Collins Memorial Mathematics Education Scholarship, $500 Margaret Johnson Scholarship and a $566 Ray Breen Scholarship for Math, Science and Music; and Chelsea Pollreisz, Zimmerman, $600 Harold T. Peters Scholarship. -- Several local students recently graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. They are: Joshua Philip Hoppe - departmental honors, Melrose; Nicholas Joseph Lodermeier - departmental honors, Autumn Nicole Marquette, Ashley Ann Minnerath, Elizabeth Jane Offerdahl and Adam John Weems, Sartell; Brian Dale Grebinoski and Stephanie Lynn Larson, Sauk Rapids; Kimberly Jo Bacharach, Laura Ann Greenlee, Jacquelyn Marie Hartman, Eric David Johnson, Jennifer Rose Kissner - departmental honors, Donald Charles Meredith III and Zachary Thomas Weber, St. Cloud; Darin Lee Goebel, St. Joseph; and Emma Louise Bahe - departmental honors, magna cum laude and summa cum laude for multiple degrees, Waite Park. -- Aaron Remer, son of Richard and Joy Remer of Sauk Rapids, recently received a $550 Helgason Engineering Scholarship from North Dakota State University, Fargo. -- Eric Pfeninger, son of Mike and Pam Pfeninger of Cold Spring, was named to the President's List for the 2009 spring semester at Minnesota State Community and Technical College. -- Magdalena Schroeder, daughter of Gregory and Maria Schroeder of St. Cloud, recently took part in the Concordia Language Villages program through Concordia College, Moorhead. -- Chase Reuter, son of Barbara Reuter of Sauk Centre, has been awarded a $2,500 Freshman Academic Scholarship from North Dakota State University. -- Katherine Holdvogt, Freeport, has been awarded a $1,000 Campus Honors Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year. -- Jack Hedlund, St. Augusta, has been awarded a $1,000 Academic Achievement Scholarship from Bemidji State University for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Times photos by Christina VanOrt Firefighters battled in the annual waterball fight during Foreston Fun Days last weekend.

Car broke down? Need a ride to the grocery store? You don't need to be elderly or disabled to ride the Timber Trails Public Transit bus in Milaca.

This 1932 Ford B owned by Leo Martin of Foreston was just one of 25 cars, trucks, vans and a tractor at the Wheels, Gears and Motors show Sunday, June 14 at Rec Park, which is part of Milaca's Gateway to the Northland Festival.